1953 Japan Series

Japan 1953 Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 87 37 1 (.702), 16 GA Games ahead Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 71 48 1 (.597), 4 GA Games ahead October 10–16 Tetsuharu Kawakami (Yomiuri) Hiroshi Minohara (Nankai) The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. The fourth 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. It was the first Series to award the most impactful player on the losing team the Fighting Spirit Award, a tradition that still stands today. Summary CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2) October 10 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 3:15 24,913 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1953.html ja:1953年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1953 Japan Series Results April 9, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100414043119/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1953.html 14 April 2010 live October 11 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3 Osaka Stadium 2:33 30,524 October 12 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:21 22,546 October 13 Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 1:45 25,953 October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 Osaka Stadium 2:04 21,652 October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 Koshien Stadium 1:55 6,346 October 16 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 1:36 21,332 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 11 1 Nankai NAN 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1X 4 11 2 Susumi Yuki (1–0) Takehiko Bessho (0–1) Game 2 Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 2 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 10 0 Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) Taisei Nakamura (0–1) Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Yukō Minamimura (1) Tokuji Iida (1) Game 3 Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 7 0 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0 Hiroshi Nakahara (1) Game 4 Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Yomiuri YOM 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 X 3 5 0 Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) Nobuo Nakatani (0–1) Game 5 Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 5 11 0 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 Masanori Iritani (1–0) Susumi Yuki (1–1) Takashi Iwamoto (1) Game 6 Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 Nankai NAN 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 5 0 Taketoshi Ōgami (1–0) Hideo Fujimoto (1–1) Game 7 Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 3 3 Yomiuri YOM 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 4 8 0 Takumi Ōtomo (2–0) Taketoshi Ōgami (1–1) Jun Matsui (1), Chūsuke Kiduka (1) See also 1953 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan series