2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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The Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Daiei Hawks defeating the Hanshin Tigers
in the 2003 Japan Series
4 games to 3.
Hanshin Tigers
The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly...
in the 2003 Japan Series
2003 Japan Series
The first game of the 2003 Japan Series set the stage for one of the most exciting series in recent memory. The first game was a matchup of matching 20-game winners: Igawa for Hanshin, and Saitoh for Daiei. Saitoh got out of a jam in the first, and Igawa struck out Hiroshi Shibahara and Munenori...
4 games to 3.
Central League
| Central League Central League The or is one the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around the country,The Central League... |
G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin Tigers Hanshin Tigers The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly... |
140 | 87 | 51 | 2 | 0.629 | -- |
| Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu region of Japan. The team is in the Central League. They won the 2007 Japan Series and 2007 Asia Series.-History:... |
140 | 73 | 66 | 1 | 0.525 | 14.5 |
| Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giants The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the... |
140 | 71 | 66 | 3 | 0.518 | 15.5 |
| Yakult Swallows | 140 | 71 | 66 | 3 | 0.518 | 15.5 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 140 | 67 | 71 | 2 | 0.486 | 20.0 |
| Yokohama BayStars Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Home field is the Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The clubhouse is located near the stadium.... |
140 | 45 | 94 | 1 | 0.325 | 42.5 |
Pacific League
| Pacific League Pacific League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series... |
G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiei Hawks | 140 | 82 | 55 | 3 | 0.596 | -- |
| Seibu Lions Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based west of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Prince Hotels, which in turn is owned by the Seibu Group... |
140 | 77 | 61 | 2 | 0.557 | 5.5 |
| Kintetsu Buffaloes Kintetsu Buffaloes The was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co. and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix BlueWave baseball team, in 2004... |
140 | 74 | 64 | 2 | 0.536 | 8.5 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by the Lotte conglomerate.-History:... |
140 | 68 | 69 | 3 | 0.496 | 14.0 |
| Nippon Ham Fighters | 140 | 62 | 74 | 4 | 0.457 | 19.5 |
| Orix BlueWave | 140 | 48 | 88 | 4 | 0.357 | 33.5 |