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1961 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 71–53–6, .569, GA: 1
Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 85–49–6, .629, GA: 2.5
Dates: October 22 – November 1
MVP: Toshio Miyamoto (YOM)
FSA: Joe Stanka (NAN)
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The 1961 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1961 season. It was the 12th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

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Summary

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

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance
1 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6 Osaka Stadium 2:19 30,720[1]
2 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4 Osaka Stadium 2:41 26,845[1] 
3 October 26 Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Korakuen Stadium 2:23 30,878[1] 
4 October 29 Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Korakuen Stadium 2:18 33,186[1] 
5 October 30 Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Korakuen Stadium 2:28 30,135[1] 
6 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2 Osaka Stadium 2:45 21,565[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Sunday, October 22, 1961 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 3 1
Nankai 0 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 X 6 10 0
WP: Joe Stanka (1–0)   LP: Minoru Nakamura (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1)

Game 2

Tuesday, October 24, 1961 at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 6 14 1
Nankai 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 4 7 3
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0)   LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
NAN: Yoshio Anabuki (2)

Game 3

Thursday, October 26, 1961 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 5 3
Yomiuri 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 0 X 5 8 1
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–0)   LP: Joe Stanka (1–1)
Home runs:
NAN: None
YOM: Toshio Miyamoto (1)

Game 4

Sunday, October 29, 1961 at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 3 1
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2X 4 8 0
WP: Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0)   LP: Chikara Morinaka (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1)
YOM: None

Game 5

Monday, October 30, 1961 at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Nankai 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 6 9 1
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 7 2
WP: Joe Stanka (2–1)   LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
Home runs:
NAN: Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2)
YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Game 6

Wednesday, November 1, 1961 at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 8 0
Nankai 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Minoru Nakamura (1–1)   LP: Joe Stanka (2–2)
Home runs:
YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1)
NAN: Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3)

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