356:. "Warm-up" games began 26 May. All twelve NPB teams played on as scheduled on 19 June. On 10 July NPB began allowing a limited number of fans to attend games, with plans to further ease restrictions in the near future. On 19 September, attendance was expanded to a maximum of 20,000 fans per game, or 50% of stadium capacity.
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Central League would do away with its Climax Series entirely, with its regular season winner advancing directly to the 2020
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On 18 April, the league announced that it would remain delayed indefinitely through the entirety of May, with the 18-game interleague schedule removed to accommodate a 125-game schedule. The delay of the 2020 Olympics meant that the three-week
Olympic break would no longer be needed. Therefore, it
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was removed from the schedule. Before the league began play, the 2020 season was shortened to 120 games, and scheduled to end on 7 November. As a result of the condensed schedule, it was also announced that the First Stage of the
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2957:"ＮＰＢ １９日にも観客上限緩和へ ２万人、または収容５０％の少ない方（デイリースポーツ） - Yahoo!ニュース"
2773:"Start of Japan Pro Baseball Regular Season to Be Delayed"
3211:"2020 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship"
3175:"2020 Central League Qualifiers for Batting Championship"
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Baseball events postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
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304:. There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the
16:71st annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball
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2552:2020 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
2620:. Kyodo News. February 26, 2020. Archived from
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2884:. Nippon Professional Baseball. June 15, 2020
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2557:Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on baseball
1033:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0.
943:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 3–0.
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2931:"お待たせ！プロ野球７・１０に６球場一斉観客解禁…上限５０００人"
2836:. Associated Press. June 19, 2020
2727:. Associated Press. March 9, 2020
2542:2020 Major League Baseball season
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3004:"2020 Pacific League Standings"
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2933:. June 23, 2020. Archived from
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2903:Tarrant, Jack (May 25, 2020).
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3025:"Saturday, November 14, 2020"
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2524:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2506:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2251:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2189:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
3274:Nippon Professional Baseball
3154:Nippon Professional Baseball
3129:Nippon Professional Baseball
3125:"Tuesday, November 24, 2020"
3104:Nippon Professional Baseball
3079:Nippon Professional Baseball
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3029:Nippon Professional Baseball
2445:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2397:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
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3100:"Sunday, November 22, 2020"
3050:"Sunday, November 15, 2020"
2775:. Jiji Press. March 9, 2020
2701:. Kyodo News. March 9, 2020
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360:Regular season standings
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2269:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2122:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2101:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2058:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2047:Matsutaro Shoriki Award
2041:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1069:– 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1
3830:2020 in Japanese sport
2882:"2020年度セ・パ公式戦 全試合日程発表"
2547:2020 KBO League season
2394:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2345:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2262:Yokohama DeNA BayStars
1982:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1853:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1793:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
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149: Runners-up
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105: Runners-up
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2135:Tokyo Yakult Swallows
2028:Tokyo Yakult Swallows
1345:Tokyo Yakult Swallows
1325:Tokyo Yakult Swallows
559:Tokyo Yakult Swallows
2624:on February 27, 2020
2467:Saitama Seibu Lions
2285:Saitama Seibu Lions
2210:Saitama Seibu Lions
1962:Most Valuable Player
1140:Yomiuri Giants – 1,
1114:Yomiuri Giants – 0,
920:Chiba Lotte Marines
2480:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2422:Saitama Seibu Lions
2412:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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2158:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2010:Best Relief Pitcher
1989:Eiji Sawamura Award
1955:Saitama Seibu Lions
1945:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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1813:Chiba Lotte Marines
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322:2020 Tokyo Olympics
215:Chiba Lotte Marines
153:Chiba Lotte Marines
2963:on October 6, 2020
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1935:Rookie of the Year
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1677:On-base percentage
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1073:Kyocera Dome Osaka
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1320:Munetaka Murakami
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2498:Chunichi Dragons
2436:Chunichi Dragons
2432:Shuhei Takahashi
