NPB regular season

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baseball season professional sports competition sports season

The NPB regular season is the main professional baseball schedule in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, determining team standings and playoff qualification.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Nippon Professional Baseball regular season	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball season ⓘ professional sports competition ⓘ sports season ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Japanese professional baseball regular season ⓘ NPB pennant race ⓘ
broadcastOn	Japanese radio networks ⓘ Japanese television networks ⓘ
competitionFormat	double round-robin within league with additional intra-league games ⓘ
country	Japan ⓘ
determines	league standings ⓘ playoff qualification ⓘ
follows	NPB preseason ⓘ
governingBody	NPB Executive Committee NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDivision	Central League NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific League NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInterleagueComponent	NPB interleague play NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasLevel	top professional level in Japanese baseball ⓘ
historicalFeature	has included split seasons in some years ⓘ has undergone schedule length changes over time ⓘ
influences	Best Nine awards NERFINISHED ⓘ Golden Glove awards NERFINISHED ⓘ Most Valuable Player awards ⓘ player awards ⓘ statistical leaderboards ⓘ
languageOfOfficialUse	Japanese ⓘ
numberOfTeams	12 ⓘ
organizer	Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ
playoffQualificationSystem	Climax Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
precedes	Japan Series NERFINISHED ⓘ NPB Climax Series NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryVenueType	professional baseball stadiums ⓘ
relatedCompetition	CPBL regular season ⓘ KBO League regular season NERFINISHED ⓘ Major League Baseball regular season ⓘ
seasonStructure	includes interleague play since 2005 ⓘ two separate leagues without interleague play before 2005 ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
teamsPerLeague	6 ⓘ
tieGameRule	games can end in a tie after a set number of innings ⓘ
tieGamesAllowed	yes ⓘ
topTeamsQualifyForPlayoffs	yes ⓘ
typicalEndMonth	October ⓘ September ⓘ
typicalStartMonth	April ⓘ March ⓘ
usesStandingsCriterion	games behind ⓘ winning percentage ⓘ win–loss record ⓘ

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NPB All-Star Game → relatedCompetition → NPB regular season ⓘ

Japan Series → relatedCompetition → NPB regular season ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nippon Professional Baseball regular season