2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season


In the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Pacific League defeating the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League in the Japan Series.

Format

Central League

Central League

Pacific League

Playoff 1st Stage

Seibu Lions vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Playoff 2nd Stage

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters vs. Fukuoka Softbank Hawks The Fighters have a one-game advantage.

Japan Series

In the 2006 Japan Series, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Chunichi Dragons 4 games to 1 in five games.
After the Japan Series, the Fighters moved on to the Asian Series, a series which determines the champion of the four major Asian baseball leagues.

Awards

The Eiji Sawamura Award, the award given to the top pitcher in Japan, was given to pitcher Kazumi Saito of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He had a win-loss record of 18-5, 205 strikeouts, and an ERA of 1.75 in 201.0 innings, winning the Pacific League's pitching triple crown.

Best Nine Awards

Central League
PositionPlayerTeam
PKenshin KawakamiChunichi Dragons
CAkihiro YanoHanshin Tigers
1BTyrone WoodsChunichi Dragons
2BMasahiro ArakiChunichi Dragons
3BAkinori IwamuraTokyo Yakult Swallows
SSHirokazu IbataChunichi Dragons
OFNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows
OFKosuke FukudomeChunichi Dragons
OFTomoaki KanemotoHanshin Tigers

Pacific League
PositionPlayerTeam
PKazumi SaitohFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
CTomoya SatozakiChiba Lotte Marines
1BMichihiro OgasawaraHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2BKensuke TanakaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3BJose FernándezTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
SSMunenori KawasakiFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OFAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFNobuhiko MatsunakaFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OFKazuhiro WadaSeibu Lions
DHFernando SeguignolHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Gold Gloves

Central League
PositionPlayerTeam
PKenshin KawakamiChunichi Dragons
CMotonobu TanishigeChunichi Dragons
1BAndy SheetsHanshin Tigers
2BMasahiro ArakiChunichi Dragons
3BAkinori IwamuraTokyo Yakult Swallows
SSHirokazu IbataChunichi Dragons
OFNorihiro AkahoshiHanshin Tigers
OFNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows
OFKosuke FukudomeChunichi Dragons

Pacific League
PositionPlayerTeam
PDaisuke MatsuzakaSeibu Lions
CTomoya SatozakiChiba Lotte Marines
1BMichihiro OgasawaraHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2BKensuke TanakaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3BToshiaki ImaeChiba Lotte Marines
SSMunenori KawasakiFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OFAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFHichori MorimotoHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFTsuyoshi ShinjoHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters