1951 Japan Series
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| Dates: | October 10 – 17 | |||||||||
| MVP: | Fukashi Minamimura (YOM) | |||||||||
The 1951 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1951 season. It was the second Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
Summary
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:22 | 29,074[1] |
| 2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 1:57 | 27,639[1] |
| 3 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:14 | 35,066[1] |
| 4 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 31,936[1] |
| 5 | October 17 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:52 | 15,519[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Wednesday, October 10, 1951 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP: Tadashi Eto (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Thursday, October 11, 1951 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0) LP: Susumu Yuki (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Noboru Aota (1) NAN: None |
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Game 3
Saturday, October 13, 1951 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Kiyoshi Matsuda (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Tuesday, October 16, 1951 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| WP: Takeo Hattori (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Kazuo Higasa (1) |
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Game 5
Wednesday, October 17, 1951 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyo, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||
| WP: Hideo Fujimoto (2–0) LP: Susumu Yuki (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Kazuharu Murakami (1) YOM: Mitsuo Uno (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1), Wally Yonamine (1) |
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