1965 Japan Series

Summary

The 1965 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1965 season. It was the 16th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

1965 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 91–47–2, .659, GA: 13
Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88–49–3, .642, GA: 12
DatesOctober 30 – November 5
MVPShigeo Nagashima (YOM)
FSANobuyasu Morishita (NAN)
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Summary edit

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:30 30,094[1] 
2 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 3:06 30,139[1] 
3 November 3 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 9 Korakuen Stadium 2:32 32,151[1] 
4 November 4 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Korakuen Stadium 2:27 31,089[1] 
5 November 5 Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:22 26,803[1]

Matchups edit

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 30, 1965 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture[2]

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 4 8 1
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Masaichi Kaneda (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh 2 (2), Isao Shibata (1)
NAN: None

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e 1965年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 [1965 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
  2. ^ 1965年度日本シリーズ 試合結果(第1戦) [1965 Japan Series Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 8, 2013.