The Average Length of Japan Baseball (NPB) Games, 2018
According to NPB (Nippon Professional Baseball Organization), the average length of NPB games is 3 hours and 13 minutes (only 9 inning games of the regular season) in 2018.
If it includes extra inning games, the average time is 3 hours and 18 minutes.
The average length of MLB (USA baseball) games is just 3 hours (per 9 innings). So games in Japan are quite long.
Table: Average length of games by team in 2018 (unit, hh:mm)
| Season standing | Team | Game length (9 innings) | Game length (all) |
| Central league | 3:14 | 3:19 | |
| 1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 3:20 | 3:26 |
| 2 | Yakult Swallows | 3:19 | 3:24 |
| 3 | Yomiuri Giants | 3:09 | 3:12 |
| 4 | DeNA Baystars | 3:09 | 3:12 |
| 5 | Chunichi Dragons | 3:10 | 3:15 |
| 6 | Hanshin Tigers | 3:19 | 3:22 |
| Pacific league | 3:13 | 3:18 | |
| 1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 3:13 | 3:17 |
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftbankHawks | 3:16 | 3:20 |
| 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 3:13 | 3:18 |
| 4 | Orix Buffaloes | 3:06 | 3:13 |
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3:12 | 3:18 |
| 6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 3:14 | 3:20 |
Source is Nippon Professional Baseball Organization.
npb.jp/statistics/2018/time.html
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