NPB regular season
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The NPB regular season is the main professional baseball schedule in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, determining team standings and playoff qualification.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NPB regular season canonical | 1 |
| Nippon Professional Baseball regular season | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4830873 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: NPB regular season Context triple: [NPB All-Star Game, relatedCompetition, NPB regular season]
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A.
NPB All-Star Game
The NPB All-Star Game is the annual midseason exhibition matchup in Nippon Professional Baseball that showcases top players from Japan’s Central and Pacific Leagues.
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B.
MLB regular season
The MLB regular season is the months-long schedule of professional baseball games in which all Major League Baseball teams compete to determine standings and playoff qualification.
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C.
Nippon Professional Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball is Japan’s highest-level professional baseball organization, comprising multiple teams in its Central and Pacific Leagues.
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D.
National League regular season
The National League regular season is the primary professional ice hockey league campaign in Switzerland, featuring top clubs competing for playoff positions and national prominence.
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E.
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
The Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is a prestigious Japanese collegiate baseball league comprising six major universities in Tokyo that has produced many prominent players and enjoys a long-standing tradition and strong fan following.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: NPB regular season Target entity description: 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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A.
NPB All-Star Game
The NPB All-Star Game is the annual midseason exhibition matchup in Nippon Professional Baseball that showcases top players from Japan’s Central and Pacific Leagues.
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B.
MLB regular season
The MLB regular season is the months-long schedule of professional baseball games in which all Major League Baseball teams compete to determine standings and playoff qualification.
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C.
Nippon Professional Baseball
Nippon Professional Baseball is Japan’s highest-level professional baseball organization, comprising multiple teams in its Central and Pacific Leagues.
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D.
National League regular season
The National League regular season is the primary professional ice hockey league campaign in Switzerland, featuring top clubs competing for playoff positions and national prominence.
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E.
Tokyo Big6 Baseball League
The Tokyo Big6 Baseball League is a prestigious Japanese collegiate baseball league comprising six major universities in Tokyo that has produced many prominent players and enjoys a long-standing tradition and strong fan following.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
baseball season
ⓘ
professional sports competition ⓘ sports season ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Japanese professional baseball regular season
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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
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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
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winning percentage ⓘ win–loss record ⓘ |
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Subject: NPB regular season Description of subject: The NPB regular season is the main professional baseball schedule in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league, determining team standings and playoff qualification.
Referenced by (2)
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this entity surface form:
Nippon Professional Baseball regular season