1963 Japan Series

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1963 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 83552, .601, GA: 2.5
Nishitetsu Lions (3) Futoshi Nakanishi 86604, .589, GA: 1
Dates: October 26 – November 4
MVP: Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
FSA: Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)
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The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. It was the 14th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance
1October 26Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:2929,806[1]
2October 27Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:5429,969[1] 
3October 30Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8Korakuen Stadium2:2830,384[1] 
4October 31Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Korakuen Stadium2:4229,960[1] 
5November 1Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1030,386[1] 
6November 3Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:0927,079[1] 
7November 4Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4Heiwadai Stadium2:3217,436[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 26, 1963 – 1:00 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 6 0
Nishitetsu 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 6 7 0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Itō (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Masayuki Yamazaki (1)
NIS: Hiromi Wada (1), George Wilson (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 27, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 9 8 2
Nishitetsu 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 6 10 5
WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0)   LP: Kazuhara Abe (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1)
NIS: George Wilson (2)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 – 1:00 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 2 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 X 8 10 0
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–1)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–1)
Home runs:
NIS: None
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 31, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 4 11 0
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 2
WP: Kazuhara Abe (1–1)   LP: Yukinori Miyata (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Kusuo Tanaka (1)
YOM: None

Game 5

Friday, November 1, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 3
WP: Akira Takahashi (1–0)   LP: Yoshio Inoue (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Jim Baumer (1)
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima 2 (3), Sadaharu Oh (2)

Game 6

Sunday, November 3, 1963 – 12:59 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 0 0 2 0
Nishitetsu 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 X 6 11 0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–1)   LP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–2)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NIS: Jim Baumer (2)

Game 7

Monday, November 4, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 3 9 0 5 0 0 0 18 19 1
Nishitetsu 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 9 1
WP: Akira Takahashi (2–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2)
Home runs:
YOM: Toshio Yanagida (1), Isao Shibata (1), Sadaharu Oh 2 (4), Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, (1)
NIS: Koshiro Ito (1)

References

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