1951 Japan Series

1951 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 79296, .731, GA: 18
Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 72248, .750, GA: 18.5
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)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 10Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium2:2229,074[1] 
2October 11Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium1:5727,639[1] 
3October 13Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1435,066[1] 
4October 16Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:1331,936[1] 
5October 17Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8Korakuen Stadium1:5215,519[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
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

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)

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
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)

References

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