1952 Japan Series

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
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 83370, .692, GA: 3.5
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 76441, .633, GA: 1
DatesOctober 11–18
MVPTakehiko Bessho (YOM)
Japan Series

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6Korakuen Stadium1:5723,794[1] 
2October 12Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11Korakuen Stadium1:5626,799[1] 
3October 14Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium2:1223,744[1] 
4October 15Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2Osaka Stadium2:0420,117[1] 
5October 16Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4Osaka Stadium1:3515,297[1] 
6October 18Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Korakuen Stadium2:0234,595[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 1952 – 2:08 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai000300000381
Yomiuri01230000X6120
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)
YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai000000000040
Yomiuri03022103X11121
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Hideo Fujimoto (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 1952 – 2:03 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000000061
Nankai20000002X491
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)

Game 4

Wednesday, October 15, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri0001020306121
Nankai000100100260
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–0)   LP: Takeo Hattori (0–1)

Game 5

Thursday, October 16, 1952 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri100000000191
Nankai10300000X480
WP: Haruyasu Etō (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 6

Saturday, October 18, 1952 – 1:59 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai200000000251
Yomiuri00002100X370
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1)
YOM: None

See also

References

  1. 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.
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