The 1993 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1993 season. It was the 44th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. This was the fourth consecutive Japan Series appearance for Seibu and the second consecutive championship contested between the two clubs, with Seibu taking the crown the year before. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the Lions four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 2nd Japan Series title. Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 23 and November 1 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
1993 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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Dates | October 23 – November 1 | |||||||||
MVP | Kenjiro Kawasaki (YKS) | |||||||||
FSA | Kazuhiro Kiyohara (SEI) | |||||||||
Broadcast | ||||||||||
Television | Canal+ Japan (Games 1), NHK2 (Games 1) | |||||||||
Radio | NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), NACK5 | |||||||||
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Summary edit
CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (3)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 23 | Yakult Swallows – 8, Seibu Lions – 5 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:39 | 31,785[1] |
2 | October 24 | Yakult Swallows – 5, Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 3:34 | 32,169[1] |
3 | October 26 | Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:38 | 30,147[1] |
4 | October 27 | Seibu Lions – 0, Yakult Swallows – 1 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 33,882[1] |
5 | October 28 | Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:19 | 35,208[1] |
6 | October 31 | Yakult Swallows – 2, Seibu Lions – 4 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 2:49 | 32,020[1] |
7 | November 1 | Yakult Swallows – 4, Seibu Lions – 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 2:48 | 32,028[1] |
Matchups edit
Game 1 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seibu | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Daisuke Araki (1–0) LP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (0–1) Home runs: YKS: Jack Howell (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1) SEI: Tsutomu Ito (1), Koji Akiyama (1) |
Game 2 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seibu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Tatsuji Nishimura (1–0) LP: Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (1) |
Game 3 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Seibu | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) LP: Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Norio Tanabe (1), Koji Akiyama (2) YKS: None |
Game 4 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kenjiro Kawasaki (1–0) LP: Takehiro Ishii (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (2) |
Game 5 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Seibu | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Yoshitaka Katori (1–0) LP: Kenji Miyamoto (0–1) Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1) Home runs: SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Ken Suzuki (1) YKS: Yukio Arai (1) |
Game 6 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seibu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 4 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kuo Tai-yuan (1–1) LP: Tatsuji Nishimura (1–1) Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (2) Home runs: YKS: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (3) |
Game 7 edit
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Yakult | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Seibu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Kenjiro Kawasaki (2–0) LP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (3) Home runs: YKS: Katsumi Hirosawa (1) SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (2) |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g 1993年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved June 10, 2010.
External links edit
- Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English)