This article is about the 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
1953 in baseball .
The 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fourth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
That season would be the first to be televised on the young NHK General TV - which opened that year. The young channel and its then few national relay stations aired some games during the year, tying baseball to the young TV industry and thus beginning the sports connection to Japanese television, as well as its transformation into the top sport of the nation.
Regular season
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Postseason
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Japan Series
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CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 10
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4
Osaka Stadium
3:15
24,913[1]
2
October 11
Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3
Osaka Stadium
2:33
30,524[1]
3
October 12
Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2
Korakuen Stadium
2:21
22,546[1]
4
October 13
Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Korakuen Stadium
1:45
25,953[1]
5
October 14
Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0
Osaka Stadium
2:04
21,652[1]
6
October 15
Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2
Koshien Stadium
1:55
6,346[1]
7
October 16
Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Korakuen Stadium
1:36
21,332[1]
League leaders
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See also
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References
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Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook . McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0 .