1957 Japan Series

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
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Nishitetsu Lions (4) Osamu Mihara 83445, .648, GA: 7
Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 74533, .581, GA: 1
DatesOctober 26 – November 1
MVPHiroshi Ōshita (NIS)
FSAAndy Miyamoto (YOM)
Japan Series

Summary

PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 26Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nishitetsu Lions – 3Heiwadai Stadium2:3823,992[1] 
2October 27Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 2Heiwadai Stadium2:1824,373[1] 
3October 30Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4Korakuen Stadium2:3230,484[1] 
4October 31Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 0Korakuen Stadium3:0127,649[1] 
5November 1Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 5Korakuen Stadium2:3730,519[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 26, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri100000100290
Nishitetsu00010110X370
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 27, 1957 – 1:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka

Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri000000001151
Nishitetsu000000002X250
WP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1)
NIS: None

Game 3

Wednesday, October 30, 1957 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nishitetsu000002210563
Yomiuri200000020461
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

Thursday, October 31, 1957 – 1:36 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team12345678910RHE
Nishitetsu0000000000060
Yomiuri0000000000061

Game 5

Friday, November 1, 1957 – 1:32 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team123456789RHE
Nishitetsu1000140006130
Yomiuri001020020581
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

References

  1. 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.
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