1952 Japan Series

Summary

The 1952 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1952 season. It was the third Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

1952 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 83–37–0, .692, GA: 3.5
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 76–44–1, .633, GA: 1
DatesOctober 11–18
MVPTakehiko Bessho (YOM)
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Summary edit

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 11 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6 Korakuen Stadium 1:57 23,794[1] 
2 October 12 Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11 Korakuen Stadium 1:56 26,799[1] 
3 October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:12 23,744[1] 
4 October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:04 20,117[1] 
5 October 16 Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 1:35 15,297[1] 
6 October 18 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:02 34,595[1]

Matchups edit

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 11, 1952 – 2:08 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Yomiuri 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 X 6 12 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)
YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 12, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Yomiuri 0 3 0 2 2 1 0 3 X 11 12 1
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Hideo Fujimoto (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

Game 3 edit

Tuesday, October 14, 1952 – 2:03 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 6 1
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 X 4 9 1
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)

Game 4 edit

Wednesday, October 15, 1952 – 2:01 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 1 0 2 0 3 0 6 12 1
Nankai 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–0)   LP: Takeo Hattori (0–1)

Game 5 edit

Thursday, October 16, 1952 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Nankai 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Haruyasu Etō (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 6 edit

Saturday, October 18, 1952 – 1:59 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 X 3 7 0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1)
YOM: None

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f 1952年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1952 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 7, 2010.