2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2000 NPB season
2000 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM); PL: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (DAI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
PL runners-up	Seibu Lions
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Finals MVP	Hideki Matsui (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1999 2001 →

The 2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 51st season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	135	78	57	0	.578	–
Chunichi Dragons	135	70	65	0	.519	8.0
Yokohama BayStars	136	69	66	1	.512	9.0
Yakult Swallows	136	66	69	1	.489	12.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	136	65	70	1	.481	13.0
Hanshin Tigers	136	57	78	1	.422	21.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	135	73	60	2	.549	–
Seibu Lions	135	69	61	5	.531	2.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters	135	69	65	1	.515	4.5
Orix BlueWave	135	64	67	4	.489	8.0
Chiba Lotte Marines	135	62	67	6	.481	9.0
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	135	58	75	2	.436	15.0

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (2)

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants – 3, Hawks – 5	October 21	Tokyo Dome	43,848^[3]
2	Giants – 3, Hawks – 8	October 22	Tokyo Dome	43,850^[3]
3	Hawks – 3, Giants – 9	October 23	Fukuoka Dome	36,625^[3]
4	Hawks – 1, Giants – 2	October 26	Fukuoka Dome	36,701^[3]
5	Hawks – 0, Giants – 6	October 27	Fukuoka Dome	36,787^[3]
6	Giants – 9, Hawks – 3	October 28	Tokyo Dome	44,033^[3]