1956 Japan Series
1956 Japan Series | |||||||||||||
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Dates | October 10–17 | ||||||||||||
MVP | Yasumitsu Toyoda (NIS) | ||||||||||||
FSA | Kazuhisa Inao (NIS) | ||||||||||||
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The 1956 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1956 season. It was the seventh Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
Summary[]
PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (2)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:07 | 24,632[1] |
2 | October 11 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:18 | 19,108[1] |
3 | October 13 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:41 | 23,528[1] |
4 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 4 | Heiwadai Stadium | 1:55 | 24,459[1] |
5 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nishitetsu Lions – 7 | Heiwadai Stadium | 3:16 | 19,042[1] |
6 | October 17 | Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 27,994[1] |
Matchups[]
Game 1[]
Wednesday, October 10, 1956 – 2:04 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: (0–1) |
Game 2[]
Thursday, October 11, 1956 – 2:05 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1) Home runs: NIS: (1), Futoshi Nakanishi (1) YOM: Takehiko Bessho (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) |
Game 3[]
Saturday, October 13, 1956 – 2:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–2) Home runs: YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (1) NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) |
Game 4[]
Sunday, October 14, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–0) LP: (1–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (2) |
Game 5[]
Monday, October 15, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nishitetsu | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: (1–0) LP: (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: 2 (3) |
Game 6[]
Wednesday, October 17, 1956 – 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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Nishitetsu | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (3–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–3) Home runs: NIS: (4) YOM: (1) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e f 1956年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1956 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
- Japan Series
- 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season