1954 Japan Series

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1954 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Chunichi Dragons (4) Shunichi Amachi 86–40–4, .683, GA: 5.5
Nishitetsu Lions (3) Osamu Mihara 90–47–3, .657, GA: .5
DatesOctober 30 – November 7
MVPShigeru Sugishita (CHU)
Broadcast
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The 1954 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1954 season. It was the fifth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Chunichi Dragons. This would be the Dragons' last championship until 2007, when they defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Summary[]

CL Chunichi Dragons (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 30 Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Baseball Stadium 2:15 29,245[1] 
2 October 31 Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5 Nagoya Baseball Stadium 2:21 30,303[1] 
3 November 2 Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 Heiwadai Stadium 2:19 23,994[1] 
4 November 3 Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 3 Heiwadai Stadium 1:36 25,185[1] 
5 November 4 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 2 Heiwadai Stadium 2:15 19,771[1] 
6 November 6 Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Baseball Stadium 2:16 27,776[1] 
7 November 7 Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Baseball Stadium 1:38 23,215[1]

Matchups[]

Game 1[]

Saturday, October 30, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0
Chunichi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 5 11 0
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (1–0)   LP: (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: (1)
CHU: (1)

Game 2[]

Sunday, October 31, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 X 5 7 0
WP: (1–0)   LP: (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: None
CHU: Michio Nishizawa (1)

Game 3[]

Tuesday, November 2, 1954 – 1:36 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2
Nishitetsu 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 X 5 11 0
WP: (1–0)   LP: (0–1)
Home runs:
CHU: None
NIS: (2)

Game 4[]

Wednesday, November 3, 1954 – 1:35 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 X 3 11 0
WP: (1–0)   LP: Shigeru Sugishita (1–1)

Game 5[]

Thursday, November 4, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Chunichi 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 8 1
Nishitetsu 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 2
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (2–1)   LP: (1–1)
Home runs:
CHU: None
NIS: (3)

Game 6[]

Saturday, November 6, 1954 – 1:33 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

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

Game 7[]

Sunday, November 7, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nishitetsu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Chunichi 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 1 6 0
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (3–1)   LP: (1–2)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g 1954年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1954 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
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