The Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yakult Swallows defeating the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 2001 Japan Series 4 games to 1.

Standings

Central League Central League G W L T Pct. GBYakult Swallows14076 586.567 -Yomiuri Giants14075632.543 3Yokohama BayStars14069674.507 8Hiroshima Toyo Carp14068657.511 7.5Chunichi Dragons14062744.456 15Hanshin Tigers14057803.416 20.5

Pacific League Pacific League G W L T Pct. GBOsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes14078602.565-Fukuoka Daiei Hawks14076631.5472.5Seibu Lions14073670.5216.0Orix BlueWave14070664.5157.0Chiba Lotte Marines14064742.46414.0Nippon-Ham Fighters14057803.41620.5

Japan Series

Yakult Swallows (4) vs. Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Buffaloes – 0, Swallows – 7 October 20Osaka Dome33,8372 Buffaloes – 9, Swallows – 6 October 21Osaka Dome33,2773 Swallows – 9, Buffaloes – 2 October 23Jingu Stadium30,4434 Swallows – 2, Buffaloes – 1 October 24Jingu Stadium32,1455 Swallows – 4, Buffaloes – 2 October 25Jingu Stadium32,568

League leaders

Central League

+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Hideki Matsui Yomiuri Giants .333 Home runs Roberto Petagine Yakult Swallows 39 Runs batted in Roberto Petagine Yakult Swallows 127 Hits Takuro Ishii Yokohama BayStars 171 Stolen bases Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers 39

+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Shugo Fujii Yakult Swallows 14 Earned run average Shigeki Noguchi Chunichi Dragons 2.46 Strikeouts Shigeki Noguchi Chunichi Dragons 187 Saves Shingo Takatsu Yakult Swallows 37

Pacific League

+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines .346 Home runs Tuffy Rhodes Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 55 Runs batted in Norihiro Nakamura Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 132 Hits Michihiro Ogasawara Nippon-Ham Fighters 195 Stolen bases Tadahito Iguchi Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 44

+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions 15 Earned run average Nate Minchey Chiba Lotte Marines 3.26 Strikeouts Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions 214 Saves Rodney Pedraza Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 38

See also 2001 Major League Baseball season

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