1960 Japan Series

1960 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Taiyō Whales (4) Osamu Mihara 70–56–4, .554, GA: 4.5
Daimai Orions (0) Yukio Nishimoto 82–48–3, .631, GA: 4
Dates: October 11 – 15
MVP: Akihito Kondō (TAI)
FSA: Kenjiro Tamiya (DAI)
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The 1960 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1960 season. It was the 11th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Daimai Orions, against the Central League champions, the Taiyō Whales.

Contents

Summary

CL Taiyō Whales (4) vs. PL Daimai Orions (0)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 11 Daimai Orions – 0, Taiyō Whales – 1 Kawasaki Stadium 2:12 18,354[1]
2 October 12 Daimai Orions – 2, Taiyō Whales – 3 Kawasaki Stadium 2:29 18,421[1] 
3 October 14 Taiyō Whales – 6, Daimai Orions – 5 Korakuen Stadium 2:38 31,586[1] 
4 October 15 Taiyō Whales – 1, Daimai Orions – 0 Korakuen Stadium 2:44 32,409[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Tuesday, October 11, 1960 at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Daimai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Taiyō 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 5 0
WP: Noboru Akiyama (1–0)   LP: Katsumi Nakanishi (0–1)
Home runs:
DAI: None
TAI: Hidenori Kanemitsu (1)

Game 2

Wednesday, October 12, 1960 at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Daimai 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0
Taiyō 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 X 3 9 1
WP: Noboru Akiyama (1–0)   LP: Gentarō Shimada (0–1)
Home runs:
DAI: Kihachi Enomoto (1)
TAI: None

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 1960 at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Taiyō 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 10 0
Daimai 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 5 7 2
WP: Masatoshi Gondō (1–0)   LP: Katsumi Nakanishi (0–2)
Home runs:
TAI: Akihito Kondō (1)
DAI: Toshio Yanagida (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 1960 at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Taiyō 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Daimai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
WP: Noboru Akiyama (2–0)   LP: Gentarō Shimada (0–2)

References

  1. ^ a b c d "1960年度日本シリーズ　試合結果" (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1960.html. Retrieved April 27, 2010. 
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