2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season


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

Regular season

Standings

Central League

Pacific League

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.

Batting

Central League
StatisticLeaderTeamResult
Batting averageNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows.327
RunsNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows114
HitsAlex RamirezTokyo Yakult Swallows204*
DoublesAlex RamirezTokyo Yakult Swallows41
TriplesHiroyasu TanakaTokyo Yakult Swallows8
Home runsShuichi MurataYokohama BayStars36
Runs batted inAlex RamirezTokyo Yakult Swallows122
Stolen basesMasahiro ArakiChunichi Dragons31
WalksTyrone WoodsChunichi Dragons121

*indicates league record
Pacific League
StatisticLeaderTeamResult
Batting averageAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.334
RunsHichori MorimotoHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters91
HitsAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters176
DoublesAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters39
TriplesDaisuke HayakawaChiba Lotte Marines8
Home runsTakeshi YamasakiRakuten Golden Eagles43
Runs batted inTakeshi YamasakiRakuten Golden Eagles108
Stolen basesYasuyuki KataokaSeibu Lions38
WalksTuffy RhodesOrix Buffaloes88

Awards

Best Nine Awards

Central League
PositionPlayerTeam
PHisanori TakahashiYomiuri Giants
CShinnosuke AbeYomiuri Giants
1BTyrone WoodsChunichi Dragons
2BHiroyasu TanakaTokyo Yakult Swallows
3BMichihiro OgasawaraYomiuri Giants
SSHirokazu IbataChunichi Dragons
OFNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows
OFAlex RamirezTokyo Yakult Swallows
OFYoshinobu TakahashiYomiuri Giants

Pacific League
PositionPlayerTeam
PYu DarvishHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
CTomoya SatozakiChiba Lotte Marines
1BAlex CabreraSeibu Lions
2BKensuke TanakaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3BGreg LaRoccaOrix Buffaloes
SSTsuyoshi NishiokaChiba Lotte Marines
OFAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFHichori MorimotoHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFNaoyuki OhmuraFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
DHTakeshi YamasakiTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Gold Gloves

Central League
PositionPlayerTeam
PKenshin KawakamiChunichi Dragons
CMotonobu TanishigeChunichi Dragons
1BAndy SheetsHanshin Tigers
2BMasahiro ArakiChunichi Dragons
3BNorihiro NakamuraChunichi Dragons
SSHirokazu IbataChunichi Dragons
OFTatsuhiko KinjoYokohama BayStars
OFNorichika AokiTokyo Yakult Swallows
OFYoshinobu TakahashiYomiuri Giants

Pacific League
PositionPlayerTeam
PYu DarvishHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
CTomoya SatozakiChiba Lotte Marines
1BKazuya FukuuraChiba Lotte Marines
2BKensuke TanakaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3BToshiaki ImaeChiba Lotte Marines
SSTsuyoshi NishiokaChiba Lotte Marines
OFAtsunori InabaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFHichori MorimotoHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OFSaburo OhmuraChiba Lotte Marines