2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2023 in baseball.

2023 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 30 – October 9
Number of games	143
Number of teams	12
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hanshin Tigers
Runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Orix Buffaloes
Runners-up	Chiba Lotte Marines
Climax Series
Japan Series

The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 74th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Hanshin Tigers	143	85	53	5	.616	—	45–23–3	40–30–2
2	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	143	74	65	4	.532	11½	44–26–2	30–39–2
3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	143	74	66	3	.529	12	39–30–2	35–36–1
4	Yomiuri Giants	143	71	70	2	.504	15½	39–30–2	32–40–0
5	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	143	57	83	3	.407	29	36–36–0	21–47–3
6	Chunichi Dragons	143	56	82	5	.406	29	30–39–3	26–43–2

Pacific League regular season standings

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Orix Buffaloes	143	86	53	4	.619	—	41–28–3	45–25–1
2	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	70	68	5	.507	15½	42–27–2	28–40–3
3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	71	69	3	.507	15½	39–32–0	32–37–3
4	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	70	71	2	.496	17	38–33–1	32–38–1
5	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	65	77	1	.458	22½	33–37–1	32–40–0
6	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	60	82	1	.423	27½	31–40–0	29–42–1

Interleague

Regular season interleague standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB	Home	Away
Yokohama DeNA BayStars	18	11	7	0	.611	—	6–3	5–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
Yomiuri Giants	18	11	7	0	.611	—	5–4	6–3
Orix Buffaloes	18	11	7	0	.611	—	4–5	7–2
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	18	10	8	0	.556	1	4–5	6–3
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	18	9	9	0	.500	2	5–4	4–5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	18	9	9	0	.500	2	4–5	5–4
Chiba Lotte Marines	18	7	9	2	.438	3	5–4	2–5−2
Chunichi Dragons	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	2–6−1	5–4
Hanshin Tigers	18	7	10	1	.412	3½	4–4−1	3–6
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	18	7	11	0	.389	4	3–6	4–5
Saitama Seibu Lions	18	6	12	0	.333	5	4–5	2–7

Overall, the Pacific League won 54 games and lost 52 against the Central League, with 2 ties.

Climax Series

Main articles: 2023 Pacific League Climax Series and 2023 Central League Climax Series

	First Stage					Final Stage					Japan Series
	Central League					1	Hanshin Tigers	1
	2	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2			2	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0
	3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	0								CL
											PL
	Pacific League					1	Orix Buffaloes	1
	2	Chiba Lotte Marines	2			2	Chiba Lotte Marines	0
	3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	1

First stage

Central League

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series, 2−0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Hiroshima Toyo Carp − 3, Yokohama DeNA BayStars − 2 (11)	Mazda Stadium	3:52	31,041
2	October 15	Hiroshima Toyo Carp − 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars − 2	Mazda Stadium	3:32	31,059

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 2−1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines − 8, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks − 2	ZOZO Marine Stadium	3:02	29,126
2	October 15	Chiba Lotte Marines − 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks − 3	ZOZO Marine Stadium	3:23	29,147
3	October 16	Chiba Lotte Marines − 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks − 3 (10)	ZOZO Marine Stadium	-	-

See also

• 2023 Major League Baseball season
• 2023 KBO League season
• 2023 Mexican League season
• 2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
• 2023 Frontier League season
• 2023 Pioneer League season