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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".
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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]
The following is a list of Nippon Professional Baseball players, retired or active. Managers are also included for convenience. Managers are also included for convenience. The list is broken down into a page of each letter to reduce the size.
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.
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Hideo Fujimoto threw the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball history, on June 28, 1950. Rōki Sasaki threw the most recent NPB perfect game, on April 10, 2022. In baseball , throwing a perfect game is a pitching accomplishment in which one or more pitchers does not allow a baserunner on base over the course of one game.
In baseball, throwing a no-hitter is a pitching accomplishment in which one or more pitchers does not yield a hit in the course of one game. A no-hitter is rare in NPB, occurring 66 times since Eiji Sawamura 's first cycle during the single league era in 1936.