1955 Japan Series

Japan 1955 Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 92 37 1 (92 37), 15 GA Games ahead Nankai Hawks (3) Kazuto Tsuruoka 99 41 3 (99 41), 9 GA Games ahead October 15–24 Takehiko Bessho (Yomiuri) Ichirō Togawa (Nankai) The 1955 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1955 season. The sixth 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. Summary CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (3) October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 1 Osaka Stadium 2:32 22,448 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1955.html ja:1955年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 1955 Japan Series Results April 13, 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese https://web.archive.org/web/20100331013825/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1955.html 31 March 2010 live October 16 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:02 27,784 October 18 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Korakuen Stadium 2:02 17,324 October 21 Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:06 19,373 October 22 Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 9 Korakuen Stadium 2:38 17,320 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 1 Osaka Stadium 2:11 22,695 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0 Osaka Stadium 2:11 17,775 Matchups Game 1 Saturday, October 15, 1955 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 13 0 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 2 Takehiko Bessho (1–0) Motoji Takuwa (0–1) Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) Game 2 Sunday, October 16, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 Nankai NAN 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 X 2 4 0 Masaharu Kobata (1–0) Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) Tokuji Iida (1) Game 3 Tuesday, October 18, 1955 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 7 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 Ichirō Togawa (1–0) Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Isami Okamoto (1) Game 4 Friday, October 21, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 5 8 0 Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 9 2 Ichirō Togawa (2–0) Takehiko Bessho (1–1) Game 5 Saturday, October 22, 1955 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo Nankai NAN 0 0 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 10 2 Yomiuri YOM 4 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 X 9 11 0 Takehiko Bessho (2–1) Masaharu Kobata (1–1) Tokuji Iida (2), Yasuhiro Fukami (1) Shigeru Fujio (1) Game 6 Sunday, October 23, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 1 Nankai NAN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 Hiroshi Nakao (1–1) Taisei Nakamura (0–1) Game 7 Monday, October 24, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture Yomiuri YOM 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 4 6 1 Nankai NAN 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 Takehiko Bessho (3–1) Ichirō Togawa (2–1) See also 1955 World Series References Category:Japan Series Japan Series Japan Series Japan series