1959 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1959 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1959 season. The 10th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. The Hawks won in a four-game sweep, which was the first time this had occurred in league history.
| 1959 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 24–29 | |||||||||
| MVP | Tadashi Sugiura (Nankai) | |||||||||
| FSA | Masataka Tsuchiya (Yomiuri) | |||||||||
Summary
PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 24 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10 | Osaka Stadium | 3:13 | 30,038[1] |
| 2 | October 25 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6 | Osaka Stadium | 2:33 | 30,288[1] |
| 3 | October 27 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:47 | 32,056[1] |
| 4 | October 29 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:23 | 32,266[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Game 2
Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tadashi Sugiura (2–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1) NAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tadashi Sugiura (3–0) LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1) YOM: Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 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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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Tadashi Sugiura (4–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||