1962 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1962 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1962 season. The 13th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Toei Flyers against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. The Flyers won the series in seven games (one tie) over the Tigers. Shigeru Mizuhara, previously the champion manager of the Yomiuri Giants, became the second manager to win championships with multiple teams with the victory for the Flyers.
| 1962 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 13–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Masayuki Dobashi (Toei) Masayuki Tanemo (Toei) | |||||||||
| FSA | Yoshio Yoshida (Hanshin) | |||||||||
Summary
PL Toei Flyers (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (2)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 13 | Toei Flyers – 5, Hanshin Tigers – 6 | Koshien Stadium | 3:08 | 35,692[1] |
| 2 | October 14 | Toei Flyers – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 5 | Koshien Stadium | 2:08 | 35,995[1] |
| 3 | October 16 | Hanshin Tigers – 2, Toei Flyers – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:44 | 38,733[1] |
| 4 | October 17 | Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:25 | 37,741[1] |
| 5 | October 18 | Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:43 | 30,187[1] |
| 6 | October 20 | Toei Flyers – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4 | Koshien Stadium | 2:34 | 21,214[1] |
| 7 | October 21 | Toei Flyers – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 3:19 | 29,192[1] |
Matchups
Game 1
Saturday, October 13, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Toei | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 6 | 10 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Minoru Murayama (1–0) LP: Yukio Ozaki (0–1) Home runs: TOE: Katsutoyo Yoshida (1) HAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
Sunday, October 14, 1962 – 1:08 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Toei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 5 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Minoru Murayama (2–0) LP: Masayuki Dobashi (0–1) Home runs: TOE: None HAN: Katsumi Fujimoto (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
Tuesday, October 16, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Game 4
Wednesday, October 17, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
Game 5
Thursday, October 18, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Toei | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2X | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Masayuki Dobashi (1–1) LP: Masaaki Koyama (0–2) Home runs: HAN: Katsumi Fujimoto (2) TOE: Katsutoyo Yoshida (2), Kōichi Iwashita (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
Saturday, October 20, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toei | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Motohiro Andō (2–0) LP: Minoru Murayama (2–1) Home runs: TOE: Isao Harimoto (1) HAN: Yoshio Yoshida (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
Sunday, October 21, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Toei | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Masayuki Dobashi (2–1) LP: Minoru Murayama (2–2) Home runs: TOE: Akio Saionji (1) HAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||