1953 Japan Series
1953 Japan Series | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 10–16 | ||||||||||||
MVP | Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM) | ||||||||||||
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The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. It was the fourth 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 (2)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 3:15 | 24,913[1] |
2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 2:33 | 30,524[1] |
3 | October 12 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:21 | 22,546[1] |
4 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:45 | 25,953[1] |
5 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:04 | 21,652[1] |
6 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 | Koshien Stadium | 1:55 | 6,346[1] |
7 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:36 | 21,332[1] |
Matchups[]
Game 1[]
Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 4 | 11 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1) |
Game 2[]
Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP: (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), (1) NAN: Tokuji Iida (1) |
Game 3[]
Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nankai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Home runs: NAN: (1) YOM: None |
Game 4[]
Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: (0–1) |
Game 5[]
Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 2:02 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: (1–1) Home runs: YOM: (1) NAN: None |
Game 6[]
Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1) |
Game 7[]
Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 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 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (2–0) LP: (1–1) Home runs: NAN: (1), (1) YOM: None |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f g 1953年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1953 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- Japan Series
- 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season