2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| 2012 NPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 30, 2012 – November 3, 2012 |
| Central League Pennant | |
| League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
| Season MVP | Shinnosuke Abe (YOM) |
| Pacific League Pennant | |
| League champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
| Season MVP | Mitsuo Yoshikawa (NIP) |
| Climax Series | |
| CL champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| CL runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
| PL champions | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| PL runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Japan Series | |
| Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Finals MVP | Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM) |
The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)
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