1961 Japan Series

Japan 1961 Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 71 53 6 (.569), 1 GA Games ahead Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 85 49 6 (.629), 2½ GA Games ahead October 22 – November 1 Andy Miyamoto (Yomiuri) Joe Stanka (Nankai) The 1961 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1961 season. The 12th 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. Summary CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2) October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6 Osaka Stadium 2:19 30,720 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1961.html ja:1961年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1961 Japan Series Results April 27, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100414043502/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1961.html 14 April 2010 live October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:41 26,845 October 26 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Korakuen Stadium 2:23 30,878 October 29 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 2:18 33,186 October 30 Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:28 30,135 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:45 21,565 Matchups Game 1 Sunday, October 22, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Nankai NAN 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 6 10 0 Joe Stanka (1–0) Minoru Nakamura (0–1) Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1) Game 2 Tuesday, October 24, 1961 – 12:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 14 1 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 7 3 Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0) Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Yoshio Anabuki (2) Game 3 Thursday, October 26, 1961 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 5 8 1 Yoshiaki Itō (1–0) Joe Stanka (1–1) Andy Miyamoto (1) Game 4 Sunday, October 29, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1 Yomiuri YOM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2X 4 8 0 Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0) Chikara Morinaka (0–1) Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1) Game 5 Monday, October 30, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 9 1 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7 2 Joe Stanka (2–1) Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2) Shigeo Nagashima (1) Game 6 Wednesday, November 1, 1961 – 1:07 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0 Nankai NAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0 Minoru Nakamura (1–1) Joe Stanka (2–2) Sadaharu Oh (1) Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3) See also 1961 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series