Pacific League

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Pacific League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	November 26, 1949; 74 years ago (1949-11-26) as Taiheiyo Baseball Union in Tokyo
No. of teams	6
Country	Japan
Most recent champion(s)	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (20th title)
Most titles	Saitama Seibu Lions (23)
Official website	NPB.jp/pl

The Pacific League (パシフィック・リーグ, Pashifikku Rīgu), or Pa League (パ・リーグ, Pa Rīgu), or the Persol Pacific League (パーソル パシフィック・リーグ), due to sponsorship reasons, 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 consists of six teams from around Japan.