1991 Japan Series
The 1991 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1991 season. It was the 42nd Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Seibu won their second consecutive PL pennant to reach the series, and Hiroshima finished first in the CL for the sixth time in franchise history. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, the Lions defeated the Carp four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and regular season stolen-base champion Koji Akiyama was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 19 and October 28 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
| 1991 Japan Series | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | October 19–28 | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Koji Akiyama (SEI) | ||||||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (HIR) | ||||||||||||
| Broadcast | |||||||||||||
| Television | TBS (Game 1), TV Asahi (Games 2,7), RCC (Game 3), HOME (Games 4-5), NHK General TV (Game 4), HTV (Game 5), Fuji TV (Game 6), NHK BS-1 (All Games) | ||||||||||||
| Radio | NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), NACK5 | ||||||||||||
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Summary
PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 19 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3, Seibu Lions – 11 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 2:48 | 31,770[1] |
| 2 | October 20 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4, Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:11 | 31,903[1] |
| 3 | October 22 | Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 3:37 | 27,713[1] |
| 4 | October 23 | Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 3:06 | 28,591[1] |
| 5 | October 24 | Seibu Lions - 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 2:51 | 28,669[1] |
| 6 | October 26 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 6 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:03 | 31,900[1] |
| 7 | October 28 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 7 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:20 | 32,011[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Hiroshima | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Seibu | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 11 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–0) LP: Shinji Sasaoka (0–1) Home runs: HIR: Rod Allen (1) SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Orestes Destrade (1), Koji Akiyama (1), Hiromichi Ishige (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Hiroshima | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (1–0) LP: Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1) Sv: Yutaka Ohno (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) LP: Manabu Kitabeppu (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Koji Akiyama (2) HIR: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 7 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–1) LP: Tomio Watanabe (0-1) Home runs: SEI: None HIR: Takashi Osanai (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0) LP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1) Sv: Yutaka Ohno (2) Home runs: SEI: None HIR: Rod Allen (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Hiroshima | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Seibu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Takehiro Ishii (1–0) LP: Akihito Kaneishi (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Hiroshima | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | X | 7 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (2–1) LP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–2) Home runs: HIR: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- 1991年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 12, 2010.