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2003 Central League Concludes

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2003 Central League Concludes
With the Yakult Swallows defeating the Hiroshima Carp at Jingu on Thursday evening (October 16), the final 2003 Central 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 Central League Title HoldersLast number denotes number of times award was won by player.


2003 Central League Team Attendance
    Team        Games  Attendance   Avg.    2002 Att.   Diff
    Giants 70 3,763,000 53,800 3,783,500 - 0.5%
    Hanshin 70 * 3,300,000 47,100 2,678,000 +23.2%
    Chunichi 70 2,336,500 33,400 2,404,000 - 2.8%
    Yakult 70 1,741,000 24,900 1,797,000 - 3.1%
    Yokohama 70 1,434,000 20,500 1,535,000 - 6.6%
    Hiroshima 70 946,000 13,500 1,046,000 - 9.6%
    =========== === ========== ====== ========== ======
    Total 420 13,520,500 32,200 13,243,500 + 2.1%
* notes a new record.

2003 Central League Team Batting
      Team           BA   G   AB   RS   H   2B 3B  HR  TB  RBI   K   BB HBP  SH SF  SB
    1 Hanshin .287 140 4830 728 1384 242 32 141 2113 695 972 417 54 123 34 115
    2 Yakult .283 140 4840 683 1369 236 18 159 2118 649 907 336 64 119 38 54
    3 Chunichi .268 140 4733 616 1267 215 24 137 1941 586 1012 410 48 117 34 57
    4 Giants .262 140 4764 654 1246 182 18 205 2079 624 965 354 63 88 28 71
    5 Hiroshima .259 140 4701 558 1219 200 12 153 1902 539 1035 343 60 126 22 80
    6 Yokohama .258 140 4708 563 1215 192 5 192 1993 541 1110 314 58 78 16 68
2003 Central League Team Pitching
      Team         ERA  G  SO  W  L  S   W%  Innings   H   HR   K   BB HBP  R   ER
    1 Hanshin 3.53 140 12 87 51 31 .630 1252 1206 135 1108 375 60 538 491
    2 Chunichi 3.80 140 11 73 66 38 .525 1244 2/3 1231 137 1035 356 59 578 525
    3 Yakult 4.12 140 5 71 66 35 .518 1251 1287 176 918 389 51 627 573
    4 Hiroshima 4.23 140 4 67 71 33 .486 1247 1/3 1321 186 908 379 54 653 586
    5 Giants 4.43 140 8 71 66 18 .518 1248 1/3 1331 168 1123 335 56 681 614
    6 Yokohama 4.80 140 3 45 94 23 .324 1221 1324 185 909 340 67 725 651
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