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2. Nippon Professional Baseball - Wikipedia

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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), meaning simply Professional Baseball; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be ...

3. 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season - Wikipedia

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   2025 →. The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is 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 are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

4. Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional ...

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   MLB teams play 162 games in the regular series, while NPB teams each play 143. [3] The end-of-season championship in MLB is the World Series, a best-of-seven competition in which a team must win four games to clinch the title. NPB's championship is the Japan Series, also a best-of-seven competition. However, since games can end in a tie, it may ...

5. Japan Series - Wikipedia

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   Japan Series. The Japan Series (日本シリーズ Nippon Shiriizu, officially the Japan Championship Series, プロ野球日本選手権シリーズ Puro Yakyū Nippon Senshuken Shiriizu), [1] also the Nippon Series, [2][3] is the annual championship series in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top baseball league in Japan. It is a best-of ...

6. 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season - Wikipedia

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   The 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 73rd season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League. On April 10, Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki threw a perfect game, the first in 28 years ...

7. Shohei Ohtani - Wikipedia

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   Shohei Ohtani (Japanese: 大谷 翔平, Hepburn: Ōtani Shōhei, pronounced [oːtaɲi ɕoːheː]; born July 5, 1994) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and designated hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed " Shotime ", [1] he has previously played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon ...