2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season
# 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Seibu Lions in the 2002 Japan Series 4 games to 0.

## Standings

### Central League

| Central League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yomiuri Giants | 140 | 86 | 52 | 2 | .623 | - |
| Yakult Swallows | 140 | 74 | 62 | 4 | .544 | 11.0 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 140 | 69 | 66 | 5 | .511 | 15.5 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 140 | 66 | 70 | 4 | .485 | 19.0 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 140 | 64 | 72 | 4 | .471 | 21.0 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 140 | 49 | 86 | 5 | .363 | 35.5 |

### Pacific League

| Pacific League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seibu Lions | 140 | 90 | 49 | 1 | .647 | - |
| Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 140 | 73 | 65 | 2 | .529 | 16.5 |
| Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 140 | 73 | 65 | 2 | .529 | 16.5 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 140 | 67 | 72 | 1 | .482 | 23.0 |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters | 140 | 61 | 76 | 3 | .445 | 28.0 |
| Orix BlueWave | 140 | 50 | 87 | 3 | .365 | 39.0 |

## Japan Series

| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Giants – 4, Lions – 1 | October 26 | Tokyo Dome | 45,107 |
| 2 | Giants – 9, Lions – 4 | October 27 | Tokyo Dome | 45,223 |
| 3 | Lions – 2, Giants – 10 | October 29 | Seibu Dome | 30,933 |
| 4 | Lions – 2, Giants – 6 | October 30 | Seibu Dome | 31,072 |

## League leaders

### Central League

Batting leaders :

| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Batting average | Kosuke Fukudome | Chunichi Dragons | .343 |
| Home runs | Hideki Matsui | Yomiuri Giants | 50 |
| Runs batted in | Hideki Matsui | Yomiuri Giants | 107 |
| Hits | Takayuki Shimizu | Yomiuri Giants | 191 |
| Stolen bases | Norihiro Akahoshi | Hanshin Tigers | 26 |

Pitching leaders :

| Stat | Player | Team | Total |
| - | - | - | - |
| Wins | Koji Uehara Kevin Hodges | Yomiuri Giants Yakult Swallows | 17 |
| Earned run average | Masumi Kuwata | Yomiuri Giants | 2.22 |
| Strikeouts | Kei Igawa | Hanshin Tigers | 206 |
| Saves | Eddie Gaillard | Chunichi Dragons | 35 |
