1964 Japan Series

1964 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 84–63–3 (.571), 3½ GA Hanshin Tigers (3) Sadayoshi Fujimoto 80–56–4 (.588), 1 GA
Dates	October 1–10
MVP	Joe Stanka (Nankai)
FSA	Kazuhiro Yamauchi (Hanshin)
Broadcast
Television	Yomiuri TV (All games), ABC (Games 1 and 5), NHK General TV (Games 1 and 4)
Radio	NHK Radio 1, ABC, MBS
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The 1964 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1964 season. The 15th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that featured the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers.

It would take 21 years for the Tigers to return to the Japan Series, and in Nankai's case, it took 35 years and an ownership change. This would also be the last Japan Series to be contested by two Kansai-based teams until the 2023 Japan Series.

Summary

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

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 1	Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	2:14	19,904 [1]
2	October 2	Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5	Koshien Stadium	2:15	19,190 [1]
3	October 4	Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:47	29,932 [1]
4	October 5	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:16	30,107 [1]
5	October 6	Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3	Osaka Stadium	2:28	26,962 [1]
6	October 9	Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	1:46	25,471 [1]
7	October 10	Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	2:07	15,172 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	8	1
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	8	2
Hanshin	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	1	X	5	6	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	9	1
Nankai	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	4	9	0
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	6	1
Nankai	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1X	4	7	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hanshin	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	6	12	0
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	10	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	11	0
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1
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

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	0
Hanshin	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Joe Stanka (3–1)   LP: Minoru Murayama (0–3)

See also

• 1964 World Series

References

1. 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.