2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season information
This article is about the 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2011 in baseball.
Sports season
2011 NPB season
League
Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport
Baseball
Duration
April 12 – November 20
Central League Pennant
League champions
Chunichi Dragons
Runners-up
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Season MVP
Takuya Asao (Chunichi)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Season MVP
Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL champions
Chunichi Dragons
CL runners-up
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
PL champions
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
PL runners-up
Saitama Seibu Lions
Japan Series
Champions
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up
Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP
Hiroki Kokubo (SoftBank)
NPB seasons
← 2010
2012 →
The 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 62nd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The season was delayed by the Tohoku earthquake. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, based in northern Japan, and coached by Senichi Hoshino, were particularly affected by the quake, as the Miyagi Baseball Stadium was badly damaged. [citation needed]
Because of energy concerns following the earthquake, NPB also imposed restrictions on games during the regular season. A three-hour-thirty-minute rule was imposed. If a game went past the 3:30 mark, regardless of inning, the inning in question would be the last inning. A game would be called should any blackout occur during the game. The 3:30 clock starts at the first pitch of the game and continues in case of any delay.
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At the season's end, the Yokohama BayStars was renamed as Yokohama DeNA BayStars as the owner changes.
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