2011 FINAL NPB Standings

by on Apr.13, 2011 @ 10:20 pm, under NPB

Game Summaries

Central League: Chunichi, Hanshin, Yomiuri, Yakult, Hiroshima, Yokohama

Pacific League: Softbank, Seibu, Lotte, Nippon Ham, Orix, Rakuten

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Central League

Team G W L T WPCT GB RS RA HR SB AVG ERA
1 Chunichi 144 75 59 10 .560 - 419 410 82 41 .228 2.46
2 Yakult 144 70 59 15 .543 2.5 484 504 85 43 .244 3.36
3 Yomiuri 144 71 62 11 .534 3.5 471 417 108 106 .243 2.61
4 Hanshin 144 68 70 6 .493 9 482 443 80 62 .255 2.83
5 Hiroshima 144 60 76 8 .441 16 439 496 52 65 .245 3.22
6 Yokohama 144 47 86 11 .353 27.5 423 587 78 31 .239 3.87

Pacific League

Team G W L T WPCT GB RS RA HR SB AVG ERA
1 Softbank 144 88 46 10 .657 - 550 351 90 180 .267 2.32
2 Nippon Ham 144 72 65 7 .526 17.5 482 418 86 88 .251 2.68
3 Seibu 144 68 67 9 .504 20.5 571 522 103 88 .253 3.15
4 Orix 144 69 68 7 .504 20.5 478 518 76 49 .248 3.33
5 Rakuten 144 66 71 7 .482 23.5 432 464 53 130 .245 2.85
6 Lotte 144 54 79 11 .406 33.5 432 533 46 101 .241 3.40

Inter-League

Team G W L T WPCT RS RA HR SB AVG ERA
1 Softbank 24 18 4 2 .818 114 43 19 20 .264 1.75
2 Orix 24 15 7 2 .682 98 55 15 9 .262 2.15
3 Nippon Ham 24 16 8 0 .667 65 34 11 12 .239 1.35
4 Chunichi 24 14 10 0 .583 79 68 15 7 .234 2.64
5 Seibu 24 12 11 1 .522 94 73 19 17 .252 2.71
6 Yakult 24 10 12 2 .455 57 90 11 12 .229 3.76
7 Yomiuri 24 10 13 1 .435 60 62 15 19 .229 2.33
8 Hanshin 24 10 14 0 .417 58 85 6 7 .238 3.14
9 Rakuten 24 9 13 2 .409 66 92 11 20 .237 3.63
10 Lotte 24 8 14 2 .364 67 68 11 12 .227 2.66
11 Yokohama 24 7 13 4 .350 65 97 15 5 .240 3.80
12 Hiroshima 24 6 16 2 .273 46 102 5 14 .209 3.74

Last updated: 10/25 @ 9:00pm

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14 comments on “2011 FINAL NPB Standings”

  1. Omar

    I’ve been away for awhile so I have not seen anything on NPB. Now that I see Seibu is in last place, I wish I didn’t. :(

    Anyway, look at those team ERAs!! It’s 1966 all over again!

    Yakult is 14 games over .500 but has a run differential of -2! In the Central, only one team scoring more runs than giving up. Wow.

    Weird year. Hope the offense improves in the second half.

    Thanks,
    Omar

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  2. Bob

    The Swallows have a +31 run differential and a 28-12-7 record for a .700 winning percentage in the Central League games. This is why they have a substantial lead in the Central League.
    The new baseball, reduced lighting at the stadiums because of energy saving policies, and pitcher friendly umpiring have combined to reduce offense. These things are unlikely to change in the second half.
    Thanks for all the great information you provide with this website.
    Bob

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  3. Carter

    Do somebody remember having seen a homer to the opposite field this year ? I’m looking for it on youtube but without clues, it’s difficult.

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    1. Gen Post author

      Are you talking about from a particular player? If not, here are some off the top of my head:

      Alex Ramirez on 5/14 at Mazda Stadium
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpwNzZ74d1M

      Kazuhiro Hatakeyama hit two opposite field homers on 6/6 at Jingu Stadium
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uage58uILVE
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TURzBVfeVyI

      Wladimir Balentien also hit two opposite field homers in a game. This one is of his 2nd homer on 5/1 at Koshien.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-6BaAmmbd0

      Sho Nakata on 5/7 at Sapporo Dome
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HKpiamCoNQ

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    1. Gen Post author

      Their turn-around this month has been quite impressive.

      Through 17 games:

      - 13-3-1
      - 94 RS, 61 RA
      - .286 BA, 17 HR
      - 3.49 ERA

      The 94 runs is the most they’ve scored in any given month so far this season. The ERA actually isn’t that low though, in comparison to previous months:

      April – 3.90, 4-10-0
      May – 2.37, 13-7-1
      June – 3.24, 8-11-1
      July – 3.67, 8-17-0
      August – 3.15, 9-12-3

      Which means the offense is the difference.

      Incidentally, Takeya Nakamura is also having one of his most productive months of the season so far:

      .417/.500/.950, 8 HR, 17 R, 23 RBI

      Hiroyuki Nakajima had a pretty good August, but he’s also having a pretty good September as well:

      .303/.382/.621, 5 HR, 15 R, 19 RBI

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    2. Carter

      You gave more than I wanted to read, thank you very much. I definitely hope they make it even though I like Orix’s effort this season. Just for the combo Okawari – Nakajima.

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  6. Carter

    What’s funny about Seibu is that they had the last two 1# pick at the draft, took pitchers and still have problems with their pitching. We probably won’t see Oishi this year and I don’t like what I see from Kikuchi in terms of strikeouts and velocity.

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    1. Gen Post author

      I wouldn’t be too worried about Kikuchi yet — he’s still really young and he basically lost all of last season with arm troubles.

      I’d be more worried about Oishi, but it seems like he’s doing alright at Ni-gun.

      The big question mark will be Hoashi: will he exercise his FA option at the end of the season? And if he does, who will step in to replace him in the starting rotation?

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    2. Carter

      “heh. Sorry about that. Sometimes I say too much. :p”

      No, no I meant it a good way ! I’m eating as many data as I can so thank you for that.

      True about Kikuchi, I may be a bit unreasonable on that. I thought he was going to adapt as fast as Ma-kun for example but even in the year of the pitcher, he struggled. Let’s see what happens.
      About Hoashi, if Wada leaves Softbank for the MLB, I guess Seibu will have to worry.

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