1951 Japan Series

The 1951 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1951 season. The second edition of the Japan Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants.

DatesOctober 10–17

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The Yomiuri Giants, who previously dominated the NPB predecessor Japanese Baseball League, won their first NPB championship in five games.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
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]

Summary

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)

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

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)

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)

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)