Has an NPB (Japan) game ever ended 17-8?
It has. 17-8 has been a NPB (Japan) final 6 times in 63,173 games. The first was Mainichi Orions beat Hankyu Braves on October 22, 1954; the latest was Saitama Seibu Lions beat Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on August 15, 2017.
That makes 17-8 the 151st most common final score out of 223 that have ever occurred in NPB (Japan). One point away, 18-8 has happened 1 times and 17-9 has happened 2 times. At one point the score disappeared for 31 years, between 1954 and 1985.
Every 17-8 in NPB (Japan) history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-08-15 | Saitama Seibu Lions over Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 2017 | |
| 2017-08-08 | Chiba Lotte Marines over Fukuoka Softbank Hawks | 2017 | |
| 2016-04-07 | Chiba Lotte Marines over Fukuoka Softbank Hawks | 2016 | |
| 2013-07-10 | Yokohama DeNA Baystars over Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 2013 | |
| 1985-10-12 | Hankyu Braves over Nankai Hawks | 1985 | |
| 1954-10-22 | Mainichi Orions over Hankyu Braves | 1954 |