The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Hiroshima Toyo Carp14382592.582—45-25–237-34–02Tokyo Yakult Swallows14375662.5327.041-30–034-36–23Yomiuri Giants14367715.48213.533–38–134–33–44Yokohama DeNA BayStars14367742.47514.033–38–134–36–15Chunichi Dragons14363782.44719.036–33-227–45–06Hanshin Tigers14362792.44020.027–42–235–37–0
+ Pacific League regular season standings Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Saitama Seibu Lions14388532.624—45–24–243–29–02Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14382601.5776.540–30–142–30–03Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14374663.52913.540–29–234–37–14Orix Buffaloes14365735.47121.533–37–232–36–35Chiba Lotte Marines14359813.42128.528–43–131–38–26Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14358823.41429.522–50–036–32–3
Interleague results Current as of 25 September 2018
Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.
The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.
+ Central League regular season standings Pos Team G W L T Pct. I Home Road1Hiroshima Toyo Carp187110.38945–4–02–7–02Tokyo Yakult Swallows181260.66716–3–06–3–03Yomiuri Giants188100.44424–5–04–5–04Chunichi Dragons187110.38944–5–03–6–05Yokohama DeNA BayStars188100.44426–3–02–7–06Hanshin Tigers186111.35362–6–14–5–0
+ Pacific League regular season standings Pos Team G W L T Pct. I Home Road1Saitama Seibu Lions181080.55645–4–05–4–02Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks181170.61126–3–05–4–03Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters181080.55646–3–04–5–04Orix Buffaloes181161.64717–2–04–4–15Chiba Lotte Marines181170.61126–3–05–4–06Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles186120.33363–6–03–6–0
Climax Series
First stage Central League
Pacific League
Final stage Central League
Pacific League
Japan Series
League leaders Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Dayan Viciedo Chunichi Dragons .348 Home runs Neftali Soto Yokohama DeNA BayStars 41 Runs batted in Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 131 Runs Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 130 Hits Dayan Viciedo Chunichi Dragons 178 Stolen bases Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 33 On Base Percentage Yoshihiro Maru Hiroshima Toyo Carp .468 Slugging Percentage Neftali Soto Yokohama DeNA BayStars .644
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Daichi OseraTomoyuki Sugano Hiroshima Toyo CarpYomiuri Giants 15 Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.14 Strikeouts Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 200 Innings pitched Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 202 Saves Yasuaki Yamasaki Yokohama DeNA BayStars 37 Holds Kazuki Kondo Tokyo Yakult Swallows 35 Winning percentage Katsuki AzumaKris Johnson Yokohama DeNA BayStarsHiroshima Toyo Carp .688
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .352 Home runs Hotaka Yamakawa Saitama Seibu Lions 47 Runs batted in Hideto Asamura Saitama Seibu Lions 127 Runs Hotaka Yamakawa Saitama Seibu Lions 115 Hits Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 195 Stolen bases Haruki Nishikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 44 On Base Percentage Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .431 Slugging Percentage Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .661
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Shinsaburo Tawata Saitama Seibu Lions 16 Earned run average Takayuki Kishi Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2.72 Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 187 Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 180.1 Saves Yuito Mori Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 37 Holds Naoki Miyanishi Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 37 Winning percentage Yusei Kikuchi Saitama Seibu Lions .778
Attendances
# Team Average 1 Yomiuri Giants 41,699 2 Hanshin Tigers 40,831 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 36,149 4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 31,001 5 Chunichi Dragons 30,231 6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 28,166 7 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 27,731 8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 27,152 9 Saitama Seibu Lions 24,833 10 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 23,972 11 Chiba Lotte Marines 23,127 12 ORIX Buffaloes 22,575
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See also 2018 KBO League season 2018 Major League Baseball season
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