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Nippon Baseball League

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Established
1950 (76 years old)

First Recorded Event
2008-03-20

Current Season
2026

Current Round


Sport
Baseball

Location
Japan

Gender
Male

TV Rights
US - Next Level Sports [2021]

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09 Apr	Fukuoka S	9:00am	Saitama S
09 Apr	Hanshin T	9:00am	Tokyo Yak
09 Apr	Hiroshima	9:00am	Yomiuri G
09 Apr	Orix Buff	9:00am	Chiba Lot
09 Apr	Tohoku Ra	9:00am	Hokkaido
10 Apr	Chunichi	9:00am	Hanshin T
10 Apr	Tohoku Ra	9:00am	Orix Buff
10 Apr	Saitama S	9:00am	Chiba Lot
10 Apr	Yokohama	9:00am	Hiroshima
10 Apr	Yomiuri G	9:00am	Tokyo Yak
Results
08 Apr	Fukuoka S	1 - 2	Saitama S
08 Apr	Hanshin T	2 - 3	Tokyo Yak
08 Apr	Hiroshima	1 - 2	Yomiuri G
08 Apr	Tohoku Ra	- 1	Hokkaido
08 Apr	Yokohama	4 - 6	Chunichi
08 Apr	Orix Buff	9 - 1	Chiba Lot
07 Apr	Yokohama	5 - 3	Chunichi
07 Apr	Tohoku Ra	3 - 0	Hokkaido
07 Apr	Orix Buff	3 - 1	Chiba Lot
07 Apr	Hiroshima	5 - 2	Yomiuri G

Description

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).


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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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