1951 Japan Series

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1951 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 79–29–6, .731, GA: 18
Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 72–24–8, .750, GA: 18.5
DatesOctober 10–17
MVPFukashi Minamimura (YOM)
Broadcast
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The 1951 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1951 season. It was the second 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 (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 10 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 Osaka Stadium 2:22 29,074[1] 
2 October 11 Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0 Osaka Stadium 1:57 27,639[1] 
3 October 13 Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:14 35,066[1] 
4 October 16 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:13 31,936[1] 
5 October 17 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Korakuen Stadium 1:52 15,519[1]

Matchups[]

Game 1[]

Wednesday, October 10, 1951 – 2:02 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 1 1 3 0 0 0 5 15 1
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: (0–1)

Game 2[]

Thursday, October 11, 1951 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 3 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 7 9 1
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Noboru Aota (1)
NAN: None

Game 3[]

Saturday, October 13, 1951 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 1
Yomiuri 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 3 8 0
WP: (1–0)   LP: (0–1)

Game 4[]

Tuesday, October 16, 1951 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 1
WP: (1–0)   LP: (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: (1)

Game 5[]

Wednesday, October 17, 1951 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 0
Yomiuri 0 1 0 2 2 0 0 3 X 8 9 0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (2–0)   LP: (0–2)
Home runs:
NAN: (1)
YOM: (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e 1951年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1951 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
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