1963 Japan Series
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| 1963 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 26 – November 4 | |||||||||
| MVP | Shigeo Nagashima (Yomiuri) | |||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhisa Inao (Nishitetsu) | |||||||||
The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. The 14th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nishitetsu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants.
Summary
[edit]CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 26 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:29 | 29,806[1] |
| 2 | October 27 | Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:54 | 29,969[1] |
| 3 | October 30 | Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:28 | 30,384[1] |
| 4 | October 31 | Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:42 | 29,960[1] |
| 5 | November 1 | Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:10 | 30,386[1] |
| 6 | November 3 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:09 | 27,079[1] |
| 7 | November 4 | Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:32 | 17,436[1] |
Matchups
[edit]Game 1
[edit]Saturday, October 26, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Yoshiaki Itō (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Masayuki Yamazaki (1) NIS: Hiromi Wada (1), George Wilson (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
[edit]Sunday, October 27, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0) LP: Kazuhara Abe (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1) NIS: George Wilson (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
[edit]Wednesday, October 30, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 8 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–1) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–1) Home runs: NIS: None YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
[edit]Thursday, October 31, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhara Abe (1–1) LP: Yukinori Miyata (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Kusuo Tanaka (1) YOM: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
[edit]Friday, November 1, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Akira Takahashi (1–0) LP: Yoshio Inoue (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Jim Baumer (1) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima 2 (3), Sadaharu Oh (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
[edit]Sunday, November 3, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–1) LP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–2) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Jim Baumer (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
[edit]Monday, November 4, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 19 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Akira Takahashi (2–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2) Home runs: YOM: Toshio Yanagida (1), Isao Shibata (1), Sadaharu Oh 2 (4), Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, (1) NIS: Koshiro Ito (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1963年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1963 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 4, 2010.