1961 Japan Series

1961 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 71–53–6 (.569), 1 GA Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 85–49–6 (.629), 2½ GA
Dates	October 22 – November 1
MVP	Andy Miyamoto (Yomiuri)
FSA	Joe Stanka (Nankai)
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The 1961 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1961 season. The 12th 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.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 22	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:19	30,720 [1]
2	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:41	26,845 [1]
3	October 26	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	30,878 [1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	2:18	33,186 [1]
5	October 30	Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,135 [1]
6	November 1	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:45	21,565 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Sunday, October 22, 1961 – 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	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Nankai	0	2	0	1	1	1	1	0	X	6	10	0
WP: Joe Stanka (1–0)   LP: Minoru Nakamura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 24, 1961 – 12:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	2	0	6	14	1
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	7	3
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0)   LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Yoshio Anabuki (2)

Game 3

Thursday, October 26, 1961 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	3
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	0	X	5	8	1
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–0)   LP: Joe Stanka (1–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 29, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	3	1
Yomiuri	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2X	4	8	0
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0)   LP: Chikara Morinaka (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1) YOM: None

Game 5

Monday, October 30, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	9	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	3	7	2
WP: Joe Stanka (2–1)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 6

Wednesday, November 1, 1961 – 1:07 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	0
Nankai	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Minoru Nakamura (1–1)   LP: Joe Stanka (2–2) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1) NAN: Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3)

See also

• 1961 World Series

References

1. 1961年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1961 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.