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1959 Japan Series

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1959 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager(s)	Season
Nankai Hawks (4)	Kazuto Tsuruoka	88–42–4, .677, GA: 6
Yomiuri Giants (0)	Shigeru Mizuhara	77–48–5, .612, GA: 13

Dates

October 24–29

MVP

Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)

FSA

Masataka Tsuchiya (YOM)

← 1958

Japan Series

1960 →

The 1959 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1959 season. It was the tenth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

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PLNankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10	Osaka Stadium	3:13	30,038^[1]
2	October 25	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:33	30,288^[1]
3	October 27	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:47	32,056^[1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	32,266^[1]

Matchups

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Game 1

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Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka StadiuminOsaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	4	7	14	1
Nankai	5	0	1	0	1	0	3	0	X	10	19	0
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (1–0) LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Isami Okamoto 2 (2)

Game 2

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Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0
Nankai	0	0	0	4	0	2	0	0	X	6	10	1
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (2–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1) NAN: None

Game 3

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Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen StadiuminBunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Nankai	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	1
Yomiuri	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	10	0
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (3–0) LP: Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Katsuya Nomura (1) YOM: Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1)

Game 4

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Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Tadashi Sugiura (4–0) LP: Motoshi Fujita (0–2)

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 1959年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1959 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

Japan Series

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Established in 1938
Formerly the Nankai Club, the Kinki Nippon Club, the Kinki Great Ring, the Nankai Hawks, and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

The Franchise

Ballparks

Honored numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Masayoshi Son
Management: SoftBank Group
Chairman: Sadaharu Oh
General manger: Sugihiko Mikasa
Executive officer: Tomohiro Nagai
Manager: Hiroki Kokubo

Japanese Baseball League championships (2)

1946
1948

Japan Series championships (11)

Pacific League championships (19)

Playoff berths (18)

Culture

Izayuke Wakataka Army Corps

Seasons (83)
1930s	1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022

Yomiuri Giants

Established in 1934
Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo

The Franchise

Ballparks

Korakuen Stadium
Tokyo Dome
Trainings: Sun Marine Stadium
Yomiuri Giants Stadium

Culture

Star of the Giants

Rivalries

Hanshin Tigers

Retired numbers

Key personnel

Owner: Toshikazu Yamaguchi
Management: Yomiuri Group
Manager: Tatsunori Hara

Japanese Baseball League championships (9)

Japan Series championships (22)

Central League championships (37)

Climax Series berths (13)

Seasons (88)
1930s	1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939
1940s	1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
2020s	2020 2021 2022

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