1959 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88424, .677, GA: 6
Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 77485, .612, GA: 13
DatesOctober 24–29
MVPTadashi Sugiura (NAN)
FSAMasataka Tsuchiya (YOM)
Japan Series

The 1959 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1959 season. It was the tenth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 24Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10Osaka Stadium3:1330,038[1] 
2October 25Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6Osaka Stadium2:3330,288[1] 
3October 27Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2Korakuen Stadium2:4732,056[1] 
4October 29Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0Korakuen Stadium2:2332,266[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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WP: Tadashi Sugiura (1–0)   LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Isami Okamoto 2 (2)

Game 2

Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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WP: Tadashi Sugiura (2–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)
NAN: None

Game 3

Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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WP: Tadashi Sugiura (3–0)   LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2)
Home runs:
NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1)
YOM: Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1)

Game 4

Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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WP: Tadashi Sugiura (4–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–2)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 1959年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1959 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
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