The 1957 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1957 season. It was the eighth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
1957 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 26 – November 1 | |||||||||
MVP | Hiroshi Ōshita (NIS) | |||||||||
FSA | Andy Miyamoto (YOM) | |||||||||
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Summary edit
PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 26 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nishitetsu Lions – 3 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:38 | 23,992[1] |
2 | October 27 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 2 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:18 | 24,373[1] |
3 | October 30 | Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:32 | 30,484[1] |
4 | October 31 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 3:01 | 27,649[1] |
5 | November 1 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 5 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:37 | 30,519[1] |
Matchups edit
Game 1 edit
Saturday, October 26, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 3 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) |
Game 2 edit
Sunday, October 27, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
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 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2X | 2 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1) NIS: None |
Game 3 edit
Wednesday, October 30, 1957 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–0) LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Hiroshi Ōshita (1), Seiji Sekiguchi (1) YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Andy Miyamoto (2) |
Game 4 edit
Thursday, October 31, 1957 – 1:36 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
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Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
Game 5 edit
Friday, November 1, 1957 – 1:32 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nishitetsu | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yukio Shimabara (1–0) LP: Yoshinori Kido (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Hiromi Wada 2 (2) YOM: Keishi Totoki (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e 1957年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1957 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2010.