1955 Japan Series

The 1955 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1955 season. It was the sixth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

1955 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 92371, .713, GA: 15
Nankai Hawks (3) Kazuto Tsuruoka 99413, .707, GA: 9
DatesOctober 15–24
MVPTakehiko Bessho (YOM)
FSAIchirō Togawa (NAN)
Japan Series

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 1Osaka Stadium2:3222,448[1] 
2October 16Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2Osaka Stadium2:0227,784[1] 
3October 18Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0Korakuen Stadium2:0217,324[1] 
4October 21Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Korakuen Stadium2:0619,373[1] 
5October 22Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 9Korakuen Stadium2:3817,320[1] 
6October 23Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 1Osaka Stadium2:1122,695[1] 
7October 24Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0Osaka Stadium2:1117,775[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 15, 1955 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team12345678910RHE
Yomiuri00010000034130
Nankai0000100000142
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Motoji Takuwa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)
NAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 16, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000000040
Nankai01000010X240
WP: Masaharu Kobata (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 18, 1955 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai000100010270
Yomiuri000000000071
WP: Ichirō Togawa (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Isami Okamoto (1)
YOM: None

Game 4

Friday, October 21, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai100000040580
Yomiuri000010001292
WP: Ichirō Togawa (2–0)   LP: Takehiko Bessho (1–1)

Game 5

Saturday, October 22, 1955 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nankai0003101005102
Yomiuri40010040X9110
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–1)   LP: Masaharu Kobata (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Tokuji Iida (2), Yasuhiro Fukami (1)
YOM: Shigeru Fujio (1)

Game 6

Sunday, October 23, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri200000001381
Nankai100000000141
WP: Hiroshi Nakao (1–1)   LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1)

Game 7

Monday, October 24, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000010003461
Nankai000000000041
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–1)   LP: Ichirō Togawa (2–1)

See also

References

  1. 1955年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1955 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.
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