1990 Japan Series

Summary

The 1990 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1990 season. It was the 41st Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. Seibu won the PL pennant for the seventh time in nine years to reach the series, and Yomiuri dominated the CL to return to the series after winning it the year before. Played at Tokyo Dome and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions swept the heavily favored Giants in four games to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and former MLB player Orestes Destrade was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 20 and October 24 with home field advantage going to the Central League.

1990 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 81–45–4, .643, GA: 12
Yomiuri Giants (0) Motoshi Fujita 88–42, .677, GA: 22
DatesOctober 20–24
MVPOrestes Destrade (SEI)
FSAKaoru Okazaki (YOM)
Broadcast
TelevisionNTV (Games 1-2), TBS (Game 3), TV Asahi (Game 4), NHK ETV (Game 4), NHK BS-1 (All Games)
RadioNHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), Radio Nippon, NACK5
← 1989 Japan Series 1991 →

Summary edit

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 20 Seibu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:58 46,008[1] 
2 October 21 Seibu Lions – 9, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Tokyo Dome 3:36 46,153[1] 
3 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Seibu Lions – 7 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:48 31,804[1] 
4 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Seibu Lions – 7 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:15 31,804[1]

Matchups edit

Game 1 edit

Saturday, October 20, 1990 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Hiromi Makihara (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Orestes Destrade (1)
YOM: None

Game 2 edit

Sunday, October 21, 1990 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 13 0
Yomiuri 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 2
WP: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1–0)   LP: Masaki Saito (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Tsutomu Itoh (1), Orestes Destrade (2)
YOM: Kaoru Okazaki (1), Kazunori Shinozuka (1)

Game 3 edit

Tuesday, October 23, 1990 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Seibu 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 7 9 1
WP: Tomio Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Masumi Kuwata (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
SEI: Koji Akiyama (1)

Game 4 edit

Wednesday, October 24, 1990 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 1
Seibu 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 X 7 13 0
WP: Kuo Tai-yuan (1–0)   LP: Kazutomo Miyamoto (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinichi Murata (1), Masahiro Kawai (1)
SEI: None

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d 1990年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 12, 2010.

External links edit

  • Nippon Professional Baseball—Official website (in English)