2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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This article is about the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2004 in baseball.
The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series. This season also saw the first and only players strike in Japanese professional baseball history. Players went on strike for two days in September because of the potential mergers and realignment.
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2004 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 27, 2004 – October 25, 2004 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | CL: Kenshin Kawakami (CHU) PL: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (DAI) |
League Postseason | |
CL champions | Chunichi Dragons |
CL runners-up | Yakult Swallows |
PL champions | Seibu Lions |
PL runners-up | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Seibu Lions |
Runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
Finals MVP | Takashi Ishii (SEI) |
NPB seasons | |
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