Nippon Professional Baseball Map
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Snapshot of the NPB
There are 12 Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball teams, who are seperated equally into the Central and Pacific Leagues. The champion is decided by an end-of-season interleague playoff.
The 'Japan Series' has been played annual since 1950, and the Yomuri Giants are the most succesful team with 22 Championships, but success has been spread throughout the competiton, with every team in the league having won at least once.
Japan Series
Yomiuri Giants
22
First
Saitama Seibu Lions
13
Second
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
11
Third
Hanshin Tigers
2
Current Champion