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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan.Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球, Puroyagu), meaning simply Professional Baseball; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
Nippon Professional Baseball announcement 2022 - NPB.jp (in Japanese) Registration and deregistration of participating players - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
A Nippon Professional Baseball team's roster is the group of players who are, by the NPB Agreement, allowed to play in Nippon Professional Baseball's top-fight leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League (NPB Agreement, Article 81). [1]
A 5th one would eventually be thrown on August 27 by Cody Ponce of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, in just his 2nd start, tying 2022 with 1940 with the most no-hitters in a season in Japanese pro baseball history, as well as becoming the first foreign player since Rick Guttormson of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows ...
Japanese baseball was organized originally as the Japanese Baseball League (JBL), starting with the 1936 season. For the 1950 season, the organization was renamed Nippon Professional Baseball and with additional clubs joining, it was broken into the Central League (CL) and the Pacific League (PL).
The 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 72nd season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950.There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
The Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) playoffs have taken several different forms throughout the organization's history. Japanese baseball is divided into two leagues; the Pacific League (PL) is less popular and less profitable than the Central League (CL).