1976 Japan Series

November 2017November 2017 Japan 1976 Hankyu Braves (4) Toshiharu Ueda 79 45 6 (79 45) Yomiuri Giants (3) Shigeo Nagashima 76 45 9 (76 45), 2 GA Games ahead October 23 – November 2 Yutaka Fukumoto (Hankyu) Isao Shibata (Yomiuri) The 1976 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball for the 1976 season. The 27th edition of the series, it was a best-of-seven playoff matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves. The Braves won the first three games of the series before the Giants then won the next three to force a deciding seventh game, the first time a Game 7 had been played after a team had overcome a 3-0 series deficit since 1958. However, the Braves won Game 7 to win their second consecutive Japan Series championship. This is the only time as of 2025 that a team has forced a deciding game in the Japan Series after being down 3-0 only to lose the final game. Summary GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Giants – 4, Braves – 6 October 23Korakuen Stadium 40,659http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1976.html ja:1976年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese November 20, 20172 Giants – 4, Braves – 5 October 25Korakuen Stadium 47,4523 Braves – 10, Giants – 3 October 27Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 29,2414 Braves – 2, Giants – 4 October 29Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 23,4435 Braves – 3, Giants – 5 October 30Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 26,0996 Giants – 8, Braves – 7 November 1Korakuen Stadium 44,9487 Giants – 2, Braves – 4 November 2Korakuen Stadium 45,967 See also 1976 World Series References Baseball Japan Category:Japan Series Category:Orix Buffaloes Category:Yomiuri Giants Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series