The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 144 86 43 15 .667 —Chunichi Dragons 144 75 53 16 .586 10.5Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 68 65 11 .511 20.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 61 71 12 .462 26.5Hanshin Tigers 144 55 75 14 .423 31.5Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 46 85 13 .351 41.0
+ Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 74 59 11 .556 —Saitama Seibu Lions 144 72 63 9 .533 3.0Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 67 65 12 .508 6.5Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 67 67 10 .500 7.5Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 67 15 .481 10.0Orix Buffaloes 144 57 77 10 .425 17.5
Climax Series
Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First stage The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
Pacific League
Final stage The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
Pacific League
Japan Series
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants .340 Home runs Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 31 Runs batted in Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants 104 Runs Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants 87 Hits Hayato SakamotoHisayoshi Chono Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri Giants 173 Stolen bases Yohei Oshima Chunichi Dragons 32
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tetsuya Utsumi Yomiuri Giants 15 Losses Bryan BullingtonMinoru Iwata Hiroshima Toyo CarpHanshin Tigers 14 Earned run average Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1.53 Strikeouts Toshiya SugiuchiAtsushi Nomi Yomiuri GiantsHanshin Tigers 172 Innings pitched Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 206 Saves Tony BarnetteHitoki Iwase Tokyo Yakult SwallowsChunichi Dragons 33
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Katsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines .312 Home runs Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 27 Runs batted in Lee Dae-Ho Orix Buffaloes 91 Runs Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 79 Hits Seiichi Uchikawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 157 Stolen bases Ryo Hijirisawa Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 54
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tadashi Settsu Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 17 Losses Takayuki Kishi Saitama Seibu Lions 12 Earned run average Mitsuo Yoshikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1.71 Strikeouts Masahiro Tanaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 169 Innings pitched Yoshihisa Naruse Chiba Lotte Marines 200 Saves Hisashi Takeda Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 32
See also 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season 2012 Major League Baseball season
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