Tag: Schedules
Pacific League releases Climax Series schedule
by Gen on Feb.07, 2013 @ 9:28 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Pacific League released the basis schedules for the Climax Series this year.
Here are the schedules for both leagues:
Pacific League
- Climax Series First Stage - October 12-14
- Climax Series Final Stage - October 17-22
- Nippon Series begins on October 26
Central League
- Climax Series First Stage - October 12-14
- Climax Series Final Stage - October 16-21
- Nippon Series begins on October 26
Source: NPB 2/7/2013
2013 Western League Schedules Released
by Gen on Jan.30, 2013 @ 9:03 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Western League released their 2013 schedules today.
Each team faces each other 26 times for a total 104 games. Games above 104 are from the Inter-league schedule.
Here is the breakdown of the schedule (includes Inter-league games):
| Team | Game | Home | Road |
| Chunichi Dragons | 107 | 55 | 52 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 106 | 52 | 54 |
| Orix Buffaloes | 104 | 52 | 52 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 104 | 52 | 52 |
| Softbank Hawks | 107 | 55 | 52 |
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- D = Chunichi Dragons
- H = Softbank Hawks
- T = Hanshin Tigers
- Bs = Orix Buffaloes
- C = Hiroshima Carp
Spring Kyoiku League Schedules have also been posted for the Western League.
2013 Eastern League Schedules Released
by Gen on Jan.30, 2013 @ 4:04 am, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Eastern League released their 2013 schedules on Tuesday.
Each team faces each other 18 times for a total 108 games. Games above 108 are from the Inter-league schedule.
Here is the breakdown of the schedule (includes Inter-league games):
| Team | Games | Home | Road |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 108 | 54 | 54 |
| Yokohama Bay Stars | 108 | 54 | 54 |
| Rakuten Eagles | 108 | 54 | 54 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 114 | 54 | 60 |
| Seibu Lions | 108 | 54 | 54 |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | 110 | 56 | 54 |
| Yakult Swallows | 108 | 54 | 54 |
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- G = Yomiuri Giants
- M = Chiba Lotte Marines
- DB = Yokohama Bay Stars
- S = Yakult Swallows
- F = Nippon Ham Fighters
- L = Seibu Lions
- E = Rakuten Eagles
The Futures (an Eastern League mixed team) are scheduled to play twenty-seven Ikusei games against various Eastern League teams.
The number of games the Futures team has played over the years:
| Year | LOT | YOK | RAK | YOM | SEI | HAM | YAK | Games |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | - | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 27 |
| 2012 | 6 | 4 | - | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 27 |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 22 |
| 2010 | 5 | 6 | - | 7 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 31 |
| 2009 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 37 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23 |
| 2007 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 24 |
And direct links to the schedules at the official NPB site:
Spring Kyoiku League Schedules have also been posted for the Eastern League.
Complete 2013 Pacific League Schedules Released
by Gen on Jan.24, 2013 @ 5:43 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Pacific League posted their final schedules for the 2013 season today.
Some notes on the schedule:
- Opening day will begin with three night games: Seibu - Nippon Ham at 6:00pm; Lotte - Orix at 6:15pm, and Softbank - Rakuten at 6:30pm. The last time all scheduled start times were different on opening day: 2001. The last time all opening day games took place at night: 1988.
- The Eagles will play two weekday day games: April 3 and 4 against Orix, both games scheduled to start at 2:00pm. The last time the Eagles played day games on the weekend: April 3 and 4 in 2012.
- Night games have been scheduled at Asahikawa Starffin Stadium (a first): June 2 and 3 between Nippon Ham and Yokohama; and August 13 and 14 between Nippon Ham and Orix. All games scheduled to start at 6:00pm.
- Eighteen games, involving four home teams (Seibu, Lotte, Rakuten, Orix) will have 5:00pm start times.
- Home away from home games: Nippon Ham 15 (+1), Rakuten 5 (-1), Seibu 3 (-2), Lotte 0 (0), Orix 15 (9), Softbank 5 (0) - a total 43 games (-2). Numbers in parentheses indicates change from 2012 season.
