1952 Japan Series

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1952 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 83–37–0, .692, GA: 3.5
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 76–44–1, .633, GA: 1
Dates: October 11 – 18
MVP: Takehiko Bessho (YOM)
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The 1952 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1952 season. It was the third Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 11Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6Korakuen Stadium1:5723,794[1]
2October 12Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11Korakuen Stadium1:5626,799[1] 
3October 14Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium2:1223,744[1] 
4October 15Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2Osaka Stadium2:0420,117[1] 
5October 16Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium1:3515,297[1] 
6October 18Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:0234,595[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 1952 – 2:08 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Yomiuri 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 6 12 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)
YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Yomiuri 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 X 11 12 1
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Hideo Fujimoto (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 1952 – 2:03 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 9 1
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)

Game 4

Wednesday, October 15, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 6 12 1
Nankai 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–0)   LP: Takeo Hattori (0–1)

Game 5

Thursday, October 16, 1952 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Nankai 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Haruyasu Etō (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 6

Saturday, October 18, 1952 – 1:59 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1)
YOM: None

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "1952年度日本シリーズ　試合結果" [1952 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010. 
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