:1959 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
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| country =Japan
| year =1959
| champion = Nankai Hawks (4)
| champion_manager = Kazuto Tsuruoka
| champion_games = 88–42–4, .677, GA: 6
| runnerup = Yomiuri Giants (0)
| runnerup_manager = Shigeru Mizuhara
| runnerup_games = 77–48–5, .612, GA: 13
| date = October 24–29
| MVP = Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
| FSA = Masataka Tsuchiya (YOM)
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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
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 24
| score1 = Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10
| loc1 = Osaka Stadium
| time1 = 3:13
| att1 = 30,038
| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1959.html |script-title=ja:1959年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |trans-title=1959 Japan Series Results |accessdate=April 21, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese}}
| date2 = October 25
| score2 = Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6
| loc2 = Osaka Stadium
| time2 = 2:33
| att2 = 30,288
| date3 = October 27
| score3 = Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2
| loc3 = Korakuen Stadium
| time3 = 2:47
| att3 = 32,056
| date4 = October 29
| score4 = Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0
| loc4 = Korakuen Stadium
| time4 = 2:23
| att4 = 32,266
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
Saturday, October 24, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=2|R8=0|R9=4|RR=7|RH=14|RE=1
|Home=Nankai |HomeAbr=NAN
|H1=5|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=3|H8=0|H9=X|HR=10|HH=19|HE=0
|WP=Tadashi Sugiura (1–0) |LP=Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Isami Okamoto 2 (2)
}}
=Game 2=
Sunday, October 25, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=2|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=7|RE=0
|Home=Nankai |HomeAbr=NAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=4|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=6|HH=10|HE=1
|WP=Tadashi Sugiura (2–0) |LP=Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
|RoadHR=Shigeo Nagashima (1) |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 3=
Tuesday, October 27, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nankai |RoadAbr=NAN
|R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=1|RR=3|RH=4|RE=1
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|H10=0|HR=2|HH=10|HE=0
|WP=Tadashi Sugiura (3–0) |LP=Taketoshi Yoshihara (0–2)
|RoadHR=Katsuya Nomura (1) |HomeHR=Kazuhiko Sakazaki (1)
}}
=Game 4=
Thursday, October 29, 1959 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nankai |RoadAbr=NAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=6|RE=0
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=5|HE=1
|WP=Tadashi Sugiura (4–0) |LP=Motoshi Fujita (0–2)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Japan Series}}
{{Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks}}
{{Yomiuri Giants}}