2000 Japan Pacific League

2000 > Class Foreign > League History
Overall: 395 games, 6 teams, approx. 131 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1999 / 2001
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1999 / 2001

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1999 / 2001

League Standings

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	73	60	.549	--
Seibu Lions	69	61	.531	2.5
Nippon Ham Fighters	69	65	.515	4.5
Orix Blue Wave	64	67	.489	8
Chiba Lotte Marines	62	67	.481	9
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	58	75	.436	15

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
Nippon Ham Fighters	5.75	134	5354	4627	771	1285	225	31	177	735	107	40	553	815	.278	.357	.455	.812	2103	91	40	94	40
Orix Blue Wave	4.87	131	5256	4517	638	1176	212	18	116	610	72	30	559	844	.260	.343	.392	.735	1772	86	31	108	41
Chiba Lotte Marines	4.82	129	5250	4528	622	1175	220	24	109	587	88	26	544	791	.259	.341	.391	.732	1770	98	33	110	35
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	4.74	133	5204	4525	630	1212	217	27	129	610	57	36	493	849	.268	.343	.413	.756	1870	97	42	106	38
Seibu Lions	4.72	130	5247	4504	614	1148	214	26	97	584	85	48	539	824	.255	.337	.379	.715	1705	97	38	124	42
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	4.60	133	5175	4496	612	1176	200	34	125	583	68	45	481	782	.262	.336	.405	.741	1819	90	43	122	33
League Totals	4.92	790	31486	27197	3887	7172	1288	160	753	3709	477	225	3169	4905	.264	.343	.406	.749	11039	559	227	664	229

League Pitching

Tm	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	4.39	73	60	.549	4.03	133	133	121	12	11	37	1199.0	1143	584	537	117	464	792	31	5	47	5137	1.340	8.6	0.9	3.5	5.9	1.71
Seibu Lions	4.40	69	61	.531	3.68	130	130	116	14	16	27	1215.2	1136	572	497	108	491	909	29	6	24	5201	1.338	8.4	0.8	3.6	6.7	1.85
Nippon Ham Fighters	4.96	69	65	.515	4.70	134	134	108	26	5	24	1193.1	1205	664	623	140	551	793	47	7	33	5250	1.472	9.1	1.1	4.2	6.0	1.44
Orix Blue Wave	5.13	64	67	.489	4.64	131	131	108	23	8	20	1192.2	1226	672	615	144	514	806	34	10	41	5241	1.459	9.3	1.1	3.9	6.1	1.57
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	5.17	58	75	.436	4.66	133	133	113	20	8	26	1190.1	1190	687	616	123	609	808	48	6	40	5326	1.511	9.0	0.9	4.6	6.1	1.33
Chiba Lotte Marines	5.49	62	67	.481	4.73	129	129	117	12	6	30	1200.2	1272	708	631	121	540	797	38	1	57	5332	1.509	9.5	0.9	4.0	6.0	1.48
League Totals	4.92	395	395	.500	4.40	790	790	683	107	54	164	7191.2	7172	3887	3519	753	3169	4905	227	35	242	31487	1.438	9.0	0.9	4.0	6.1	1.55

League Fielding

Tm	G	Managers
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	133	Sadaharu Oh
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	133	Masataka Nashida
Orix Blue Wave	131	Akira Ogi
Seibu Lions	130	Osamu Higashio
Chiba Lotte Marines	129	Koji Yamamoto
Nippon Ham Fighters	134	Yasunori Oshima
League Totals	790

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