1957 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1957 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1957 season. The eighth 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. The Lions won the series in five games that saw one game end in a tie and the other four all end with them winning by just one run each.
| 1957 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 26 – November 1 | |||||||||
| MVP | Hiroshi Ōshita (Nishitetsu) | |||||||||
| FSA | Andy Miyamoto (Yomiuri) | |||||||||
Summary
PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 26 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nishitetsu Lions – 3 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:38 | 23,992[1] |
| 2 | October 27 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 2 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:18 | 24,373[1] |
| 3 | October 30 | Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:32 | 30,484[1] |
| 4 | October 31 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 3:01 | 27,649[1] |
| 5 | November 1 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 5 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:37 | 30,519[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 26, 1957 – 1:02 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 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Sunday, October 27, 1957 – 1:02 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 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2X | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1) NIS: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Wednesday, October 30, 1957 – 1:33 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 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–0) LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Hiroshi Ōshita (1), Seiji Sekiguchi (1) YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Andy Miyamoto (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Thursday, October 31, 1957 – 1:36 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Game 5
Friday, November 1, 1957 – 1:32 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Yukio Shimabara (1–0) LP: Yoshinori Kido (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Hiromi Wada 2 (2) YOM: Keishi Totoki (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||