1961 Japan Series

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1961 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s)
FSA
Joe Stanka (NAN)
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The 1961 Japan Series was the

Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants
.

Summary

CL

Nankai Hawks
(2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6 Osaka Stadium 2:19 30,720[1] 
2 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:41 26,845[1] 
3 October 26 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Korakuen Stadium 2:23 30,878[1] 
4 October 29 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 2:18 33,186[1] 
5 October 30 Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:28 30,135[1] 
6 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:45 21,565[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Sunday, October 22, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
Nankai 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 6 10 0
WP: Joe Stanka (1–0)   LP: Minoru Nakamura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 24, 1961 – 12:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 14 1
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 7 3
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0)   LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Yoshio Anabuki (2)

Game 3

Thursday, October 26, 1961 – 1:01 pm at

Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 3
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 5 8 1
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–0)   LP: Joe Stanka (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Andy Miyamoto (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 29, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2X 4 8 0
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0)   LP: Chikara Morinaka (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1)
YOM: None

Game 5

Monday, October 30, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 9 1
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7 2
WP: Joe Stanka (2–1)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2)
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 6

Wednesday, November 1, 1961 – 1:07 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0
Nankai 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Minoru Nakamura (1–1)   LP: Joe Stanka (2–2)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1)
NAN: Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3)

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f 1961年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1961 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.
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