1968 Japan Series

1968 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 77–53–4 (.592), 5 GA Hankyu Braves (2) Yukio Nishimoto 80–50–4 (.615), 1 GA
Dates	October 12–20
MVP	Shigeru Takada (Yomiuri)
FSA	Tokuji Nagaike (Hankyu)
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The 1968 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1968 season. The 19th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves. This was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, which the Giants won. Yomiuri again defeated Hankyu in six games to capture their fourth consecutive title.

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants – 4, Braves – 5	October 12	Korakuen Stadium	24,482 [1]
2	Giants – 6, Braves – 1	October 14	Korakuen Stadium	24,923 [1]
3	Braves – 4, Giants – 9	October 16	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	19,462 [1]
4	Braves – 5, Giants – 6	October 17	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	16,390 [1]
5	Braves – 6, Giants – 4	October 18	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	15,225 [1]
6	Giants – 7, Braves – 5	October 20	Korakuen Stadium	29,229 [1]

See also

• 1968 World Series

References

1. 1968年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved January 8, 2018.