1953 Japan Series

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1953 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 87–37–1, .702, GA: 16
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 71–48–1, .597, GA: 4
Dates: October 10 – 16
MVP: Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM)
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The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. It was the fourth 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 10Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium3:1524,913[1]
2October 11Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3Osaka Stadium2:3330,524[1] 
3October 12Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2Korakuen Stadium2:2122,546[1] 
4October 13Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium1:4525,953[1] 
5October 14Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium2:0421,652[1] 
6October 15Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2Koshien Stadium1:556,346[1] 
7October 16Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4Korakuen Stadium1:3621,332[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 1
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1X 4 11 2
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 2
Nankai 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 10 0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Yukō Minamimura (1)
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Nankai 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Home runs:
NAN: Hiroshi Nakahara (1)
YOM: None

Game 4

Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 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 5 2
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 5 0
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 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 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 0
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
WP: Masanori Iritani (1–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Takashi Iwamoto (1)
NAN: None

Game 6

Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo 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 9 3
Nankai 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 7

Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 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 2 0 0 0 2 3 3
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (2–0)   LP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Jun Matsui (1), Chūsuke Kiduka (1)
YOM: None

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "1953年度日本シリーズ　試合結果" [1953 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010. 
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