- The schedule for the Climax Series has not yet been determined.
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese, without start times or complete venue information) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
Pacific League
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- F = Nippon Ham Fighters
- L = Seibu Lions
- H = Softbank Hawks
- E = Rakuten Eagles
- M = Chiba Lotte Marines
- Bs = Orix Buffaloes
See also:
Pacific League posts preliminary 2013 schedule (additional notes can be found here)
Complete 2013 Central League Schedules Released
by Gen on Jan.23, 2013 @ 9:36 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Central League posted their final schedules for the 2013 season today.
Some notes on the schedule:
- There are two fewer day games this year than last (from 109 to 107).
- The following games are still TBA (nine games): YOM-YAK (2), YOM-HIR, YAK-YOM, YAK-YOK, YAK-HAN, CHU-YOK, CHU-HAN, HAN-CHU. Details will be release in August 2013.
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese, without start times or complete venue information) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- G = Yomiuri Giants
- D = Chunichi Dragons
- S = Yakult Swallows
- C = Hiroshima Carp
- T = Hanshin Tigers
- DB = Yokohama Bay Stars
See also:
Central League posts preliminary 2013 schedule (additional notes can be found here)
2013 Inter-league Schedule Released (with venues and start times)
by Gen on Jan.22, 2013 @ 7:58 pm, under NPB
Tags: Inter-league, Schedules
| Dates | Games | |||||
| 5/14 (Tues) |
YOM - LOT (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - SEI (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - RAK (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - HAM (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - ORI (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - SOF (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 15 (Wed) |
YOM - LOT (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - SEI (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - RAK (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - HAM (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - ORI (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - SOF (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 16 (Thurs) |
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YAK - SEI (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - RAK (Yokohama) 6:00 |
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HAN - ORI (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - SOF (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 17 (Fri) |
YOM - SEI (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - LOT (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - HAM (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - RAK (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - SOF (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - ORI (Kure) 6:00 |
| 18 (Sat) |
YOM - SEI (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - LOT (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - HAM (Yokohama) 2:00 |
CHU - RAK (Nagoya Dome) 2:00 |
HAN - SOF (Koshien) 2:00 |
HIR - ORI (Mazda Stadium) 1:30 |
| 19 (Sun) |
HAM - YOM (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - YAK (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - HAN (Seibu Dome) 2:00 |
LOT - HIR (QVC Marine) 5:00 |
ORI - YOK (Kyocera Dome) 2:00 |
SOF - CHU (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 20 (Mon) |
HAM - YOM (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - YAK (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - HAN (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - HIR (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - YOK (Kyocera Dome) 6:00 |
SOF - CHU (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 21 (Tues) |
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RAK - YAK (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
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LOT - HIR (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
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| 22 (Wed) |
HAM - YAK (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - YOM (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - HIR (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - HAN (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - CHU (Hotto Motto) 6:00 |
SOF - YOK (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 23 (Thurs) |
HAM - YAK (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - YOM (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - HIR (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - HAN (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - CHU (Hotto Motto) 6:00 |
SOF - YOK (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 24 (Fri) |
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LOT - HAN (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - CHU (Hotto Motto) 6:00 |
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| 25 (Sat) |
YOM - ORI (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - SOF (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - LOT (Yokohama) 2:00 |
CHU - SEI (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - HAM (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - RAK (Mazda Stadium) 1:30 |
| 26 (Sun) |
YOM - ORI (Tokyo Dome) 2:00 |
YAK - SOF (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - LOT (Yokohama) 2:00 |
CHU - SEI (Nagoya Dome) 2:00 |
