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{{NPBseason|year=2013}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title
=2013 NPB season
| league
=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]]
| sport
=[[Baseball]]
| duration
=March 30 &ndash; November 3
| season2
=[[Central League]] Pennant
| season3
=[[Pacific League]] Pennant
| playoffs
=[[Climax Series]]
| finals
=Japan Series
| seasonslist
=List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
| seasonslistnames =NPB
| prevseason_link =2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| prevseason_year =2012
| nextseason_link =2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| nextseason_year =2014
}}
==Regular season standings==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"
|+ [[Central League]] regular season standings
!scope="col" width="35%"| Team
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games played|G]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Win (baseball)|W]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Loss (baseball)|L]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Tie (draw)|T]]
!scope="col" width="7%"| [[Winning percentage|Pct.]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games behind|GB]]
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Yomiuri Giants]]
| 144 || 84 || 53 || 7 || .613 ||
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hanshin Tigers]]
| 144 || 73 || 67 || 4 || .521 || 12.5
|-

!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]

| 144 || 69 || 72 || 3 || .489 || 17.0
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Chunichi Dragons]]
| 144 || 64 || 77 || 3 || .454 || 22.0
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]]
| 144 || 64 || 79 || 1 || .448 || 23.0
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]]
| 144 || 57 || 83 || 4 || .407 || 28.5
|}
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"
|+ [[Pacific League]] regular season standings
!scope="col" width="35%"| Team
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games played|G]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Win (baseball)|W]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Loss (baseball)|L]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Tie (draw)|T]]
!scope="col" width="7%"| [[Winning percentage|Pct.]]
!scope="col" width="5%"| [[Games behind|GB]]
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Tohoku Rakuten Golden]]
| 144 || 82 || 59 || 3 || .582 ||
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Saitama Seibu Lions]]
| 144 || 74 || 66 || 4 || .529 || 7.5
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[EaglesChiba Lotte Marines]]
| 144 || 74 || 68 || 2 || .521 || 8.5
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]]
| 144 || 74 || 69 || 1 || .514 || 9.5
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Orix Buffaloes]]
| 144 || 66 || 73 || 5 || .475 || 15.0

|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|[[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]]

| 144 || 64 || 78 || 2 || .451 || 18.5
|}
==Climax Series==
{{main|2013 Central League Climax Series|2013 Pacific League Climax Series}}
''Note: Unlike most professional baseball playoff systems, in NPB, all games played in
the first two rounds of the playoffs are held at the higher seed's home stadium. In case
the series ends in a tie the higher seeded team advances.''
{{6TeamBracket
| RD1=First stage
| RD2=Final stage
| RD3=[[2013 Japan Series]]
| group1=Central League
| group2=Pacific League
| RD1-seed1=C2
| RD1-team1='''[[Hanshin Tigers]]'''
| RD1-score1=0
| RD1-seed2=C3
| RD1-team2=[[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]
| RD1-score2=2
| RD1-seed3=P2
| RD1-team3=[[Saitama Seibu Lions]]
| RD1-score3=1
| RD1-seed4=P3
| RD1-team4='''[[EaglesChiba Lotte Marines]]'''
| RD1-score4=2
| RD2-seed1=C1
| RD2-team1='''[[Yomiuri Giants]]'''
| RD2-score1=3
| RD2-seed2=C3
| RD2-team2=[[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]
| RD2-score2=0
| RD2-seed3=P1
| RD2-team3='''[[Tohoku Rakuten Golden]]'''
| RD2-score3=3

| RD2-seed4=P3
| RD2-team4=[[EaglesChiba Lotte Marine]]
| RD2-score4=1
| RD3-seed1=C1
| RD3-team1='''[[Yomiuri Giants]]'''
| RD3-score1=1
| RD3-seed2=P1
| RD3-team2=[[Tohoku Rakuten Golden]]
| RD3-score2=1
}}
===First stage===
''The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden (PL) and the
Yomiuri Giants (CL), receive byes to the championship round.''
====Central League====
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = [[Hanshin Tigers]] (2) vs. [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]] (1)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 13
| score1 = Hanshin Tigers 1, '''Hiroshima Toyo Carp''' 6
| loc1 = [[Nagoya Dome]]
| time1 = 3:11
| att1 = 31,146
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=}}</ref>
| date2 = October 14
| score2 = '''Hanshin Tigers''' 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0
| loc2 = Nagoya Dome
| time2 = 3:26
| att2 = 33,852
| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=}}</ref>
}}

