The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950.
Koji Akiyama, manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, at Fukuoka Dome
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The 2020 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's 2020 season. The 71st edition of the Japan Series, it was played from November 21 to 25. The series was a best-of-se
Kyocera Dome Osaka served as the Giants' home field due to a scheduling conflict at Tokyo Dome.
Ryoya Kurihara drove in four runs for the Hawks in their Game 1 win.
In Game 2, Alfredo Despaigne tied a Japan Series single-game record with six runs batted in.
Matt Moore didn't allow a hit through seven innings.