Has an NPB (Japan) game ever ended 20-2?
It has. 20-2 has been a NPB (Japan) final 5 times in 63,173 games. The first was Taiyo Whales beat Hiroshima Carp on August 26, 1951; the latest was Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters beat Chiba Lotte Marines on May 12, 2004.
That makes 20-2 the 156th most common final score out of 223 that have ever occurred in NPB (Japan). One point away, 21-2 has happened 3 times and 20-3 has happened 1 times. Nearly all of its occurrences fall between 1980 and 2009. At one point the score disappeared for 34 years, between 1951 and 1985.
Every 20-2 in NPB (Japan) history
| Date | Result | Season | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004-05-12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters over Chiba Lotte Marines | 2004 | |
| 1987-04-21 | Lotte Orions over Nippon-Ham Fighters | 1987 | |
| 1986-10-14 | Lotte Orions over Nankai Hawks | 1986 | |
| 1985-06-26 | Hankyu Braves over Nankai Hawks | 1985 | |
| 1951-08-26 | Taiyo Whales over Hiroshima Carp | 1951 |