1962 Japan Series

Japan 1962 Toei Flyers (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 78 52 3 (.600), 5 GA Games ahead Hanshin Tigers (2) Sadayoshi Fujimoto 75 55 3 (.577), 4 GA Games ahead October 13–21 Masayuki Dobashi (Toei)Masayuki Tanemo (Toei) Yoshio Yoshida (Hanshin) The 1962 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1962 season. The 13th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Toei Flyers against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. The Flyers won the series in seven games (one tie) over the Tigers. Shigeru Mizuhara, previously the champion manager of the Yomiuri Giants, became the second manager to win championships with multiple teams with the victory for the Flyers. Summary PL Toei Flyers (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (2) October 13 Toei Flyers – 5, Hanshin Tigers – 6 Koshien Stadium 3:08 35,692 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1962.html ja:1962年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1962 Japan Series Results April 29, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100331013849/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1962.html 31 March 2010 live October 14 Toei Flyers – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 5 Koshien Stadium 2:08 35,995 October 16 Hanshin Tigers – 2, Toei Flyers – 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:44 38,733 October 17 Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:25 37,741 October 18 Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:43 30,187 October 20 Toei Flyers – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4 Koshien Stadium 2:34 21,214 October 21 Toei Flyers – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:19 29,192 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 13, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Toei TOE 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 8 5 Hanshin HAN 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1X 6 10 1 Minoru Murayama (1–0) Yukio Ozaki (0–1) Katsutoyo Yoshida (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 14, 1962 – 1:08 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Toei TOE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 X 5 9 0 Minoru Murayama (2–0) Masayuki Dobashi (0–1) Katsumi Fujimoto (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 16, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 11 1 Toei TOE 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 1 Shōichi Busujima (1) Game 4 Wednesday, October 17, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 1 Toei TOE 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 X 3 6 0 Motohiro Andō (1–0) Masaaki Koyama (0–1) Game 5 Thursday, October 18, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Hanshin HAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 10 0 Toei TOE 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2X 6 13 0 Masayuki Dobashi (1–1) Masaaki Koyama (0–2) Katsumi Fujimoto (2) Katsutoyo Yoshida (2), Kōichi Iwashita (1) Game 6 Saturday, October 20, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Toei TOE 1 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 0 7 10 0 Hanshin HAN 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 8 1 Motohiro Andō (2–0) Minoru Murayama (2–1) Isao Harimoto (1) Yoshio Yoshida (1) Game 7 Sunday, October 21, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Toei TOE 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 2 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 10 0 Masayuki Dobashi (2–1) Minoru Murayama (2–2) Akio Saionji (1) See also 1962 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series