1953 Japan Series

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1953 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 87371, .702, GA: 16
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 71481, .597, GA: 4
DatesOctober 10–16
MVP Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM)
  1952 Japan Series 1954  

The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. It was the fourth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

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Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 10Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 3:1524,913 [1]  
2October 11Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3Osaka Stadium2:3330,524 [1]  
3October 12Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:2122,546 [1]  
4October 13Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium1:4525,953 [1]  
5October 14Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium2:0421,652 [1]  
6October 15Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 Koshien Stadium 1:556,346 [1]  
7October 16Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4Korakuen Stadium1:3621,332 [1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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Nankai200001000001X4112
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri010000400592
Nankai0000110103100
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Yukō Minamimura (1)
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)

Game 3

Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team12345678 R H E
Nankai00100001270
Yomiuri10001000270
Home runs:
NAN: Hiroshi Nakahara (1)
YOM: None

Game 4

Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789 R H E
Nankai000000000052
Yomiuri01002000X350
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789 R H E
Yomiuri1001000215110
Nankai000000000052
WP: Masanori Iritani (1–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Takashi Iwamoto (1)
NAN: None

Game 6

Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

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Yomiuri000000000093
Nankai00200000X250
WP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 7

Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789 R H E
Nankai000002000233
Yomiuri10000030X480
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (2–0)   LP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Jun Matsui (1), Chūsuke Kiduka (1)
YOM: None

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1953年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1953 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.