1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 38th season of operation for the league. Seibu Lions won the series 4-2. 1987 Major League Baseball season...
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Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it...
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1936 season. For the 1950 season, the organization was renamed Nippon Professional Baseball and with additional clubs joining, it was broken into the Central...
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1986 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 37th season of operation for the league. Seibu Lions won the series 4–3–1. 1986 Major League Baseball season...
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The 1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 39th season of operation for the league. PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Chunichi Dragons (1) 1988 Major...
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Valuable Player (MVP) Award (最優秀選手, Saiyūshūsenshu) is an annual Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) award given to two outstanding players, one each for the...
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This is a list of the top 40 Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters. In the sport of baseball, a home run is a hit in which the batter scores by...
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Professional baseball in Japan first started in the 1920s, but it was not until the Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-nippon Tōkyō Yakyū...
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The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (北海道日本ハムファイターズ, Hokkaidō Nippon-Hamu Faitāzu) is a Japanese professional baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō...
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KBO League (redirect from Korea Professional Baseball League)
their homes. The deal was for the 2020 season only and was not renewed for 2021. As with Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), the KBO league places a cap on...
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on Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) rosters in the 1960s. More than 600 Americans have played NPB, although very few last more than a single season in...
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Anthony Bass (category Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers)
has also played for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played college baseball at Wayne State University. Bass...
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Sachio Kinugasa (category Nippon Professional Baseball infielders)
was a Japanese professional baseball third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1965 to 1987. He was nicknamed...
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Matt Franco (category American expatriate baseball players in Japan)
American former professional baseball player who played first base in the major leagues from 1995 to 2003, and in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2004 to...
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Shohei Ohtani (category Nippon Professional Baseball designated hitters)
played in MLB for the Los Angeles Angels and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Because of his elite contributions...
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Yu Darvish (category Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers)
World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japan national baseball team. He was considered by many to be the best pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball prior...
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The Colombian Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Profesional de Béisbol or LPB), is a professional baseball league based in Colombia. It is a...
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2016) was an American professional baseball player and coach. He played in Major League Baseball and the Nippon Professional Baseball league as an outfielder...
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(born October 27, 1987) is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the...
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Major League Baseball is a professional baseball league in Canada and the United States, and is widely regarded as the best league for the sport in the...
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their seasons due to the Mets and Phillies home openers postponed from March 28 due to inclement weather. The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season begins...
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Yomiuri Giants (redirect from Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Kurabu)
Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball...
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Hiromitsu Ochiai (category Nippon Professional Baseball first basemen)
Japanese former professional baseball manager and player. He is former manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is considered...
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list of Nippon Professional Baseball players who have reached the 1,000 run batted in (RBI) milestone. RBIs are usually accumulated in baseball by successfully...
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Orix Buffaloes (redirect from Hankyu Professional Baseball Club)
(オリックス・バファローズ, Orikkusu Bafarōzu) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of...
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Dai-Kang Yang (category Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders)
the Eastern League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Yomiuri Giants. Yang was born...
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1994 Japan Series (redirect from 1994 Nippon Series)
The 1994 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1994 season. It was the 45th Japan Series and featured the...
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Shigeo Nagashima (category Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners)
Japanese former professional baseball player and manager. Nagashima played baseball at his local high school, and on the Rikkyo University baseball team from...
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Shinnosuke Abe (category Nippon Professional Baseball catchers)
Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager, who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants...
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Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league and the highest level of organized baseball in the United States and Canada. It comprises...
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