1995 Japan Series

1995 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yakult Swallows (4) Katsuya Nomura 82–48, .631, GA: 8 Orix BlueWave (1) Akira Ogi 82–47–1, .636, GA: 12
Dates	October 21–26
MVP	Tom O'Malley (YKS)
FSA	Hiroshi Kobayashi (ORX)
Broadcast
Television	KTV (Game 1), MBS (Game 2),TBS (Game 3),Fuji TV (Game 4 -), NHK BS1 (Game 4)
Radio	NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), Radio Nippon
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The 1995 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1995 season. The 46th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Orix BlueWave against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. The series was the second time the two franchises played each other for the championship; however, the last time the two teams played, Orix was known as the Hankyu Braves. Played at Green Stadium Kobe and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the BlueWave four games to one in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 3rd Japan Series title. Regular-season MVP Tom O'Malley was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 21 and October 26, 1995, with home field advantage going to the Central League.

Summary

CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Orix BlueWave (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 21	Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:14	32,486 [1]
2	October 22	Yakult Swallows – 3, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:50	32,475 [1]
3	October 24	Orix BlueWave – 4, Yakult Swallows – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:25	32,915 [1]
4	October 25	Orix BlueWave – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:38	32,911 [1]
5	October 26	Orix BlueWave – 1, Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:14	33,112 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 21, 1995 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	13	1
Orix	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Terry Bross (1–0)   LP: Yoshinori Sato (0–1)   Sv: Shingo Takatsu (1) Home runs: YKS: Yuji Ono (1) ORX: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 22, 1995 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	11	1
Orix	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Futoshi Yamabe (1–0)   LP: Masafumi Hirai (0–1) Home runs: YKS: Tom O'Malley (1) ORX: Doug Jennings (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Orix	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	8	0
Yakult	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	7	12	0
WP: Shingo Takatsu (1–0)   LP: Masafumi Hirai (0–2) Home runs: ORX: None YKS: Hensley Meulens (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1)

Game 4

Wednesday, October 25, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Orix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	12	0
Yakult	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Hiroshi Kobayashi (1–0)   LP: Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Home runs: ORX: Hirofumi Ogawa (1), Doug Jennings (2) YKS: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 26, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Orix	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Yakult	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Terry Bross (2–0)   LP: Koichi Takahashi (0–1)   Sv: Shingo Takatsu (2) Home runs: ORX: Ichiro Suzuki (1) YKS: Tom O'Malley (2)

See also

• 1995 World Series

References

1. 1995年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English)