2383:Chunichi Dragons
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1940:Masato Morishita
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2304:Pacific League
2281:Takumi Kuriyama
2198:Hayato Sakamoto
2154:Ryosuke Kikuchi
2090:Tomoyuki Sugano
2064:Best Nine Award
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1912:Pacific League
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79:Number of teams
71:Number of games
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3521:
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3496:
3491:
3485:
3483:
3479:
3478:
3476:
3475:
3470:
3465:
3460:
3455:
3450:
3445:
3440:
3435:
3430:
3425:
3420:
3415:
3410:
3405:
3400:
3395:
3390:
3385:
3380:
3374:
3372:
3368:
3367:
3365:
3364:
3359:
3354:
3349:
3344:
3337:
3332:
3327:
3322:
3317:
3312:
3307:
3302:
3297:
3291:
3289:
3279:
3278:
3270:
3269:
3262:
3255:
3247:
3239:
3238:
3220:
3202:
3184:
3166:
3141:
3116:
3091:
3066:
3041:
3016:
2995:
2974:
2948:
2922:
2895:
2873:
2847:
2818:
2786:
2764:
2738:
2712:
2690:
2664:
2638:
2605:
2582:
2581:
2579:
2576:
2575:
2574:
2564:
2561:
2560:
2559:
2554:
2549:
2544:
2539:
2532:
2529:
2526:
2525:
2522:
2519:
2514:
2512:Norichika Aoki
2508:
2507:
2504:
2499:
2496:
2490:
2489:
2486:
2481:
2478:
2473:
2469:
2468:
2465:
2460:
2459:Yomiuri Giants
2457:
2452:
2448:
2447:
2442:
2437:
2434:
2429:
2425:
2424:
2419:
2417:Shuta Tonosaki
2414:
2409:
2404:
2400:
2399:
2392:
2388:Akira Nakamura
2385:
2380:
2375:
2371:
2370:
2367:
2362:
2360:Hanshin Tigers
2357:
2352:
2348:
2347:
2342:
2337:
2335:Yomiuri Giants
2332:
2327:
2323:
2322:
2319:
2316:
2313:
2310:
2306:
2305:
2302:
2301:Central League
2299:
2287:
2286:
2283:
2278:
2277:Not applicable
2275:
2271:
2270:
2267:
2264:
2259:
2253:
2252:
2249:
2244:
2241:
2235:
2234:
2232:Orix Buffaloes
2229:
2224:
2223:Yomiuri Giants
2221:
2219:Yoshihiro Maru
2216:
2212:
2211:
2208:
2203:
2202:Yomiuri Giants
2200:
2195:
2191:
2190:
2187:
2182:
2181:Yomiuri Giants
2179:
2177:Kazuma Okamoto
2174:
2170:
2169:
2164:
2162:Hideto Asamura
2159:
2156:
2151:
2147:
2146:
2141:
2136:
2133:
2128:
2124:
2123:
2120:
2115:
2114:Yomiuri Giants
2112:
2110:Takumi Ohshiro
2107:
2103:
2102:
2099:
2094:
2093:Yomiuri Giants
2091:
2088:
2084:
2083:
2080:
2077:
2074:
2071:
2067:
2066:
2060:
2059:
2056:
2051:
2049:
2043:
2042:
2039:
2034:
2025:
2015:Noboru Shimizu
2012:
2006:
2005:
2003:
2001:
1996:
1991:
1985:
1984:
1979:
1974:
1972:Yomiuri Giants
1969:
1964:
1958:
1957:
1952:
1947:
1942:
1937:
1931:
1930:
1927:
1924:
1921:
1918:
1914:
1913:
1910:
1909:Central League
1907:
1898:
1897:Regular season
1895:
1893:
1890:
1886:
1885:
1879:
1878:
1875:
1870:
1865:
1859:
1858:
1855:
1850:
1845:
1839:
1838:
1835:
1830:
1825:
1819:
1818:
1815:
1810:
1808:Ayumu Ishikawa
1805:
1799:
1798:
1795:
1790:
1785:
1779:
1778:
1775:
1770:
1765:
1759:
1758:
1755:
1750:
1745:Shuta Ishikawa
1742:
1736:
1735:
1732:
1729:
1726:
1716:
1713:
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1709:
1704:
1699:
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1644:
1639:
1633:
1632:
1629:
1624:
1619:
1613:
1612:
1609:
1604:
1599:
1597:Runs batted in
1593:
1592:
1589:
1584:
1582:Hideto Asamura
1579:
1573:
1572:
1569:
1567:Orix Buffaloes
1564:
1559:
1553:
1552:
1549:
1546:
1543:
1530:
1528:
1527:Pacific League
1525:
1521:
1520:
1514:
1513:
1510:
1508:Yomiuri Giants
1505:
1500:
1494:
1493:
1490:
1485:
1480:
1474:
1473:
1470:
1468:Hanshin Tigers
1465:
1460:
1454:
1453:
1450:
1445:
1440:
1434:
1433:
1430:
1425:
1420:
1414:
1413:
1410:
1405:
1400:
1394:
1393:
1390:
1388:Yomiuri Giants
1385:
1380:
1374:
1373:
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1367:
1364:
1354:
1351:
1350:
1347:
1342:
1337:
1331:
1330:
1327:
1322:
1317:
1311:
1310:
1307:
1305:Hanshin Tigers
1302:
1300:Kōji Chikamoto
1297:
1291:
1290:
1287:
1282:
1277:
1271:
1270:
1267:
1265:Yomiuri Giants
1262:
1260:Kazuma Okamoto
1257:
1251:
1250:
1247:
1245:Yomiuri Giants
1242:
1240:Kazuma Okamoto
1237:
1235:Runs batted in
1231:
1230:
1227:
1225:Yomiuri Giants
1222:
1220:Kazuma Okamoto
1217:
1211:
1210:
1207:
1202:
1197:
1191:
1190:
1187:
1184:
1181:
1168:
1166:
1165:Central League
1163:
1161:
1160:League leaders
1158:
1155:
1154:
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1145:
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1078:
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1064:
1061:
1057:
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1026:Main article:
1023:
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1016:
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1007:
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993:
992:
989:
986:
981:
974:
971:
967:
966:
963:
960:
957:
954:
951:
939:
938:Pacific League
936:
933:
932:
930:
928:
926:
924:
921:
918:
915:
912:
911:
909:
906:
901:
898:
896:
894:
891:
886:
883:
880:
879:
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872:Yomiuri Giants
869:
866:
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586:Pacific League
580:
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489:
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480:
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472:
468:
467:
464:
461:
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455:
452:
449:
447:Hanshin Tigers
444:
440:
439:
436:
435:
432:
429:
426:
423:
420:
417:
415:Yomiuri Giants
412:
408:
407:
402:
397:
392:
387:
382:
377:
374:
366:Central League
361:
358:
317:
314:
310:Pacific League
306:Central League
280:
279:
274:
269:
266:
265:
261:
260:
255:Ryoya Kurihara
252:
245:
244:
242:Yomiuri Giants
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195:
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156:
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150:
146:
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140:
136:
135:
132:Pacific League
128:
127:
119:
112:
111:
109:Hanshin Tigers
106:
102:
101:
99:Yomiuri Giants
96:
92:
91:
88:Central League
84:
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2474:
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2578:References
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2365:Takuya Kai
2257:Keita Sano
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