1985 Japan Series

Summary

The 1985 Japan Series was the 36th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. Making their first appearance in the Japan Series since 1964, the Tigers finally won their first Japan Series championship. For 38 years, it's the only Japan Series that was won by the Tigers until 2023, when they defeated fellow Kansai region team, Orix Buffaloes, breaking the Curse of the Colonel in the process.

1985 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Hanshin Tigers (4) Yoshio Yoshida 74-49-7
Seibu Lions (2) Tatsuro Hirooka 79-45-6
DatesOctober 26 – November 2
MVPRandy Bass (Hanshin)
FSAHiromichi Ishige (Seibu)
Broadcast
Television
TV announcersAkira Ishikawa (TBS), Etsuro Matsukura (Fuji TV), Akio Kuroda (ABC), Sadao Uekusa (ABC), Teruhisa Inoue (MBS), Toshiharu Shimamura (NHK), Shuichi Itchoda (Yomiuri TV)
Radio
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Summary edit

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Seibu Lions – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 3 October 26 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,463[1]
2 Seibu Lions – 1, Hanshin Tigers – 2 October 27 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,593[1]
3 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Seibu Lions – 6 October 29 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 51,355[1]
4 Hanshin Tigers – 2, Seibu Lions – 4 October 30 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 51,554[1]
5 Hanshin Tigers – 7, Seibu Lions – 2 October 31 Hanshin Koshien Stadium 51,430[1]
6 Seibu Lions – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 9 November 2 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,371[1]

Matchups edit

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 26, 1985 13:03 at Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 8 0
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
Starting pitchers:
HAN: Chikafusa Ikeda (0-0)
SEI: Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-0)
WP: Chikafusa Ikeda (1-0)   LP: Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-1)
Home runs:
HAN: Randy Bass (1)
SEI: None
Attendance: 32,463
Boxscore

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 27, 1985 13:00 at Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Seibu 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
Starting pitchers:
HAN: Rich Gale (0-0)
SEI: Naoki Takahashi (0-0)
WP: Rich Gale (1-0)   LP: Naoki Takahashi (0-1)   Sv: Kiyooki Nakanishi (1)
Home runs:
HAN: Randy Bass (2)
SEI: Hiromichi Ishige (1)
Attendance: 32,593
Boxscore

Game 3 edit

Tuesday, October 29, 1985 13:01 at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 6 12 1
Hanshin 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 6 1
Starting pitchers:
SEI: Kimiyasu Kudo (0-0)
HAN: Yoshihiro Nakada (0-0)
WP: Osamu Higashio (1-0)   LP: Yoshihiro Nakada (0-1)
Home runs:
SEI: Hiromichi Ishige (2), Takanori Okamura (1)
HAN: Randy Bass (3), Munehiko Shimada (1)
Attendance: 51,355
Boxscore

Game 4 edit

Wednesday, October 30, 1985 13:00 at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 4 8 1
Hanshin 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 0
Starting pitchers:
SEI: Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-1)
HAN: Fumitaka Ito (0-0)
WP: Tamotsu Nagai (1-0)   LP: Osamu Fukuma (0-1)   Sv: Osamu Higashio (1)
Home runs:
SEI: Steve Ontiveros (1), Yoshihiro Nishioka (1)
HAN: Akinobu Mayumi (1)
Attendance: 51,554
Boxscore

Game 5 edit

Thursday, October 31, 1985 13:00 at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 10 0
Hanshin 4 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 X 7 10 0
Starting pitchers:
SEI: Kazuyuki Ono (0-0)
HAN: Chikafusa Ikeda (1-0)
WP: Osamu Fukuma (1-1)   LP: Kazuyuki Ono (0-1)
Home runs:
SEI: Takuji Ota (1)
HAN: Masayuki Kakefu (1), Keiichi Nagasaki (1)
Attendance: 51,430
Boxscore

Game 6 edit

Saturday, November 2, 1985 13:02 at Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hanshin 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 9 11 0
Seibu 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 7 0
Starting pitchers:
HAN: Rich Gale (1-0)
SEI: Naoki Takahashi (0-1)
WP: Rich Gale (2-0)   LP: Naoki Takahashi (0-2)
Home runs:
HAN: Keiichi Nagasaki (2), Akinobu Mayumi (2), Masayuki Kakefu (2)
SEI: Hiromichi Ishige (3)
Attendance: 32,371
Boxscore

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f 1985年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 9, 2012.