The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 74th season of professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
since
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
(NPB) was reorganized in
1950
Events January
* January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
* January 5 – 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash, Sverdlovsk plane crash: ''Aeroflot'' Lisunov Li-2 cr ...
. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the
Central League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consist ...
and
Pacific League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series. It currently consis ...
.
Regular season standings
Interleague
Overall, the Pacific League won 54 games and lost 52 against the Central League, with 2 ties.
Climax Series
First stage
Central League
Pacific League
Final stage
The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the first-placed team.
Central League
Pacific League
2023 Japan Series
The 2023 Japan Series (known as the '' SMBC Nippon Series 2023'' for sponsorship reasons) was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) season. The 74th edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between ...
See also
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2023 Major League Baseball season
The 2023 Major League Baseball season is scheduled to begin on March 30, with the regular season planned to end on October 1. The 93rd All-Star Game is scheduled to be played on July 11, hosted by the Seattle Mariners at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, ...
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2023 KBO League season
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2023 Mexican League season
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2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
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2023 Frontier League season
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2023 Pioneer League season
References
Nippon Professional Baseball season
Nippon Professional Baseball season
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