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Nippon Professional Baseball league
This article is about the Japanese baseball league. For other uses, see Central League (disambiguation).
Central League
Sport
Baseball
Founded
December 15, 1949; 74 years ago (1949-12-15)
No. of teams
6
Country
Japan
Most recent champion(s)
Hanshin Tigers (6)
Most titles
Yomiuri Giants (38)
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