1950 Japan Series

1950 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Mainichi Orions (4) Yuasa Yoshio 81–34–5 (.704), 15 GA Shochiku Robins (2) Tokuro Konishi 98–35–4 (.737), 9 GA
Dates	November 22–28
MVP	Kaoru Betto (MAI)
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The 1950 Japan Series was the inaugural championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1950 season. The first edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Mainichi Orions against the Central League champion Shochiku Robins. The Orions defeated the Robins in six games.

Highlights of the series included the first game of the series going to extra innings that saw Mainichi pull out the victory on the road in 12 innings, while Shosei Go of the Orions became the first player to hit a home run in the Japan Series in Game 2. In the deciding Game 6, Yoshiyuki Iwamoto hit two home runs for the Robins as the Orions saw a 7-3 lead turn into a tie game by the end of nine innings. The Orions went to extras and got the game-winning hit in the 11th to end the series. Takeshi Nomura won three games for the Orions while Kaoru Betto batted .500 batting average with twelve hits and 3 RBIs to win the very first Japan Series MVP Award.

Summary

PL Mainichi Orions (4) vs. CL Shochiku Robins (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	November 22	Mainichi Orions – 3, Shochiku Robins – 2	Meiji Jingu Stadium	2:34	23,018 [1]
2	November 23	Shochiku Robins – 1, Mainichi Orions – 5	Korakuen Stadium	1:38	35,541 [1]
3	November 25	Mainichi Orions – 6, Shochiku Robins – 7	Koshien Stadium	1:54	19,399 [1]
4	November 26	Shochiku Robins – 5, Mainichi Orions – 3	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	1:42	35,518 [1]
5	November 27	Mainichi Orions – 3, Shochiku Robins – 2	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	1:49	12,630 [1]
6	November 28	Shochiku Robins – 7, Mainichi Orions – 8	Osaka Stadium	2:40	22,035 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, November 22, 1950 – 1:16 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Mainichi	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	1
Shochiku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	7	2
WP: Tadashi Wakabayashi (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Oshima (0–1)

Game 2

Thursday, November 23, 1950 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Shochiku	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	0
Mainichi	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	X	5	13	1
WP: Takeshi Nomura (1–0)   LP: Koichi Eda (0–1) Home runs: SHO: None MAI: Shosei Go (1)

Game 3

Saturday, November 25, 1950 – 1:30 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mainichi	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	8	2
Shochiku	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	3	7	7	2
WP: Shigeo Sanada (1–0)   LP: Atsushi Aramaki (0–1) Home runs: MAI: Yasuji Hondo (1), Atsushi Aramaki (1) SHO: None

Game 4

Sunday, November 26, 1950 – 1:31 pm at Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Shochiku	1	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	5	7	0
Mainichi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	8	2
WP: Nobuo Oshima (1–1)   LP: Tadashi Wakabayashi (1–1) Home runs: SHO: Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (1) MAI: None

Game 5

Monday, November 27, 1950 – 12:59 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Mainichi	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	6	1
Shochiku	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
WP: Takeshi Nomura (2–0)   LP: Shigeo Sanada (1–1)

Game 6

Tuesday, November 28, 1950 – 1:29 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Shochiku	0	1	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	7	15	6
Mainichi	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	9	0
WP: Takeshi Nomura (3–0)   LP: Nobuo Oshima (1–2) Home runs: SHO: Yoshiyuki Iwamoto 2 (3) MAI: None

See also

• 1950 World Series

References

1. 1950年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1950 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 23, 2009.