1972 Japan Series

December 2017 Japan 1972 Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 74 52 4 (.587), 3½ GA Games ahead Hankyu Braves (1) Yukio Nishimoto 80 48 2 (.625), 14 GA Games ahead October 21–28 Tsuneo Horiuchi (Yomiuri) Mitsuhiro Adachi (Hankyu) The 1972 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1972 season. The 23rd edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Hankyu Braves. This was the fifth time in the last six years that the two teams had met in the Japan Series, with the Giants having won all previous matchups. The Giants defeated the Braves in five games to win their eighth consecutive title. This was the last of the original run of the Japan Series to match two pennant winners against each other, as the Pacific League soon instituted a playoff system. Summary GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Giants – 5, Braves – 3 October 21Korakuen Stadium 38,010http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1972.html ja:1972年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese December 11, 20172 Giants – 6, Braves – 4 October 23Korakuen Stadium 39,6663 Braves – 5, Giants – 3 October 25Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 34,5824 Braves – 1, Giants – 3 October 26Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 31,1295 Braves – 3, Giants – 8 October 28Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 27,269 See also 1972 World Series References Baseball Japan Category:Japan Series Category:Orix Buffaloes Category:Yomiuri Giants Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series