The 2007 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series of baseball games, in which Stage 1 was a best-of-three series and Stage...

best-of-five. The winner of the series advanced to the 2007 Japan Series, where they competed against the 2007 Central League Climax Series winner. The top three...

the Climax Series is based. After three seasons, the CL adopted the same system in 2007, creating the current, unified playoff format. Both leagues play...

The 2008 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six...

playoff series was dubbed the Climax Series, NPB's current playoff format. The PL agreed to name the regular-season first-place finishers league champions...

leagues adopted the Climax Series to determine their champions. The Climax Series involves the top three finishers in each league, though the format gives...

In 2007, a new Climax Series was introduced. This playoff series was inspired by the stepladder playoff used in the Pacific League introduced in 2004...

Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the winners of the Central League (CL) and Pacific League's (PL) postseason tournament, the Climax Series...

2017 Central League Climax Series Champions for the first time in 19 years. José López was the most valuable player (MVP) of the Central League Climax Series...

in the 2011 Japan Series, but fell to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in seven games. In 2012, they made the Central League Climax Series, by first defeating...

regular season with the Central League's best record and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the Climax Series to advance to the Japan Series, where they lost to...

League Regular League and Climax Series' Champion, the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, and the Chunichi Dragons, winners of the Central League's Climax...

Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949. Climax Series does...

introduced to the Central League in 2007, and the post-season intra-league games were renamed the "Climax Series" in both leagues. Player statistics and drafting...

(then known as the Pacific League Playoffs) and in 2007 by the Central League, the Climax Series is a two-stage system; in the "First Stage", the second...

The 2008 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) consisted of two consecutive series, Stage 1 being a best-of-three series and Stage 2 being a best-of-six...

Pacific League's (PL) Climax Series champion, and the defending Japan Series champions, and the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League's (CL) regular-season...

2008, 2009, 2010, and 2012 Central League Climax Series. The Giants also have won the head to head series in the Climax Series 3 times to Chunichi's 2....

League introduced a post-season playoff series in 2004. The Central League introduced a playoff series in 2007, which is when the name "Climax Series"...

Season 1st place is the champion Central League Climax Series 2nd Stage winner vs. Pacific League Climax Series 2nd Stage winner – Best of 7 The Seibu Lions...

the Central League for the third consecutive year, earning a bye in the first stage of the Climax Series. They defeated the Yomiuri Giants in Climax Series...

Hawks, the respective champions of the Central League's and the Pacific League's Climax Series (postseason). The Series began on Saturday, November 12, 2011...

concerning the need for a playoff system in the Central League, which was finally added in 2007 (see Climax Series). The Marines went on to defeat South Korea's...

year. Rakuten secured second place in the Pacific League the next season and advanced to the Climax Series for the first time. A pair of complete game wins...

the Japan Series in 2007, 2009, and 2012. The Hiroshima Toyo Carp defeated the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in the Central League Climax Series, four games...

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the team finished 69-71-3, finishing third in the Central League, and advancing to the Climax Series, where the BayStars defeated the Yomiuri Giants, 2-1...

Japan Series, losing to the Chiba Lotte Marines in six games in the Climax Series despite having a 3–1 series lead. SoftBank won the Pacific League again...

previous year's Climax Series Final. In 2018, the Carp captured another Central League Pennant and swept the Yomiuri Giants in the Climax Series Final. However...

G1 Climax, where he finished with a record of four wins and five losses. In December, Sanada and Evil won their block in the 2017 World Tag League with...