1964 Japan Series

Japan 1964 Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 84 63 3 (.571), 3½ GA Games ahead Hanshin Tigers (3) Sadayoshi Fujimoto 80 56 4 (.588), 1 GA Games ahead October 1–10 Joe Stanka (Nankai) Kazuhiro Yamauchi (Hanshin) Yomiuri TV (All games), ABC (Games 1 and 5), NHK General TV (Games 1 and 4) NHK Radio 1, ABC, MBS The 1964 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1964 season. The 15th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that featured the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers. It would take 21 years for the Tigers to return to the Japan Series, and in Nankai's case, it took 35 years and an ownership change. This would also be the last Japan Series to be contested by two Kansai-based teams until the 2023 Japan Series. Due to the 1964 Summer Olympics taking place in Tokyo, all games were played at night for the first time ever. It was the only time this had occurred until 1994.Away Games - Sports Illustrated Vault SI.com https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/10/31/away-games-the-start-of-the-japan-series-served-as-a-stark-reminder-of-what-americans-are-missing-this-fall https://web.archive.org/web/20210127112408/https://vault.si.com/vault/1994/10/31/away-games-the-start-of-the-japan-series-served-as-a-stark-reminder-of-what-americans-are-missing-this-fall 2026-09-27 2021-01-27 Summary PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (3) October 1 Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 2:14 19,904 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1964.html ja:1964年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1964 Japan Series Results May 4, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 2 Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5 Koshien Stadium 2:15 19,190 October 4 Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:47 29,932 October 5 Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:16 30,107 October 6 Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3 Osaka Stadium 2:28 26,962 October 9 Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 1:46 25,471 October 10 Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 2:07 15,172 Matchups Game 1 Thursday, October 1, 1964 7:01 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Nankai NAN 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 8 1 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 Joe Stanka (1–0) Minoru Murayama (0–1) Game 2 Friday, October 2, 1964 7:00 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 8 2 Hanshin HAN 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 X 5 6 0 Gene Bacque (1–0) Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) Game 3 Monday, October 4, 1964 6:59 pm (JST) Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Hanshin HAN 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 9 1 Nankai NAN 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 9 0 Midori Ishikawa (1–0) Joe Stanka (1–1) Eiji Fujii 2 (2) Johnny Logan (1), Kent Hadley (1) Game 4 Monday, October 5, 1964 7:00 pm (JST) Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Hanshin HAN 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 1 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 1X 4 7 1 Akitada Niiyama (1–0) Minoru Murayama (0–2) Kazuhiro Yamauchi 2 (2) Kent Hadley (2) Game 5 Tuesday, October 6, 1964 7:00 pm (JST) Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Hanshin HAN 0 3 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 12 0 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 1 Peter Burnside (1–0) Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Yoshinori Tsuji (1), Motoo Ando (1) Nobushige Morishita (1) Game 6 Friday, October 9, 1964 6:59 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Nankai NAN 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 0 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 Joe Stanka (2–1) Gene Bacque (1–1) Game 7 Saturday, October 10, 1964 6:59 pm (JST) Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Nankai NAN 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0 Hanshin HAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Joe Stanka (3–1) Minoru Murayama (0–3) Joe Stanka was tabbed to start his fourth game of the series. He dominated once again for his third win of the series that saw him throw a five-hit shutout on 110 pitches as the Hawks won the series. For his performance in the series of three complete games with allowing just four earned runs in 29.1 total innings with 21 strikeouts, Stanka was named Japan Series MVP. See also 1964 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series