1963 Japan Series

The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. It was the 14th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

1963 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 83552, .601, GA: 2.5
Nishitetsu Lions (3) Futoshi Nakanishi 86604, .589, GA: 1
DatesOctober 26 – November 4
MVPShigeo Nagashima (YOM)
FSAKazuhisa Inao (NIS)
Broadcast
Japan Series

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 26Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:2929,806[1] 
2October 27Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:5429,969[1] 
3October 30Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8Korakuen Stadium2:2830,384[1] 
4October 31Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Korakuen Stadium2:4229,960[1] 
5November 1Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1030,386[1] 
6November 3Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6Heiwadai Stadium2:0927,079[1] 
7November 4Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4Heiwadai Stadium2:3217,436[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 26, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000001160
Nishitetsu04001001X670
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0)   LP: Yoshiaki Itō (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Masayuki Yamazaki (1)
NIS: Hiromi Wada (1), George Wilson (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 27, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri130401000982
Nishitetsu1100101026105
WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0)   LP: Kazuhara Abe (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1)
NIS: George Wilson (2)

Game 3

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nishitetsu000020000261
Yomiuri00025001X8100
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–1)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–1)
Home runs:
NIS: None
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 31, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nishitetsu0001011104110
Yomiuri001000000172
WP: Kazuhara Abe (1–1)   LP: Yukinori Miyata (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Kusuo Tanaka (1)
YOM: None

Game 5

Friday, November 1, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789R
Nishitetsu0000010001
Yomiuri01010100X3
WP: Akira Takahashi (1–0)   LP: Yoshio Inoue (0–1)
Home runs:
NIS: Jim Baumer (1)
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima 2 (3), Sadaharu Oh (2)

Game 6

Sunday, November 3, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000000020
Nishitetsu20102001X6110
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–1)   LP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–2)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NIS: Jim Baumer (2)

Game 7

Monday, November 4, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri10390500018191
Nishitetsu101002000491
WP: Akira Takahashi (2–0)   LP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2)
Home runs:
YOM: Toshio Yanagida (1), Isao Shibata (1), Sadaharu Oh 2 (4), Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, (1)
NIS: Koshiro Ito (1)

See also

References

  1. 1963年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1963 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 4, 2010.
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