1959 Japan Series

Japan 1959 Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88 42 4 (.677), 6 GA Games ahead Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 77 48 5 (.612), 13 GA Games ahead October 24–29 Tadashi Sugiura (Nankai) Masataka Tsuchiya (Yomiuri) The 1959 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1959 season. The 10th 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. The Hawks won in a four-game sweep, which was the first time this had occurred in league history. Summary PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0) October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10 Osaka Stadium 3:13 30,038 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1959.html ja:1959年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1959 Japan Series Results April 21, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese October 25 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6 Osaka Stadium 2:33 30,288 October 27 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:47 32,056 October 29 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Korakuen Stadium 2:23 32,266 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 7 14 1 Nankai NAN 5 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 X 10 19 0 Tadashi Sugiura (1–0) Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1) Isami Okamoto 2 (2) Game 2 Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 7 0 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 4 0 2 0 0 X 6 10 1 Tadashi Sugiura (2–0) Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Shigeo Nagashima (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4 1 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 10 0 Tadashi Sugiura (3–0) Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2) Katsuya Nomura (1) Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1) Game 4 Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 Tadashi Sugiura (4–0) Motoshi Fujita (0–2) See also 1959 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series