Nippon Professional Baseball Best Nine Award
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The Nippon Professional Baseball Best Nine Award is an annual honor given to the top player at each position in Japan's professional baseball leagues, as selected by sportswriters.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Nippon Professional Baseball Best Nine Award canonical | 1 |
| Pacific League Best Nine | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
annual award
ⓘ
baseball award ⓘ sports award ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Best Nine Award
NERFINISHED
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NPB Best Nine Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
ⓘ
Nippon Professional Baseball position players ⓘ |
| awardType | positional all-star team selection ⓘ |
| comparedTo |
Major League Baseball Gold Glove Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Major League Baseball Silver Slugger Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition |
Central League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Pacific League NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| eligibility | Nippon Professional Baseball players ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| governingBody | Nippon Professional Baseball organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCategory |
Awards established in 1947
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Most valuable player awards ⓘ Nippon Professional Baseball trophies and awards ⓘ |
| hasJapaneseName | ベストナイン賞 ⓘ |
| inceptionYear | 1947 ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Japanese ⓘ |
| league | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
separate Best Nine team selected for each league
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voted on by members of the media rather than fans ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Nippon Professional Baseball annual awards NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionCovered |
catcher
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designated hitter ⓘ first baseman ⓘ outfielder ⓘ pitcher ⓘ second baseman ⓘ shortstop ⓘ third baseman ⓘ |
| presentedBy | Japanese baseball writers ⓘ |
| recognizes |
offensive performance
ⓘ
overall positional excellence ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| scope |
regular season performance
ⓘ
top player at each position ⓘ |
| selectionMethod | sportswriters vote ⓘ |
| sport | baseball ⓘ |
| timeOfYearAwarded | after conclusion of NPB regular season ⓘ |
| votingBody | baseball sportswriters in Japan ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pacific League
this entity surface form:
Pacific League Best Nine