Nippon Professional Baseball

E26758
professional baseball league sports organization

Nippon Professional Baseball is Japan’s highest-level professional baseball organization, comprising multiple teams in its Central and Pacific Leagues.

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All labels observed (12)

Label Occurrences
Nippon Professional Baseball canonical 148
NPB 5
Nippon Professional Baseball Organization 2

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf professional baseball league ⓘ
sports organization ⓘ
allowsForeignPlayers yes ⓘ
ballCompositionStandardized 2011 ⓘ
broadcastMedium internet streaming ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
championshipSeries Japan Series ⓘ
climaxSeriesIntroduced mid-2000s ⓘ
cooperatesWith Major League Baseball ⓘ
country Japan ⓘ
doesNotUseDesignatedHitter Central League ⓘ
foreignPlayerRosterLimit 4 active per game ⓘ
founded 1950 ⓘ
gameLengthRule extra innings limit in regular season ⓘ
governingBodyFor Central League ⓘ
Pacific League ⓘ
hasPart Central League ⓘ
Pacific League ⓘ
hasPostingSystemAgreementWith Major League Baseball ⓘ
hasTeam Chiba Lotte Marines ⓘ
Chunichi Dragons ⓘ
SoftBank Hawks ⓘ
surface form: Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Hanshin Tigers ⓘ
Hiroshima Toyo Carp ⓘ
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ⓘ
Orix Buffaloes ⓘ
Saitama Seibu Lions ⓘ
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ⓘ
Tokyo Yakult Swallows ⓘ
Yokohama DeNA BayStars ⓘ
Yomiuri Giants ⓘ
highestLevelOf professional baseball in Japan ⓘ
interleaguePlayIntroduced 2005 ⓘ
leagueStructure two-league system ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
organizes All-Star Game ⓘ
Japan Series ⓘ
playerDraftSystem amateur draft ⓘ
primaryLanguage Japanese ⓘ
replaced Nippon Professional Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Baseball League
seasonEndTypicalMonth October ⓘ
seasonFormat regular season followed by postseason ⓘ
seasonStartTypicalMonth March ⓘ
shortName Nippon Professional Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: NPB
sport baseball ⓘ
teamCountPerLeague 6 ⓘ
usesDesignatedHitter Pacific League ⓘ
usesPlayoffStage Climax Series ⓘ

Referenced by (165)

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

Hanshin Tigers → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Orix Buffaloes → governingBody → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Orix Buffaloes → homeCountryLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Central League → partOf → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Central League → governingBody → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Central League → confederation → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPB
Tigers → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
subject surface form: Hanshin Tigers
To-Lucky → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yomiuri Giants → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Tora → associatedWith → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Nippon Professional Baseball → shortName → Nippon Professional Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPB
Nippon Professional Baseball → replaced → Nippon Professional Baseball self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Japanese Baseball League
Masayuki Kakefu → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Akinobu Okada → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Akinobu Okada → memberOf → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Tomonori Kanemoto → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Tomonori Kanemoto → memberOf → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Shintaro Fujinami → leagueParticipatedIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Shintaro Fujinami → leagueOfTeamPlayedFor → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Senichi Hoshino → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Katsuya Nomura → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Katsuya Nomura → playedIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Kyuji Fujikawa → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Koji Uehara → leagueDebut → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Pacific League → partOf → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Pacific League → governingBody → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
So Taguchi → playedInLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
ORX → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
subject surface form: Orix Buffaloes
ORX → playsIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
subject surface form: Orix Buffaloes
Buffalo Bell → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Buffalo Bull → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Kyocera Dome Osaka → homeTeamLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
SoftBank Hawks → governingBody → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Ichiro Suzuki → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Hotto Motto Field Kobe → leagueHosted → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Daisuke Kato → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Daisuke Kato → participantIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yoshio Itoi → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yoshio Itoi → hasPlayedIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yoshihisa Hirano → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yoshihisa Hirano → competitionClass → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
this entity surface form: NPB
Tuffy Rhodes → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yoshinobu Yamamoto → leagueParticipatedIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Masataka Yoshida → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Masataka Yoshida → signedFromLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Munetaka Murakami → league → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Munetaka Murakami → debutLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Munetaka Murakami → playsInLeague → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Charlie Manuel → leaguePlayedIn → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
Yokohama DeNA BayStars → parentOrganization → Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