1963 Japan Series

1963 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 83–55–2 (.601), 2½ GA Nishitetsu Lions (3) Futoshi Nakanishi 86–60–4 (.589), 1 GA
Dates	October 26 – November 4
MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (Yomiuri)
FSA	Kazuhisa Inao (Nishitetsu)
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The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. The 14th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nishitetsu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

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

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:29	29,806 [1]
2	October 27	Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:54	29,969 [1]
3	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,384 [1]
4	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Korakuen Stadium	2:42	29,960 [1]
5	November 1	Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:10	30,386 [1]
6	November 3	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:09	27,079 [1]
7	November 4	Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4	Heiwadai Stadium	2:32	17,436 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Nishitetsu	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	6	7	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	8	2
Nishitetsu	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	10	5
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Yomiuri	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	X	8	10	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	11	0
Yomiuri	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
Nishitetsu	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	6	11	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	1	0	3	9	0	5	0	0	0	18	19	1
Nishitetsu	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	9	1
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

• 1963 World Series

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.