The 2023 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on...

The 2023 Central League Climax Series (CLCS) is a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began on...

team from the Central League (CL) and from the Pacific League (PL) will advance to compete for the championship in the Japan Series. After the creation...

Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the winners of the Central League (CL) and Pacific League's (PL) postseason tournament, the Climax Series...

The 2022 Pacific League Climax Series (PLCS) was a set of two consecutive playoff series in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The first stage began...

a starter in Game 1 of the first stage of the 2023 Pacific League Climax Series. On December 15, 2023, Stewart signed a two–year, $10 million contract...

leagues adopted the Climax Series to determine their champions. The Climax Series involves the top three finishers in each league, though the format gives...

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...

in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six...

Flyers. From 1973 to 1982, in a forerunner to today's Climax Series playoff rounds, the Pacific League employed a split season with the first-half winner...