HAN - HAM (Koshien) 2:00 |
HIR - RAK (Mazda Stadium) 1:30 |
| 27 (Mon) |
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YAK - SOF (Jingu) 6:00 |
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HIR - RAK (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 28 (Tues) |
YOM - SOF (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - ORI (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - SEI (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - LOT (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - RAK (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - HAM (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 29 (Wed) |
YOM - SOF (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - ORI (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - SEI (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - LOT (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - RAK (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - HAM (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 30 (Thurs) |
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YAK - ORI (Jingu) 6:00 |
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HAN - RAK (Koshien) 6:00 |
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| 31 (Fri) |
HAM - CHU (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - YOK (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - YAK (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - YOM (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - HAN (Kyocera Dome) 6:00 |
SOF - HIR (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 6/1 (Sat) |
HAM - CHU (Sapporo Dome) 1:00 |
RAK - YOK (Kleenex Stadium) 2:00 |
SEI - YAK (Seibu Dome) 2:00 |
LOT - YOM (QVC Marine) 2:00 |
ORI - HAN (Kyocera Dome) 2:00 |
SOF - HIR (Yahoo Dome) 1:00 |
| 2 (Sun) |
HAM - YOK (Asahikawa) 6:00 |
RAK - CHU (Kleenex Stadium) 5:00 |
SEI - YOM (Seibu Dome) 3:00 |
LOT - YAK (QVC Marine) 1:00 |
ORI - HIR (Kyocera Dome) 1:00 |
SOF - HAN (Yahoo Dome) 2:00 |
| 3 (Mon) |
HAM - YOK (Asahikawa) 6:00 |
RAK - CHU (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - YOM (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - YAK (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - HIR (Hotto Motto) 6:00 |
SOF - HAN (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 4 (Tues) |
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RAK - CHU (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
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LOT - YAK (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - HIR (Hotto Motto) 6:00 |
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| 5 (Wed) |
YOM - HAM (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - RAK (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - SOF (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - ORI (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - SEI (Kurashiki) 6:00 |
HIR - LOT (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
| 6 (Thurs) |
YOM - HAM (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - RAK (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - SOF (Yokohama) 6:00 |
CHU - ORI (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - SEI (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - LOT (Onomichi) 6:00 |
| 7 (Fri) |
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YAK - RAK (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - SOF (Yokohama) 6:00 |
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| 8 (Sat) |
YOM - RAK (Tokyo Dome) 6:00 |
YAK - HAM (Jingu) 3:00 |
YOK - ORI (Yokohama) 2:00 |
CHU - SOF (Nagoya Dome) 6:00 |
HAN - LOT (Koshien) 2:00 |
HIR - SEI (Mazda Stadium) 1:30 |
| 9 (Sun) |
YOM - RAK (Tokyo Dome) 2:00 |
YAK - HAM (Jingu) 3:00 |
YOK - ORI (Yokohama) 2:00 |
CHU - SOF (Nagoya Dome) 2:00 |
HAN - LOT (Koshien) 2:00 |
HIR - SEI (Mazda Stadium) 1:30 |
| 10 (Mon) |
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YAK - HAM (Jingu) 6:00 |
YOK - ORI (Yokohama) 6:00 |
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HAN - LOT (Koshien) 6:00 |
HIR - SEI (Mazda Stadium) 6:00 |
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HAM - HAN (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - HIR (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - CHU (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - YOK (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - YOM (Kyocera Dome) 6:00 |
SOF - YAK (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 13 (Thurs) |
HAM - HAN (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - HIR (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
SEI - CHU (Seibu Dome) 6:00 |
LOT - YOK (QVC Marine) 6:15 |
ORI - YOM (Kyocera Dome) 6:00 |
SOF - YAK (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
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RAK - HIR (Kleenex Stadium) 6:00 |
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HAM - HIR (Sapporo Dome) 6:00 |
RAK - HAN (Kleenex Stadium) 2:00 |
SEI - YOK (Seibu Dome) 2:00 |
LOT - CHU (QVC Marine) 2:00 |
ORI - YAK (Kyocera Dome) 2:00 |
SOF - YOM (Yahoo Dome) 6:00 |
| 16 (Sun) |
HAM - HIR (Sapporo Dome) 2:00 |
RAK - HAN (Kleenex Stadium) 1:00 |
SEI - YOK (Seibu Dome) 1:00 |
LOT - CHU (QVC Marine) 1:00 |
ORI - YAK (Kyocera Dome) 1:00 |
SOF - YOM (Yahoo Dome) 1:00 |
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2013 Exhibition Game Schedule
by Gen on Dec.14, 2012 @ 8:00 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The NPB posted the exhibition game schedule for 2013 today.
