2003 Pacific League Concludes [Correction]

With Chiba Lotte defeating Orix 5-1 Sunday afternoon (October 12), the final 2003 Pacific League game was made up and the season concluded. Nikkan Sports has the title holders, final official attendance, and other useful stats. So, I relay them on to you.

2003 Pacific League Title Holders

Leading Hitter    Ogasawara Michihiro (NHF)   .360 (2)
Home Run King     Tuffy Rhodes (OKB)            51 (3)
RBI King          Matsunaka Nobuhiko (FDH)     123 (1)
Most Hits         Tani Yoshitomo (OBW)         189 (1)
Best OBP          Ogasawara Michihiro (NHF)   .473 (1)
Stolen Base King  Iguchi Tadahito (FDH)         42 (2)

Best ERA          Saitoh Kazumi (FDH)         2.83 (1)
                  Matsuzaka Daisuke (SL)      2.83 (1)
Most Wins         Saitoh Kazumi (FDH)           20 (1)
Best Winning %    Saitoh Kazumi (FDH)         .870 (1)
Most Strike Outs  Matsuzaka Daisuke (SL)       215 (3)
Best Closer       Toyoda Kiyoshi (SL)         40SP (2)
Best Middle Rel.  Mori Shinji (SL)            26 H (2)

Last number denotes number of times award was won by player.

2003 Pacific League Team Attendance

Team        Games  Attendance   Avg.   2002 Att.   Diff
Daiei         70  * 3,228,000  46,100  3,108,000  + 3.9%
Seibu         70    1,664,000  23,800  1,682,000  - 1.1%
Kintetsu      70    1,433,000  20,500  1,350,000  + 6.1%
Nippon  Ham   70    1,319,000  18,800  1,260,000  + 4.7%
Orix          70    1,275,000  18,200  1,099,000  +16.0%
Lotte         70    1,225,000  17,500  1,210,000  + 1.2%
===========  ===   ==========  ======  =========  ======
Total        420  *10,144,000  24,200  9,709,000  + 4.5%

* notes a new record.

2003 Pacific League Team Batting

  Team           BA   G   AB   RS   H   2B 3B  HR  TB  RBI   K   BB HBP  SH SF  SB
1 Daiei        .297  140 4926 822 1461 276 33 154 2265 794  824 516  74  85 48 147
2 Orix         .276  140 4837 652 1333 257 18 174 2148 622  948 424  48  75 33  74
3 Kintetsu     .274  140 4748 718 1302 247 23 187 2156 695  861 547  38 104 41  83
4 Seibu        .2714 140 4770 692 1295 247 29 191 2173 656  892 464  35 112 28  84
5 Lotte        .2713 140 4761 651 1292 283 30 145 2070 628  919 443  49 105 40  68
6 Nippon Ham   .269  140 4875 675 1310 245 20 149 2042 645 1148 451  66  67 21  90

2003 Pacific League Team Pitching

  Team         ERA  G  SO  W  L  S   W%  Innings   H   HR   K   BB HBP  R   ER
1 Daiei       3.94 140  9 82 55 27 .599 1265     1228 140 1126 471  55 588 554
2 Kintetsu    4.30 140  3 74 64 20 .236 1244     1289 157  965 456  50 632 594
3 Lotte       4.37 140  7 68 69 35 .496 1249 1/3 1288 144  849 395  47 665 607
4 Seibu       4.43 140 10 77 61 42 .558 1256 2/3 1299 164 1026 488  57 660 618
5 Nippon Ham  4.88 140  5 62 74 24 .456 1249 1/3 1355 188  734 493  47 738 677
6 Orix        5.95 140  5 48 88 22 .353 1239 2/3 1534 207  892 542  54 927 819

[Pitching titles for Saitoh Kazumi were originally credited to team mate Satoh Makoto. Thank you PLNara-san for the correction.]