1955 Japan Series
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| Dates: | October 15 – 24 | |||||||||
| MVP: | Takehiko Bessho (YOM) | |||||||||
| FSA: | Ichirō Togawa (NAN) | |||||||||
The 1955 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1955 season. It was the sixth 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 (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 1 | Osaka Stadium | 2:32 | 22,448[1] |
| 2 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 | Osaka Stadium | 2:02 | 27,784[1] |
| 3 | October 18 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:02 | 17,324[1] |
| 4 | October 21 | Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:06 | 19,373[1] |
| 5 | October 22 | Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 9 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:38 | 17,320[1] |
| 6 | October 23 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 1 | Osaka Stadium | 2:11 | 22,695[1] |
| 7 | October 24 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:11 | 17,775[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 15, 1955 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0) LP: Motoji Takuwa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) NAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Sunday, October 16, 1955 – 2:00 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 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | 2 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Masaharu Kobata (1–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Tokuji Iida (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Tuesday, October 18, 1955 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ichirō Togawa (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Isami Okamoto (1) YOM: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Friday, October 21, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Nankai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||
| WP: Ichirō Togawa (2–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (1–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
Saturday, October 22, 1955 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 9 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–1) LP: Masaharu Kobata (1–1) Home runs: NAN: Tokuji Iida (2), Yasuhiro Fukami (1) YOM: Shigeru Fujio (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
Sunday, October 23, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nankai | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Hiroshi Nakao (1–1) LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
Monday, October 24, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–1) LP: Ichirō Togawa (2–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1955年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1955 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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