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1951 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager	Season
Yomiuri Giants (4)	Shigeru Mizuhara	79–29–6, .731, GA: 18
Nankai Hawks (1)	Kazuto Tsuruoka	72–24–8, .750, GA: 18.5

Dates:

October 10 – 17

MVP:

Yukō Minamimura (YOM)

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The 1951 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1951 season. It was the second Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Contents

1 Summary
2 Matchups
3 References

Summary

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

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 10	Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0	Osaka Stadium	2:22	29,074^[1]
2	October 11	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0	Osaka Stadium	1:57	27,639^[1]
3	October 13	Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:14	35,066^[1]
4	October 16	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:13	31,936^[1]
5	October 17	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Korakuen Stadium	1:52	15,519^[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Wednesday, October 10, 1951 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	1	3	0	0	0	5	15	1
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP: Haruyasu Etō (0–1)

Game 2

Thursday, October 11, 1951 at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

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

Game 3

Saturday, October 13, 1951 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	1	0	0	1	5	1
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	8	0
WP: Kiyoshi Matsuda (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1)

Game 4

Tuesday, October 16, 1951 at Korakuen Stadium in 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	9	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	1
WP: Takeo Hattori (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Kazuo Higasa (1)

Game 5

Wednesday, October 17, 1951 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	2	2	6	0
Yomiuri	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	3	X	8	9	0
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (2–0) LP: Susumi Yuki (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Kazuharu Murakami (1) YOM: Mitsuo Uno (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Tetsuharu Kawakami (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "1951年度日本シリーズ　試合結果" (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1951.html. Retrieved November 23, 2009.

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