The 1952 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1952 season. It was the third Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
1952 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 11–18 | |||||||||
MVP | Takehiko Bessho (YOM) | |||||||||
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Summary edit
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 11 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:57 | 23,794[1] |
2 | October 12 | Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:56 | 26,799[1] |
3 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 2:12 | 23,744[1] |
4 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2 | Osaka Stadium | 2:04 | 20,117[1] |
5 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 1:35 | 15,297[1] |
6 | October 18 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:02 | 34,595[1] |
Matchups edit
Game 1 edit
Saturday, October 11, 1952 – 2:08 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0) LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Tokuji Iida (1) YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) |
Game 2 edit
Sunday, October 12, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | X | 11 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Hideo Fujimoto (1), Wally Yonamine (1) |
Game 3 edit
Tuesday, October 14, 1952 – 2:03 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 4 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) |
Game 4 edit
Wednesday, October 15, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–0) LP: Takeo Hattori (0–1) |
Game 5 edit
Thursday, October 16, 1952 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nankai | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Haruyasu Etō (1–0) LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1) |
Game 6 edit
Saturday, October 18, 1952 – 1:59 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nankai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–0) LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1) Home runs: NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1) YOM: None |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f 1952年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1952 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.