1964 Japan Series
Baseball championship series
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The 1964 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1964 season. The 15th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that featured the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers.
| 1964 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1–10 | |||||||||
| MVP | Joe Stanka (Nankai) | |||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhiro Yamauchi (Hanshin) | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | Yomiuri TV (All games), ABC (Games 1 and 5), NHK General TV (Games 1 and 4) | |||||||||
| Radio | NHK Radio 1, ABC, MBS | |||||||||
It would take 21 years for the Tigers to return to the Japan Series, and in Nankai's case, it took 35 years and an ownership change. This would also be the last Japan Series to be contested by two Kansai-based teams until the 2023 Japan Series. Due to the 1964 Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo, all games were played at night for the first time ever. It was the only time this had occurred until 1994.[1]
Summary
PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 1 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 2:14 | 19,904[2] |
| 2 | October 2 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5 | Koshien Stadium | 2:15 | 19,190[2] |
| 3 | October 4 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 2:47 | 29,932[2] |
| 4 | October 5 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 2:16 | 30,107[2] |
| 5 | October 6 | Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 2:28 | 26,962[2] |
| 6 | October 9 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 1:46 | 25,471[2] |
| 7 | October 10 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 2:07 | 15,172[2] |
Matchups
Game 1
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (1–0) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Gene Bacque (1–0) LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Midori Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Joe Stanka (1–1) Home runs: HAN: Eiji Fujii 2 (2) NAN: Johnny Logan (1), Kent Hadley (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Akitada Niiyama (1–0) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–2) Home runs: HAN: Kazuhiro Yamauchi 2 (2) NAN: Kent Hadley (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanshin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Peter Burnside (1–0) LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Home runs: HAN: Yoshinori Tsuji (1), Motoo Ando (1) NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nankai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (2–1) LP: Gene Bacque (1–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (3–1) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Stanka was tabbed to start his fourth game of the series. He dominated once again for his third win of the series that saw him throw a five-hit shutout on 110 pitches as the Hawks won the series. For his performance in the series of three complete games with allowing just four earned runs in 29.1 total innings with 21 strikeouts, Stanka was named Japan Series MVP.