Central League

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professional baseball league sports league

The Central League is one of Japan's two top professional baseball leagues, featuring historic teams such as the Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Central League canonical	45
Nippon Professional Baseball Central League	3
セントラル・リーグ	2
Central League (Nippon Professional Baseball)	1
Central League All-Stars	1
Central League Best Nine	1
Central League clubs	1
Central League pennant	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	professional baseball league ⓘ sports league ⓘ
awards	Central League self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Central League Best Nine Central League Golden Glove ⓘ Central League MVP ⓘ Central League Rookie of the Year ⓘ
ballUsed	NPB official baseball ⓘ
championshipDeterminedBy	Climax Series ⓘ
competitionType	club competition ⓘ
confederation	Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ surface form: NPB
country	Japan ⓘ
countryLeagueSystem	Japanese professional baseball ⓘ
decidesJapanSeriesRepresentativeBy	league champion ⓘ
fanBase	national in Japan ⓘ
founded	1949 ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
hasAllStarParticipantsIn	NPB All-Star Game ⓘ
hasHistoricRivalry	Yomiuri Giants vs Hanshin Tigers ⓘ
hasSisterLeague	Pacific League ⓘ
hasTeam	Chunichi Dragons ⓘ Hanshin Tigers ⓘ Hiroshima Toyo Carp ⓘ Tokyo Yakult Swallows ⓘ Yokohama DeNA BayStars ⓘ Yomiuri Giants ⓘ
historicallyDominantTeam	Yomiuri Giants ⓘ
homeAndAwayFormat	yes ⓘ
languageOfOperation	Japanese ⓘ
level	top professional ⓘ
mediaCoverage	Japanese newspapers ⓘ Japanese television ⓘ online streaming ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeamByTitles	Yomiuri Giants ⓘ
numberOfTeams	6 ⓘ
partOf	Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
playsJapanSeriesAgainst	Pacific League champion ⓘ
professionalStatus	professional ⓘ
region	Japan ⓘ
rivalLeague	Pacific League ⓘ
seasonFormat	regular season followed by Climax Series playoffs ⓘ
shortName	CL ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
ticketedEvents	yes ⓘ
typicalSeasonEndMonth	October ⓘ
typicalSeasonStartMonth	March ⓘ
usesDesignatedHitter	no ⓘ

Referenced by (55)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hanshin Tigers → league → Central League ⓘ

Central League → awards → Central League self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central League Best Nine

Tigers → subleague → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanshin Tigers

Yomiuri Giants → subleague → Central League ⓘ

Tora → associatedWith → Central League ⓘ

Tora → leagueOfTeam → Central League ⓘ

Nippon Professional Baseball → hasPart → Central League ⓘ

Nippon Professional Baseball → governingBodyFor → Central League ⓘ

Nippon Professional Baseball → doesNotUseDesignatedHitter → Central League ⓘ

Masayuki Kakefu → leagueDivision → Central League ⓘ

Senichi Hoshino → participatedIn → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nippon Professional Baseball Central League

Pacific League → parallelLeague → Central League ⓘ

Munetaka Murakami → league → Central League ⓘ

Yokohama DeNA BayStars → league → Central League ⓘ

Yokohama DeNA BayStars → division → Central League ⓘ

Yokohama Stadium → leagueAssociation → Central League ⓘ

Randy Bass → playedIn → Central League ⓘ

CL → standsFor → Central League ⓘ

CL → refersTo → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Central League (Nippon Professional Baseball)

CL → fullNameInJapanese → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: セントラル・リーグ

Climax Series → league → Central League ⓘ

Climax Series → governsPostseasonFor → Central League ⓘ

Central League MVP → league → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nippon Professional Baseball Central League

NPB All-Star Game → featuresLeague → Central League ⓘ

Hanshin–Yomiuri rivalry → division → Central League ⓘ

HAN → league → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanshin Tigers

HAN → playsIn → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Hanshin Tigers

Central League Rookie of the Year → league → Central League ⓘ

Central League Rookie of the Year → scope → Central League ⓘ

Chunichi Dragons → subleague → Central League ⓘ

Central League Golden Glove → league → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nippon Professional Baseball Central League

Central League Golden Glove → scope → Central League ⓘ

Giants → league → Central League ⓘ

Giants → division → Central League ⓘ

Tokyo Kyojin → league → Central League ⓘ

Tokyo Kyojin → division → Central League ⓘ

Hiroshima Toyo Carp → subleague → Central League ⓘ

Tokyo Yakult Swallows → subleague → Central League ⓘ

Meiji Jingu Stadium → hasHomeTeamLeague → Central League ⓘ

Manchester United reserves → previousLeague → Central League ⓘ

All-Star Game → leagueRepresented → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: All-Star Game (NPB)

All-Star Game → hasTeam → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: All-Star Game (NPB)

this entity surface form: Central League All-Stars

Ironman → notableLeague → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Tomonori Kanemoto

Kyojin → league → Central League ⓘ

PL → parallelLeague → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific League

PL → interleaguePlayWith → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Pacific League

村上宗隆 → leagueTitle → Central League ⓘ

this entity surface form: セントラル・リーグ

NPB Triple Crown → eligibilityLeague → Central League ⓘ

Munetaka → league → Central League ⓘ

subject surface form: Munetaka Murakami

DB. Starman → division → Central League ⓘ