1953 Japan Series

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1953 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 87–37–1 (.702), 16 GA
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 71–48–1 (.597), 4 GA
DatesOctober 10–16
MVPTetsuharu Kawakami (Yomiuri)
FSAHiroshi Minohara (Nankai)
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The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. The fourth 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. It was the first Series to award the most impactful player on the losing team the Fighting Spirit Award, a tradition that still stands today.

Summary

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CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 10 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 3:15 24,913[1] 
2 October 11 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3 Osaka Stadium 2:33 30,524[1] 
3 October 12 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:21 22,546[1] 
4 October 13 Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 1:45 25,953[1] 
5 October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 Osaka Stadium 2:04 21,652[1] 
6 October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 Koshien Stadium 1:55 6,346[1] 
7 October 16 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 1:36 21,332[1]

Matchups

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Game 1

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Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 1
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1X 4 11 2
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 2
Nankai 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 10 0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Yukō Minamimura (1)
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)

Game 3

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Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 R H E
Nankai 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Home runs:
NAN: Hiroshi Nakahara (1)
YOM: None

Game 4

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Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 5 0
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)

Game 5

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Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 0
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2
WP: Masanori Iritani (1–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Takashi Iwamoto (1)
NAN: None

Game 6

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Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3
Nankai 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0
WP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 7

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Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 3
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Takumi Ōtomo (2–0)   LP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Jun Matsui (1), Chūsuke Kiduka (1)
YOM: None

See also

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References

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