1958 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1958 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1958 season. The ninth 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 seven games in a dramatic comeback that saw them lose the first three games before winning the next four, which included a walk off hit in Game 5 after trailing by a run in the 9th inning. They became the first NPB team to overcome a 3–0 series deficit. It was the first and only time a team recovered from a 3–0 series deficit until the 1986 Japan Series.
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| Dates | October 11–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Kazuhisa Inao (Nishitetsu) | |||||||||
| FSA | Motoshi Fujita (Yomiuri) | |||||||||
Summary
PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 11 | Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 9 | Korakuen Stadium | 3:02 | 35,217[1] |
| 2 | October 12 | Nishitetsu Lions – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 7 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:21 | 35,953[1] |
| 3 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 0 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:00 | 31,575[1] |
| 4 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 6 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:17 | 27,044[1] |
| 5 | October 17 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:34 | 25,193[1] |
| 6 | October 20 | Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:03 | 31,745[1] |
| 7 | October 21 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:23 | 20,961[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 11, 1958 – 1:35 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 9 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (1), Shigeo Nagashima (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Sunday, October 12, 1958 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Game 3
Tuesday, October 14, 1958 – 2:02 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 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Thursday, October 16, 1958 – 2:01 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–2) LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–1) Home runs: YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (2) NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
Friday, October 17, 1958 – 2:05 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–1) Home runs: YOM: Wally Yonamine (1) NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (1), Kazuhisa Inao (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
Monday, October 20, 1958 – 2:10 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (3–2) LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–2) Home runs: NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (2) YOM: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
Tuesday, October 21, 1958 – 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 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (4–2) LP: Shō Horiuchi (1–1) Home runs: NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (3) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||