1958 Japan Series

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1958 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Nishitetsu Lions (4) Osamu Mihara 78475, .619, GA: 1
Yomiuri Giants (3) Shigeru Mizuhara 77521, .596, GA: 5.5
Dates: October 11 – 21
MVP: Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)
FSA: Motoshi Fujita (YOM)
 < 1957 Japan Series 1959 > 

The 1958 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1958 season. It was the ninth 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 (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 11Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 9Korakuen Stadium3:0235,217[1]
2October 12Nishitetsu Lions – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 7Korakuen Stadium2:2135,953[1] 
3October 14Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 0Heiwadai Stadium2:0031,575[1] 
4October 16Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:1727,044[1] 
5October 17Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 5Heiwadai Stadium2:3425,193[1] 
6October 20Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0Korakuen Stadium2:0331,745[1] 
7October 21Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 1Korakuen Stadium2:2320,961[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 1957 – 1:35 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 1 0 0 0 1 2 6 1
Yomiuri 1 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 X 9 16 0
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1)
YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (1), Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 1957 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 0
Yomiuri 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 7 7 1
WP: Shō Horiuchi (1–0)   LP: Yukio Shimabara (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (2)
YOM: None

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 1957 – 2:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–2)

Game 4

Thursday, October 16, 1957 – 2:01 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 10 0
Nishitetsu 0 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 X 6 8 1
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–2)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (2)
NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda 2 (4)

Game 5

Friday, October 17, 1957 – 2:05 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Yomiuri 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 0
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1X 4 6 0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Wally Yonamine (1)
NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (1), Kazuhisa Inao (1)

Game 6

Monday, October 20, 1957 – 2:10 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 2
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (3–2)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–2)
Home runs:
NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (2)
YOM: None

Game 7

Tuesday, October 21, 1957 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 6 11 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (4–2)   LP: Shō Horiuchi (1–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (3)
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (2)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "1958年度日本シリーズ 試合結果" [1958 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010. 
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