1957 Japan Series

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1957 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Nishitetsu Lions (4) Osamu Mihara 83445, .648, GA: 7
Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 74533, .581, GA: 1
Dates: October 26 – November 1
MVP: Hiroshi Ōshita (NIS)
FSA: Toshio Miyamoto (YOM)
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The 1957 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1957 season. It was the eighth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 26Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nishitetsu Lions – 3Heiwadai Stadium2:3823,992[1]
2October 27Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 2Heiwadai Stadium2:1824,373[1] 
3October 30Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4Korakuen Stadium2:3230,484[1] 
4October 31Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 0Korakuen Stadium3:0127,649[1] 
5November 1Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 5Korakuen Stadium2:3730,519[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 26, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 0
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 27, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2X 2 5 0
WP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Toshio Miyamoto (1)
NIS: None

Game 3

Wednesday, October 30, 1957 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 5 6 3
Yomiuri 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 6 1
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–0)   LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Hiroshi Ōshita (1), Seiji Sekiguchi (1)
YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Toshio Miyamoto (2)

Game 4

Thursday, October 31, 1957 – 1:36 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1

Game 5

Friday, November 1, 1957 – 1:32 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 6 13 0
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 8 1
WP: Yukio Shimabara (1–0)   LP: Yoshinori Kido (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Hiromi Wada 2 (2)
YOM: Keishi Totoki (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "1957年度日本シリーズ 試合結果" [1957 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2010. 
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