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Nippon Baseball League

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Established
1950 (73 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-03-20

Current Season
2023

API Football ID
2

Sport
Baseball

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

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TV Rights
US - Next Level Sports [2021]

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Upcoming Events

21 Mar 23		Saitama Seibu L		2 - 1		Hanshin Tigers		MetLife Dome @ 4:00am
21 Mar 23		Tokyo Yakult Sw		3 - 2		Tohoku Rakuten		Meiji Jingu Stadium @ 4:00am
21 Mar 23		Chiba Lotte Mar		2 - 1		Hiroshima Toyo		Zozo Marine Stadium @ 4:00am
21 Mar 23		Hokkaido Nippon		5 - 0		Fukuoka SoftBan		Sapporo Dome @ 5:00am
21 Mar 23		Orix Buffaloes		4 - 2		Chunichi Dragon		Osaka Dome @ 5:00am
21 Mar 23		Yomiuri Giants		0 - 1		Yokohama DeNA B		Tokyo Dome @ 5:00am
22 Mar 23		Chiba Lotte Mar		-		Hiroshima Toyo		Zozo Marine Stadium @ 4:00am
22 Mar 23		Saitama Seibu L		-		Tohoku Rakuten		MetLife Dome @ 4:00am
22 Mar 23		Tokyo Yakult Sw		-		Yokohama DeNA B		Meiji Jingu Stadium @ 4:00am
22 Mar 23		Orix Buffaloes		-		Chunichi Dragon		Osaka Dome @ 5:00am
Latest Results
19 Mar 23		Yomiuri Giants		0 - 4		Hokkaido Nippon		Tokyo Dome
19 Mar 23		Chunichi Dragon		2 - 4		Tohoku Rakuten		Nagoya Dome
19 Mar 23		Chiba Lotte Mar		2 - 1		Saitama Seibu L		Zozo Marine Stadium
19 Mar 23		Fukuoka SoftBan		4 - 2		Yokohama DeNA B		Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dom
19 Mar 23		Hiroshima Toyo		5 - 5		Orix Buffaloes		Mazda Stadium
19 Mar 23		Tokyo Yakult Sw		3 - 0		Hanshin Tigers		Meiji Jingu Stadium
18 Mar 23		Yomiuri Giants		5 - 4		Hokkaido Nippon		Tokyo Dome
18 Mar 23		Chunichi Dragon		6 - 2		Tohoku Rakuten		Nagoya Dome
18 Mar 23		Fukuoka SoftBan		2 - 5		Yokohama DeNA B		Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dom
18 Mar 23		Hiroshima Toyo		1 - 2		Orix Buffaloes		Mazda Stadium

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Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球), meaning Professional Baseball. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu) in Tokyo, founded in 1934, and the original circuit for the sport in the Empire two years later – Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949), and continued to play even through the final years of World War II.

The league that is today's NPB for Japan was formed when that sports organization reorganized in 1950, creating two leagues with six teams each in the Central League and the Pacific League with an annual season-ending Japan Series championship play-off series of games starting that year for the JPB along the lines of the American World Series tournament (held since 1903).


Seasons

2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014
2015		2016		2017		2018		2019		2020		2021
2022		2023

Teams

Chiba Lotte Marin		Chunichi Dragons		Fukuoka SoftBank		Hanshin Tigers
Hiroshima Toyo Ca		Hokkaido Nippon-H		Orix Buffaloes		Saitama Seibu Lio
Tohoku Rakuten Go		Tokyo Yakult Swal		Yokohama DeNA Bay		Yomiuri Giants

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