1958 Japan Series
| 1958 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 11–21 | |||||||||
| MVP | Kazuhisa Inao (NIS) | |||||||||
| FSA | Motoshi Fujita (YOM) | |||||||||
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The 1958 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1958 season. It was the ninth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants. The Lions won the series 4-3 after trailing 0-3 against the Giants before winning the next four games thus becoming the first team in the Japan Series to overcome a 3-0 series deficit.
Summary
[edit]PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 11 | Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 9 | Korakuen Stadium | 3:02 | 35,217[1] |
| 2 | October 12 | Nishitetsu Lions – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 7 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:21 | 35,953[1] |
| 3 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 0 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:00 | 31,575[1] |
| 4 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 6 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:17 | 27,044[1] |
| 5 | October 17 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:34 | 25,193[1] |
| 6 | October 20 | Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:03 | 31,745[1] |
| 7 | October 21 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:23 | 20,961[1] |
Matchups
[edit]Game 1
[edit]Saturday, October 11, 1958 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | X | 9 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (1) YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (1), Shigeo Nagashima (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
[edit]Sunday, October 12, 1958 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 7 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Shō Horiuchi (1–0) LP: Yukio Shimabara (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda (2) YOM: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
[edit]Tuesday, October 14, 1958 – 2:02 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (0–2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
[edit]Thursday, October 16, 1958 – 2:01 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–2) LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–1) Home runs: YOM: Tatsuro Hirooka (2) NIS: Yasumitsu Toyoda 2 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
[edit]Friday, October 17, 1958 – 2:05 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yomiuri | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nishitetsu | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–1) Home runs: YOM: Wally Yonamine (1) NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (1), Kazuhisa Inao (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
[edit]Monday, October 20, 1958 – 2:10 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (3–2) LP: Motoshi Fujita (1–2) Home runs: NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (2) YOM: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
[edit]Tuesday, October 21, 1958 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nishitetsu | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Kazuhisa Inao (4–2) LP: Shō Horiuchi (1–1) Home runs: NIS: Futoshi Nakanishi (3) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g 1958年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1958 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.