Central League posts preliminary 2013 schedule
by Gen on Nov.08, 2012 @ 6:02 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Central League posted their preliminary schedule for the 2013 season today.
Some notes on the schedule:
- One team will play 144 games
- Against CL teams: 60 home games and 60 road games. 24 games against each team.
- Against PL teams: 12 home games and 12 road games. 4 games against 6 PL teams.
- There will be 360 Central League games and 144 Inter-league games.
- Opening Day
- will feature 3 games on 3/29 - Yokohama @ Chunichi, Hanshin @ Yakult, Hiroshima @ Yomiuri
- Home teams will be the teams that finished in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd in 2011: Chunichi, Yakult, Yomiuri
- Games that have yet to be scheduled
- Yakult vs Yomiuri (2), Hiroshima vs Yomiuri, Yomiuri vs Yakult, Yokohama vs Yakult, Hanshin vs Yakult, Yokohama vs Chunichi, Hanshin vs Chunichi, Chunichi vs Hanshin.
- Climax Series Schedule
- Not yet set
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese, without start times or complete venue information) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- G = Yomiuri Giants
- D = Chunichi Dragons
- S = Yakult Swallows
- C = Hiroshima Carp
- T = Hanshin Tigers
- DB = Yokohama Bay Stars
Pacific League posts preliminary 2013 schedule
by Gen on Nov.07, 2012 @ 5:29 pm, under NPB
Tags: Schedules
The Pacific League posted their preliminary schedule for the 2013 season today.
Some notes on the schedule:
- Nippon Ham @ Rakuten will be played at Shogin & Nissin Stadium Yamagata on August 20. It will be the first PL game in Yamagata since 4/26/2005 (Orix @ Rakuten).
- The top three teams from the 2010 season will play their games at home on opening day. Opening day: Rakuten @ Softbank; Nippon Ham @ Seibu; and Orix @ Lotte.
- One team will play 144 games
- Against PL teams: 60 home games and 60 road games. 24 games against each team.
- Against CL teams: 12 home games and 12 road games. 4 games against 6 CL teams.
- Home away from home games: Nippon Ham 15 (+1), Rakuten 5 (-1), Seibu 3 (-2), Lotte 0 (0), Orix 15 (9), Softbank 5 (0) - a total 43 games (-2). Numbers in parentheses indicates change from 2012 season.
- Climax Series Schedule
- Not yet set
You can see the new schedules (in Japanese, without start times or complete venue information) at the official NPB site. Here are the direct links to each month.
Pacific League
And for the those that need it, here is the legend for what each of the letters stand for:
- F = Nippon Ham Fighters
- L = Seibu Lions
- H = Softbank Hawks
- E = Rakuten Eagles
- M = Chiba Lotte Marines
- Bs = Orix Buffaloes
2013 Inter-league to begin on May 14; Nippon Series on October 26
by Gen on Nov.06, 2012 @ 3:11 pm, under NPB
Tags: Inter-league, Nippon Series, Schedules
The NPB made announcements about the 2013 schedules for the Inter-league and Nippn Series.
Inter-league play will take place between May 14 and June 16. The first day will kick off with the following six match-ups (I will post the initial schedule a little later):
Chiba vs Yomiuri
Seibu vs Yakult
Rakuten vs Yokohama
Nippon Ham vs Chunichi
Orix vs Hanshin
Softbank vs Hiroshima
A total 144 games will be played, with each team facing one another four times (two home/two road). The CL will begin with two home series, followed by two road series at PL stadiums. This will be repeated two more times.
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The 2013 Nippon Series (Konami Nippon Series 2013) will take place between October 26 and November 3 at the Pacific League's home stadium.
10/26 (Sat) - Pacific League Stadium
10/27 (Sun) - Pacific League Stadium
10/28 (Mon) - Travel Day
10/29 (Tue) - Central League Stadium
10/30 (Wed) - Central League Stadium
10/31 (Thu) - Central League Stadium
11/1 (Fri) - Travel Day
11/2 (Sat) - Pacific League Stadium
11/3 (Sun) - Pacific League Stadium