2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season information
This article is about the 2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2001 in baseball.
Sports season
2001 NPB season
League
Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP
CL: Roberto Petagine (YAK) PL: Tuffy Rhodes (KIN)
League Postseason
CL champions
Yakult Swallows
CL runners-up
Yomiuri Giants
PL champions
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
PL runners-up
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions
Yakult Swallows
Runners-up
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP
Atsuya Furuta (Yakult Swallows)
NPB seasons
← 2000
2002 →
The 2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yakult Swallows defeating the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 2001 Japan Series 4 games to 1.
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