2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season


The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

TeamGWLTPct.GB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14482593.582—
Saitama Seibu Lions14474664.5297.5
Chiba Lotte Marines14474682.5218.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14473692.5149.5
Orix Buffaloes14466735.47515.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14464782.45118.5

Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Yomiuri Giants, received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Pacific League

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and the Yomiuri Giants, received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Batting averageTony BlancoYokohama DeNA BayStars.333
Home runsWladimir BalentienTokyo Yakult Swallows60
Runs batted inTony BlancoYokohama DeNA BayStars136
RunsWladimir BalentienTokyo Yakult Swallows94
HitsMatt MurtonHanshin Tigers178
Stolen basesYoshihiro MaruHiroshima Toyo Carp29

StatPlayerTeamTotal
WinsYasuhiro OgawaTokyo Yakult Swallows16
LossesDaisuke Miura
Ryosuke Yagi		Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Tokyo Yakult Swallows		13
Earned run averageKenta MaedaHiroshima Toyo Carp2.10
StrikeoutsRandy MessengerHanshin Tigers183
Innings pitchedRandy MessengerHanshin Tigers196
SavesKentaro NishimuraYomiuri Giants42

Pacific League

StatPlayerTeamTotal
Batting averageYuya HasegawaFukuoka SoftBank Hawks.341
Home runsMichel AbreuHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters31
Runs batted inHideto AsamuraSaitama Seibu Lions110
RunsDai-Kang YangHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters93
HitsYuya HasegawaFukuoka SoftBank Hawks198
Stolen basesDai-Kang YangHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters47

StatPlayerTeamTotal
WinsMasahiro TanakaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles24
LossesMitsuo YoshikawaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters15
Earned run averageMasahiro TanakaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles1.27
StrikeoutsChihiro KanekoOrix Buffaloes200
Innings pitchedChihiro KanekoOrix Buffaloes223
SavesNaoya MasudaChiba Lotte Marines33

2013 average attendance

TeamGamesTotal AttendanceAttendance Per Game
Yomiuri411,666,04440,635
Hanshin431,654,30138,472
SoftBank411,350,60432,942
Chunichi401,111,06427,777
Nippon-Ham421,095,30726,079
Seibu41881,11821,491
Hiroshima43853,64619,852
Orix42821,84819,568
Yakult39731,77818,764
Yokohama43781,42618,173
Rakuten40675,88016,897
Lotte41684,91116,705
53812,307,927297,355