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.
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| Dates | October 11–18 | |||||||||
| MVP | Takehiko Bessho (YOM) | |||||||||
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Summary
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
Game 1
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
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
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
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) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
References
- 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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