2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2007 in baseball.

2007 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 24, 2007 – November 1, 2007
Regular season
Season MVP	CL: Michihiro Ogasawara (YOM) PL: Yu Darvish (NIP)
Postseason
CL champions	Chunichi Dragons
CL runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
PL champions	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
PL runners-up	Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
Champions	Chunichi Dragons
Runners-up	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Finals MVP	Norihiro Nakamura (CHU)

The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season

Standings

Central League

Central League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	80	63	1	.559	—
Chunichi Dragons	144	78	64	2	.549	1½
Hanshin Tigers	144	74	66	4	.529	4½
Yokohama BayStars	144	71	72	1	.497	9
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	144	60	82	2	.423	19½
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	144	60	84	0	.417	20½

Pacific League

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Win%	GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	79	60	5	.568	—
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	76	61	7	.555	2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	73	66	5	.525	6
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	67	75	2	.472	13½
Seibu Lions	144	66	76	2	.465	14½
Orix Buffaloes	144	62	77	5	.446	17

Climax Series

Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949.

Climax Series does not affect the team's standings, nor individual's record in the Regular Season.

1st stage

2nd stage

2007 Japan Series

Central League

Yomiuri Giants

Chunichi Dragons

Hanshin Tigers

Chunichi Dragons

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Chiba Lotte Marines

Chiba Lotte Marines

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

– Chunichi Dragons advances to 2007 Konami Cup

Leaders

Batting

Central League

Statistic	Leader	Team	Result
Batting average	Norichika Aoki	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	.327
Runs	Norichika Aoki	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	114
Hits	Alex Ramirez	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	204*
Doubles	Alex Ramirez	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	41
Triples	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	8
Home runs	Shuichi Murata	Yokohama BayStars	36
Runs batted in	Alex Ramirez	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	122
Stolen bases	Masahiro Araki	Chunichi Dragons	31
Walks	Tyrone Woods	Chunichi Dragons	121

*indicates league record

Pacific League

Statistic	Leader	Team	Result
Batting average	Atsunori Inaba	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	.334
Runs	Hichori Morimoto	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	91
Hits	Atsunori Inaba	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	176
Doubles	Atsunori Inaba	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	39
Triples	Daisuke Hayakawa	Chiba Lotte Marines	8
Home runs	Takeshi Yamasaki	Rakuten Golden Eagles	43
Runs batted in	Takeshi Yamasaki	Rakuten Golden Eagles	108
Stolen bases	Yasuyuki Kataoka	Seibu Lions	38
Walks	Tuffy Rhodes	Orix Buffaloes	88

Awards

Best Nine Awards

Central League

Position	Player	Team
P	Hisanori Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants
C	Shinnosuke Abe	Yomiuri Giants
1B	Tyrone Woods	Chunichi Dragons
2B	Hiroyasu Tanaka	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
3B	Michihiro Ogasawara	Yomiuri Giants
SS	Hirokazu Ibata	Chunichi Dragons
OF	Norichika Aoki	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF	Alex Ramirez	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF	Yoshinobu Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League

Position	Player	Team
P	Yu Darvish	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
C	Tomoya Satozaki	Chiba Lotte Marines
1B	Alex Cabrera	Seibu Lions
2B	Kensuke Tanaka	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3B	Greg LaRocca	Orix Buffaloes
SS	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	Chiba Lotte Marines
OF	Atsunori Inaba	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF	Hichori Morimoto	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF	Naoyuki Ohmura	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
DH	Takeshi Yamasaki	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Gold Gloves

Central League

Position	Player	Team
P	Kenshin Kawakami	Chunichi Dragons
C	Motonobu Tanishige	Chunichi Dragons
1B	Andy Sheets	Hanshin Tigers
2B	Masahiro Araki	Chunichi Dragons
3B	Norihiro Nakamura	Chunichi Dragons
SS	Hirokazu Ibata	Chunichi Dragons
OF	Tatsuhiko Kinjo	Yokohama BayStars
OF	Norichika Aoki	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF	Yoshinobu Takahashi	Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League

Position	Player	Team
P	Yu Darvish	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
C	Tomoya Satozaki	Chiba Lotte Marines
1B	Kazuya Fukuura	Chiba Lotte Marines
2B	Kensuke Tanaka	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3B	Toshiaki Imae	Chiba Lotte Marines
SS	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	Chiba Lotte Marines
OF	Atsunori Inaba	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF	Hichori Morimoto	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF	Saburo Ohmura	Chiba Lotte Marines

References

Central League Standings (Japanese)
Pacific League Standings (Japanese)

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

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1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

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2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

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