1960 Japan Series

The 1960 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1960 season. It was the 11th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Daimai Orions, against the Central League champions, the Taiyo Whales.

1960 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Taiyo Whales (4) Osamu Mihara 70564, .554, GA: 4.5
Daimai Orions (0) Yukio Nishimoto 82483, .631, GA: 4
DatesOctober 11–15
MVPAkihito Kondō (TAI)
FSAKenjiro Tamiya (DAI)
Japan Series

Summary

CL Taiyo Whales (4) vs. PL Daimai Orions (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Daimai Orions – 0, Taiyo Whales – 1Kawasaki Stadium2:1218,354[1] 
2October 12Daimai Orions – 2, Taiyo Whales – 3Kawasaki Stadium2:2918,421[1] 
3October 14Taiyo Whales – 6, Daimai Orions – 5Korakuen Stadium2:3831,586[1] 
4October 15Taiyo Whales – 1, Daimai Orions – 0Korakuen Stadium2:4432,409[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Tuesday, October 11, 1960 – 1:04 pm at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

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WP: Noboru Akiyama (1–0)   LP: Katsumi Nakanishi (0–1)
Home runs:
DAI: None
TAI: Hidenori Kanemitsu (1)

Game 2

Wednesday, October 12, 1960 – 12:59 pm at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture

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WP: Noboru Akiyama (1–0)   LP: Gentarō Shimada (0–1)
Home runs:
DAI: Kihachi Enomoto (1)
TAI: None

Game 3

Friday, October 14, 1960 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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Daimai000021020572
WP: Masatoshi Gondō (1–0)   LP: Katsumi Nakanishi (0–2)
Home runs:
TAI: Akihito Kondō (1)
DAI: Toshio Yanagida (1)

Game 4

Saturday, October 15, 1960 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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WP: Noboru Akiyama (2–0)   LP: Gentarō Shimada (0–2)

See also

References

  1. 1960年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1960 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
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