====Pacific League====
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]] (2) vs. [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] (1)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 13
| score1 = '''Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks''' 2, Saitama Seibu Lions 1
| loc1 = [[Seibu Dome]]
| time1 = 2:54
| att1 = 32,074
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=}}</ref>
| date2 = October 14
| score2 = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0, '''Saitama Seibu Lions''' 8
| loc2 = Seibu Dome
| time2 = 3:23
| att2 = 33,918
| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web |url= |title= |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=}}</ref>
| date3 = October 15
| score3 = '''Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks''' 3, Saitama Seibu Lions 2
| loc3 = Seibu Dome
| time3 = 3:23
| att3 = 25,002
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101501769.html |
title=Monday, October 15, 2013 |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>
}}
===Final stage===
''The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and
the Yomiuri Giants (CL), receive a one-game advantage.''
====Central League====
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = [[Yomiuri Giants]] (4) vs. [[Chunichi Dragons]] (3)

| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 17
| score1 = '''Chunichi Dragons''' 3, Yomiuri Giants 1
| loc1 = [[Tokyo Dome]]
| time1 = 3:21
| att1 = 40,039
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101701770.html |
title=Wednesday, October 17, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
| date2 = October 18
| score2 = '''Chunichi Dragons''' 5, Yomiuri Giants 2
| loc2 = Tokyo Dome
| time2 = 3:40
| att2 = 39,135
| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101801772.html |
title=Thursday, October 18, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
| date3 = October 19
| score3 = '''Chunichi Dragons''' 5, Yomiuri Giants 4
| loc3 = Tokyo Dome
| time3 = 3:41
| att3 = 44,744
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101901774.html |
title=Friday, October 19, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
| date4 = October 20
| score4 = Chunichi Dragons 1, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 3
| loc4 = Tokyo Dome
| time4 = 2:57
| att4 = 46,158
| ref4 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102001776.html |
title=Saturday, October 20, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
| date5 = October 21
| score5 = Chunichi Dragons 2, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 3

| loc5 = Tokyo Dome

| time5 = 3:40
| att5 = 45,897
| ref5 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102101777.html |
title=Sunday, October 21, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
| date6 = October 22
| score6 = Chunichi Dragons 2, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 4
| loc6 = Tokyo Dome
| time6 = 3:18
| att6 = 44,351
| ref6 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102201778.html |
title=Monday, October 22, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 4, 2013}}</ref>
}}
====Pacific League====
===Summary===
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] (4) vs. [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]] (0)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 17
| score1 = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2, '''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters''' 3
| loc1 = [[Sapporo Dome]]
| time1 = 2:56
| att1 = 31,022
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101701771.html |
title= Wednesday, October 17, 2013 |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>
| date2 = October 18
| score2 = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0, '''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters''' 3
| loc2 = Sapporo Dome
| time2 = 3:17
| att2 = 23,610

| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101801773.html |

title=Thursday, October 18, 2013 |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>
| date3 = October 19
| score3 = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2, '''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters''' 4
| loc3 = Sapporo Dome
| time3 = 3:16
| att3 = 37,166
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013101901775.html |
title=Friday, October 19, 2013 |work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 29, 2013}}</ref>
}}
==Japan Series==
{{Main|2013 Japan Series}}
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = CL [[Yomiuri Giants]] (4) vs. PL [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] (2)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 27
| score1 = Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 8
| loc1 = [[Tokyo Dome]]
| time1 = 3:13
| att1 = 44,981
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102701779.html |
title=Saturday, October 27, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 27, 2013}}</ref>
| date2 = October 28
| score2 = Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 0, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 1
| loc2 = Tokyo Dome
| time2 = 2:51
| att2 = 44,932
| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013102801780.html |
title=Sunday, October 28, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 28, 2013}}</ref>
| date3 = October 30

| score3 = Yomiuri Giants 3, '''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters''' 7

