1973 Japan Series

1973 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 66–60–4 (.524), ½ GA Nankai Hawks (1) Katsuya Nomura 68–58–4 (.540)
Dates	October 27 – November 1
MVP	Tsuneo Horiuchi (Yomiuri)
FSA	Katsuya Nomura (Nankai)
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The 1973 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1973 season. The 24th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks. This was the first Japan Series held under a playoff system, albeit only on the Pacific League side, as they held a split-season that matched the first-half winner (Nankai Hawks) vs the 2nd half winner (Hankyu Braves) for a best-of-five playoff (in the event that a team won both halves, which happened twice when the system was in place from 1973 to 1982, they simply advanced to the Japan Series); Nankai defeated Hankyu in five games. Despite having their worst record to win a pennant in years, the Giants defeated the Hawks in five games to win an NPB-record ninth consecutive Japan Series title.

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Hawks – 4, Giants – 3	October 27	Osaka Stadium	27,027 [1]
2	Hawks – 2, Giants – 3	October 28	Osaka Stadium	28,135 [1]
3	Giants – 8, Hawks – 2	October 30	Korakuen Stadium	34,713 [1]
4	Giants – 6, Dragons – 2	October 31	Korakuen Stadium	38,270 [1]
5	Giants – 5, Hawks – 1	November 1	Korakuen Stadium	37,761 [1]

See also

• 1973 World Series

References

1. 1973年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 21, 2017.