1959 Japan Series

1959 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88–42–4 (.677), 6 GA Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 77–48–5 (.612), 13 GA
Dates	October 24–29
MVP	Tadashi Sugiura (Nankai)
FSA	Masataka Tsuchiya (Yomiuri)
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The 1959 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1959 season. The 10th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. The Hawks won in a four-game sweep, which was the first time this had occurred in league history.

Summary

PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10	Osaka Stadium	3:13	30,038 [1]
2	October 25	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:33	30,288 [1]
3	October 27	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:47	32,056 [1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	32,266 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	7	14	1
Nankai	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	10	19	0
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (1–0)   LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Isami Okamoto 2 (2)

Game 2

Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0
Nankai	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	X	6	10	1
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (2–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1) NAN: None

Game 3

Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Nankai	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (3–0)   LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1) YOM: Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (4–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–2)

See also

• 1959 World Series

References

1. 1959年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1959 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved April 21, 2010.