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| Dates | October 16–23 | |||||||||
| MVP | Sumio Hirota (Lotte) | |||||||||
| FSA | Morimichi Takagi (Chunichi) | |||||||||
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The 1974 Japan Series was the 25th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series. It matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion Lotte Orions. This was the first Japan Series since 1964 without the Yomiuri Giants, who had won the previous nine championships. The Orions defeated the Dragons in six games to win their second title, and first since winning the inaugural Japan Series as the Mainichi Orions.
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| 1 | Dragons – 5, Orions – 4 | October 16 | Nagoya Stadium | 22,148[1] |
| 2 | Dragons – 5, Orions – 8 | October 17 | Nagoya Stadium | 24,798[1] |
| 3 | Orions – 4, Dragons – 5 | October 19 | Korakuen Stadium | 29,103[1] |
| 4 | Orions – 6, Dragons – 3 | October 20 | Korakuen Stadium | 43,128[1] |
| 5 | Orions – 2, Dragons – 0 | October 21 | Korakuen Stadium | 28,187[1] |
| 6 | Dragons – 2, Orions – 3 | October 23 | Nagoya Stadium | 23,433[1] |
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