1951 Japan Series

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.

1951 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 79296, .731, GA: 18
Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 72248, .750, GA: 18.5
DatesOctober 10–17
MVPFukashi Minamimura (YOM)
Broadcast
Japan Series

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 10Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium2:2229,074[1] 
2October 11Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium1:5727,639[1] 
3October 13Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1435,066[1] 
4October 16Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1331,936[1] 
5October 17Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8Korakuen Stadium1:5215,519[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, October 10, 1951 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Eto (0–1)

Game 2

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

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WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Susumu Yuki (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

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WP: Kiyoshi Matsuda (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1)

Game 4

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

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WP: Takeo Hattori (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Kazuo Higasa (1)

Game 5

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

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WP: Hideo Fujimoto (2–0)   LP: Susumu Yuki (0–2)
Home runs:
NAN: Kazuharu Murakami (1)
YOM: Mitsuo Uno (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

See also

References

  1. 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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