2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
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This article is about the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2016 in baseball.
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2016 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 25 – October 29 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
Season MVP | Takahiro Arai (Toyo) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Season MVP | Shohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham) |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
CL runners-up | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
PL champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
PL runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Finals MVP | Brandon Laird (Nippon Ham) |
NPB seasons | |
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