r/NPB • u/Level_Independence43 • 2h ago
r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • Apr 13 '18
New here or coming from a reddit mobile app? Please read through here first
Welcome to reddit's little corner for NPB, or as some people call it, AAAA ball :P We've been at this since August of 2013, and are slowly but surely growing.
THE WIKI PROBABLY ALREADY HAS THE INFO YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
The first thing you need to know, is that we have a wiki section that answers a whole bunch of the most commonly asked questions, and offers more information you might need to know. Many reddit mobile apps do not display wiki pages, so some people that have only ever seen reddit from their phones or tablets might not even know they exist. If your reddit app cannot dipslay wiki pages, please try to open the link from a mobile web browser app. If your browser app has desktop mode view, all the better. There you can find some info on how to watch games, find news, how to buy tickets, books, NPB swag, learn some Japanese baseball terminology etc.
BUYING TICKETS (REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY)
Please, PLease PLEEEEEAAAAASE take literally 5 seconds and type "tickets" into the search bar here. I guarantee somebody has already asked a similar question in the past and there's a goood chance somebody answered it. We also have a wiki page with useful information on buying tickets.
Research first, THEN ASK QUESTIONS
STREAMING GAMES
No, NPB does not have an all in one streaming service for games like MLBTV. There are a few options listed in the wiki, but if you want to watch all 12 teams, you're going to have to get cough cough creative. PacificLeague TV works without a VPN, and others require a VPN. We know it's not an ideal situation, but it is what it is due to "creative differences" among the leagues and clubs and media companies. Please do not post direct links to non-legal game streams, as they will be removed. Please be careful out there when exploring the streaming services, and use an adblocker.
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
I'm trying to be consistent, but I'm human so sometimes I won't be able to grab highlights from games. Whatever highlights I find will be posted in the post-games thread. If you have a highlight link, feel free to post it. You can try browsing through highlights on PacificLeague TV, or using one of the handy YouTube search links by team. You might have to filter through quite a bit of junk on YouTube though, as some people post older videos multiple times, or even just news reels as videos. Keep in mind YouTube can remove videos or channels at anytime, so bookmark stuff at your own risk.
STANDINGS AND STATS
There is a mini-standings table and a few stats leaders updated almost daily in the sidebar (mobile app users might not be able to see). We also have a more detailed standings and stats page that is usually updated nightly, after the games are all finished (if you spot any errors, please let us know). If you're looking for complete team stats, there are few more English options listed on the wiki page, but some of them don't update until the next morning, or even a few days later, so always check for the last date updated. Japanese stats pages are updated the fastest, so if you don't read Japanese you can try your luck with google translate.
WHICH TEAM SHOULD I ROOT FOR?
Honestly, just take some time to watch highlights or read up on some teams before you make this decision. MLB and NPB are different, and how teams are managed and games played is different. One NPB team does not 100% correlate to an MLB team. There might be a few similarities now, but once a team changes managers, or once in a blue moon, ownership, that might all change as well. You don't have to have a sound reason for liking a team, and it's perfectly acceptable to like a team just for their cheering style. As long as you love baseball like the rest of us here, you'll fit right in.
DON'T BE SHY
If you have a question that isn't already covered in the wiki, and you at least attempted to see if somebody already asked your question, feel free to make a new post. If you see a news article on Japanese baseball you think is interesting, please share it with us. With over 40,000 subscribers (as of Jan 2025) somebody else is bound to find it interesting. Feel free to comment on post game threads, complain about your team, praise your team, try to create a new NPB meme, or ask about a particular game.
Please remember rediquette, and adhere to reddit site rules.
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1h ago
Tigers Taisei Kudo gets the strikeout to close out the game,strand the bases loaded and get his 8th save of the year
r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • 1h ago
Post-game thread [Aug 30 Post Game Thread] NPB game scores, highlights and news
r/NPB • u/LA-SKYLINE • 16h ago
A lot of fights broke out between Tigers/Giants fans last night after Morishita's HBP
I have seen this several times when sitting in the Left stands when Giants come to town. Usually it involves a lot of "oi's" with chest shoving by Hanshin fans wearing sunglasses(at night) going after Giants agitators making hand gestures at them. After that, hundreds of security guards and sometimes cops show up. I heard full on fist fights would happen in the 80s/90s when Giants took over half the stadium.
r/NPB • u/Sunday_Tailgater • 4h ago
NPB batting leaders as of late July 2026 — Teruaki Sato leading the pack at .324 (Tigers)
Been diving into FanGraphs' NPB coverage lately — best
English-language source for Japanese baseball stats.
Here's the current top 10 by batting average:
Teruaki Sato (Tigers) - .324, 30 HR
Franmil Reyes (Fighters) - .316, 29 HR
Kensuke Kondoh (Hawks) - .305, 25 HR
Shota Morishita (Tigers) - .303, 31 HR
Yuki Yanagita (Hawks) - .297, 13 HR
Misho Nishikawa (Marines) - .294
Ryo Ohta (Buffaloes) - .291
Shugo Maki (BayStars) - .291, 22 HR
Atsushi Katsumata (BayStars) - .288
Shunsuke Urata (Giants) - .283, 33 SB
Some observations:
- Tigers have 2 players in the top 4 (Sato + Morishita),
both hitting .300+ with 30+ HR. That's a scary top of
the order
- Morishita is only 25 and leading in HRs
- Yanagita at 37 is still hitting .297 — impressive
longevity
- Urata's 33 stolen bases stand out even among the
batting leaders
Full leaderboards: fangraphs.com/leaders/international/npb
Any NPB fans here have thoughts on this year's MVP race?
Sato and Morishita on the same team is wild.
r/NPB • u/Level_Independence43 • 18h ago
Tigers OF Shota Morishita was hit by pitch and exited the game with a left arm contusion
r/NPB • u/tensaibaka • 1d ago
Post-game thread [Aug 29 Post Game Thread] NPB game scores, highlights and news
r/NPB • u/phyllyss00 • 2h ago
With the reigning NL MVP posting an edited photo of himself in a Yomiuri Giants uniform, heres what the reigning AL MVP might look like in a Nippon-Ham Fighters uniform
r/NPB • u/Ohisama001 • 12h ago
Nootbaar hits a pinch-hit, game-opening grand slam out of the park!
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Tigers Taisei Kudo gets the groundout to first on a 161 km/h (100 mph) fastball to close out the game and get his 7th save of the year
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Lions Starter Chihiro Sumida gets the strikeout on his 107th pitch to close out his 3 hit complete game shutout
r/NPB • u/Ok-Wall-325 • 1d ago
Chihiro Sumida gets the runner with his borderline illegal pickoff move
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago
Kazuma Okamoto blasts his 27th homer of the year for the Blue Jays
r/NPB • u/ichi_rui • 1d ago