| loc3 = [[Sapporo Dome]]
| time3 = 4:04
| att3 = 36,942
| ref3 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013103001781.html |
title=Tuesday, October 30, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=October 30, 2013}}</ref>
| date4 = October 31
| score4 = Yomiuri Giants 0, '''Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters''' 1
| loc4 = Sapporo Dome
| time4 = 4:15
| att4 = 40,433
| ref4 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013103101782.html |
title=Wednesday, October 31, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 1, 2013}}</ref>
| date5 = November 1
| score5 = '''Yomiuri Giants''' 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2
| loc5 = Sapporo Dome
| time5 = 3:52
| att5 = 40,579
| ref5 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013110101783.html |
title=Thursday, November 1, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 1, 2013}}</ref>
| date6 = November 3
| score6 = Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3, '''Yomiuri Giants''' 4
| loc6 = Tokyo Dome
| time6 = 3:22
| att6 = 45,018
| ref6 = <ref>{{cite web |url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/games/s2013110301784.html |
title=Saturday, November 3, 2013 |publisher=[[Nippon Professional Baseball]] |
accessdate=November 3, 2013}}</ref>
}}
==League leaders==
===Central League===
{{multicol}}

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Batting leaders<ref>http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/stats/bat_c.html</ref>
!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat
!scope="col" width="10%" | Player
!scope="col" width="20%" | Team
!scope="col" width="3%" | Total
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Batting Average]]
| [[Hector Luna]] || [[Chunichi Dragons]] || .375
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Home run]]s
| [[Tony Blanco]]<br>[[Wladimir Balentien]] || [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]]<br>[[Tokyo
Yakult Swallows]] || 25
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| [[Tony Blanco]] || [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]] || 67
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Run (baseball)|Runs]]
| [[Shinosuke Abe]] || Yomiuri Giants || 46
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
| [[Hector Luna]] || [[Chunichi Dragons]] || 102
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Stolen base]]s
| [[Yohei Oshima]] || [[Chunichi Dragons]] || 23
|}
{{multicol-break}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Pitching leaders<ref>http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/stats/pit_c.html</ref>
!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat
!scope="col" width="10%" | Player
!scope="col" width="20%" | Team
!scope="col" width="3%" | Total
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Win (baseball)|Wins]]
| [[Yasuhiro Ogawa]] || [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] || 8
|-

!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Earned run average]]

| [[Atsushi Nomi]] || [[Hanshin Tigers]] || 2.33
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Strikeout]]s
| [[Tomoyuki Sugano]] || [[Yomiuri Giants]] || 91
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Innings pitched]]
| [[Tomoyuki Sugano]] || [[Yomiuri Giants]] || 93
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Save (baseball)|Saves]]
| [[Nishimura Kentaro]] || [[Yomiuri Giants]] || 18
|}
{{multicol-end}}
===Pacific League===
{{multicol}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Batting leaders<ref>http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/stats/bat_p.html</ref>
!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat
!scope="col" width="10%" | Player
!scope="col" width="20%" | Team
!scope="col" width="3%" | Total
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Batting Average]]
| [[Yuya Hasegawa]] || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]] || .353
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Home run]]s
| [[Sho Nakata]] || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] || 79
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Run batted in|Runs batted in]]
| [[Sho Nakata]] || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] || 52
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Run (baseball)|Runs]]
| [[Shogo Akiyama]] || [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] || 50
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Hit (baseball)|Hits]]
| [[Yuya Hasegawa]] || [[Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks]] || 100

|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Stolen base]]s

| [[Dai-Kang Yang]] || [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] || 26
|}
{{multicol-break}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Pitching leaders<ref>http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2013/stats/pit_p.html</ref>
!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat
!scope="col" width="10%" | Player
!scope="col" width="25%" | Team
!scope="col" width="3%" | Total
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Win (baseball)|Wins]]
| [[Masahiro Tanaka]] || [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]] || 10
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Earned run average]]
| [[Yusei Kikuchi]] || [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] || 1.39
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Strikeout]]s
| [[Chihiro Kaneko]] || [[Orix Buffaloes]] || 85
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Innings pitched]]
| [[Chihiro Kaneko]] || [[Orix Buffaloes]] || 101.2
|!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| [[Save (baseball)|Saves]]
| [[Naoya Masuda]] || [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] || 21
|}
{{multicol-end}}
==References==
{{Commons category|2013 in Nippon Professional Baseball}}
{{Reflist|2}}
{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons}}
[[Category:2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season|*]]