1956 Japan Series

Japan 1956 Nishitetsu Lions (4) Osamu Mihara 96 51 7 (.646), GA: ½ Yomiuri Giants (2) Shigeru Mizuhara 82 44 4 (.646), GA: 4½ October 10–17 Yasumitsu Toyoda (Nishitetsu) Kazuhisa Inao (Nishitetsu) The 1956 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1956 season. The seventh edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nishitetsu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. This is the first (and so far only) Series to feature the same team win the MVP Award and Fighting Spirit Award. Summary PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (2) October 10 Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 2:07 24,632 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1956.html ja:1956年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1956 Japan Series Results April 14, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 11 Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:18 19,108 October 13 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 Heiwadai Stadium 2:41 23,528 October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 4 Heiwadai Stadium 1:55 24,459 October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nishitetsu Lions – 7 Heiwadai Stadium 3:16 19,042 October 17 Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Korakuen Stadium 2:13 27,994 Matchups Game 1 Wednesday, October 10, 1956 – 2:04 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nishitetsu NIS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Yomiuri YOM 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 10 0 Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) Tokuji Kawasaki (0–1) Game 2 Thursday, October 11, 1956 – 2:05 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nishitetsu NIS 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 1 0 6 12 0 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 1 Yukio Shimabara (1–0) Takehiko Bessho (0–1) Seiji Sekiguchi (1), Futoshi Nakanishi (1) Takehiko Bessho (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) Game 3 Saturday, October 13, 1956 – 2:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 2 Nishitetsu NIS 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 X 5 9 0 Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) Takehiko Bessho (0–2) Tatsuro Hirooka (1) Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) Game 4 Sunday, October 14, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 Nishitetsu NIS 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 X 4 8 1 Kazuhisa Inao (2–0) Takumi Ōtomo (1–1) Futoshi Nakanishi (2) Game 5 Monday, October 15, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 5 2 12 15 2 Nishitetsu NIS 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 7 15 1 Taketoshi Yoshihara (1–0) Sadao Nishimura (0–1) Seiji Sekiguchi 2 (3) Game 6 Wednesday, October 17, 1956 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nishitetsu NIS 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 12 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 Kazuhisa Inao (3–0) Takehiko Bessho (0–3) Seiji Sekiguchi (4) Takashi Iwamoto (1) See also 1956 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan series