1964 Japan Series

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1964 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 84633, .571, GA: 3.5
Hanshin Tigers (3) Sadayoshi Fujimoto 80564, .588, GA: 1
DatesOctober 1–10
MVP Joe Stanka (NAN)
FSA Kazuhiro Yamauchi (HAN)
Broadcast
Television Yomiuri TV (All games), ABC (Games 1 and 5), NHK General TV (Games 1 and 4)
RadioNHK Radio 1, ABC, MBS
  1963 Japan Series 1965  

The 1964 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1964 season. It was the 15th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Hanshin Tigers. It would take 21 years for the Tigers to return to the Japan Series, and in Nankai's case, 35 years and an ownership change. This would also be the last Japan Series to be contested by 2 Kansai based teams until the 2023 Japan Series.

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Summary

PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 1Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 2:1419,904 [1]  
2October 2Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5Koshien Stadium2:1519,190 [1]  
3October 4Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:4729,932 [1]  
4October 5Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium2:1630,107 [1]  
5October 6Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3Osaka Stadium2:2826,962 [1]  
6October 9Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0Koshien Stadium1:4625,471 [1]  
7October 10Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0Koshien Stadium2:0715,172 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Thursday, October 1, 1964 – 7:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

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Hanshin000000000031
WP: Joe Stanka (1–0)   LP: Minoru Murayama (0–1)

Game 2

Friday, October 2, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Nankai000000110282
Hanshin10010201X560
WP: Gene Bacque (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1)

Game 3

Sunday, October 4, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Hanshin014000000591
Nankai011000110490
WP: Midori Ishikawa (1–0)   LP: Joe Stanka (1–1)
Home runs:
HAN: Eiji Fujii 2 (2)
NAN: Johnny Logan (1), Kent Hadley (1)

Game 4

Monday, October 5, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Hanshin100002000361
Nankai000120001X471
WP: Akitada Niiyama (1–0)   LP: Minoru Murayama (0–2)
Home runs:
HAN: Kazuhiro Yamauchi 2 (2)
NAN: Kent Hadley (2)

Game 5

Tuesday, October 6, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Hanshin0301002006120
Nankai0000003003101
WP: Peter Burnside (1–0)   LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
HAN: Yoshinori Tsuji (1), Motoo Ando (1)
NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1)

Game 6

Friday, October 9, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

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Hanshin000000000021
WP: Joe Stanka (2–1)   LP: Gene Bacque (1–1)

Game 7

Saturday, October 10, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

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Nankai020100000390
Hanshin000000000051
WP: Joe Stanka (3–1)   LP: Minoru Murayama (0–3)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1964年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1964 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved May 4, 2010.