Nippon Professional Baseball

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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.

Aliases (2)

NPB ×3
Japanese Baseball League ×1

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 → 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	Japanese Baseball League →
seasonEndTypicalMonth	October →
seasonFormat	regular season followed by postseason →
seasonStartTypicalMonth	March →
shortName	NPB →
sport	baseball →
teamCountPerLeague	6 →
usesDesignatedHitter	Pacific League →
usesPlayoffStage	Climax Series →

Referenced by (57)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Akinobu Okada → Buffalo Bell → Buffalo Bull → Daisuke Kato → Hanshin Tigers → Hanshin Tigers → Hideki Matsui → Ichiro Suzuki → Katsuya Nomura → Kyuji Fujikawa → Masataka Yoshida → Masayuki Kakefu → Munetaka Murakami → Orix Buffaloes → Senichi Hoshino → Shohei Ohtani → To-Lucky → Tomonori Kanemoto → Tuffy Rhodes → Yomiuri Giants → Yoshihisa Hirano → Yoshio Itoi →	league
Central League → Japan national baseball team → Orix Buffaloes → Pacific League → SoftBank Hawks →	governingBody
Munetaka Murakami → Shohei Ohtani →	debutLeague
Shintaro Fujinami → Yoshinobu Yamamoto →	leagueParticipatedIn
Charlie Manuel → Randy Bass →	leaguePlayedIn
Akinobu Okada → Tomonori Kanemoto →	memberOf
Central League → Pacific League →	partOf
Orix Buffaloes → Yokohama DeNA BayStars →	playsIn
Tora →	associatedWith
Yoshihisa Hirano ("NPB") →	competitionClass
Central League ("NPB") →	confederation
Yoshio Itoi →	hasPlayedIn
Orix Buffaloes →	homeCountryLeague
Kyocera Dome Osaka →	homeTeamLeague
Yokohama Stadium →	leagueAssociation
Koji Uehara →	leagueDebut
Hotto Motto Field Kobe →	leagueHosted
Shintaro Fujinami →	leagueOfTeamPlayedFor
Yokohama DeNA BayStars →	parentOrganization
Daisuke Kato →	participantIn
Katsuya Nomura →	playedIn
So Taguchi →	playedInLeague
Munetaka Murakami →	playsInLeague
Nippon Professional Baseball ("Japanese Baseball League") →	replaced
Nippon Professional Baseball ("NPB") →	shortName
Masataka Yoshida →	signedFromLeague