:1962 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
| image =
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| country =Japan
| year =1962
| champion = Toei Flyers (4)
| champion_manager = Shigeru Mizuhara
| champion_games = 78–52–3, .600, GA: 5
| runnerup = Hanshin Tigers (2)
| runnerup_manager = Sadayoshi Fujimoto
| runnerup_games = 75–55–3, .577, GA: 4
| date = October 13–21
| MVP = Masayuki Dobashi (TOE)
Masayuki Tanemo (TOE)
| FSA = Yoshio Yoshida (HAN)
| television =
| announcers =
| radio_network =
| radio_announcers =
| umpires =
}}
The 1962 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1962 season. It was the 13th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Toei Flyers, against the Central League champions, the Hanshin Tigers.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = PL Toei Flyers (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (2)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 13
| score1 = Toei Flyers – 5, Hanshin Tigers – 6
| loc1 = Koshien Stadium
| time1 = 3:08
| att1 = 35,692
| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1962.html |script-title=ja:1962年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |trans-title=1962 Japan Series Results |accessdate=April 29, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100331013849/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1962.html| archivedate= 31 March 2010 | url-status= live}}
| date2 = October 14
| score2 = Toei Flyers – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 5
| loc2 = Koshien Stadium
| time2 = 2:08
| att2 = 35,995
| date3 = October 16
| score3 = Hanshin Tigers – 2, Toei Flyers – 2
| loc3 = Meiji Jingu Stadium
| time3 = 3:44
| att3 = 38,733
| date4 = October 17
| score4 = Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3
| loc4 = Meiji Jingu Stadium
| time4 = 2:25
| att4 = 37,741
| date5 = October 18
| score5 = Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3
| loc5 = Korakuen Stadium
| time5 = 2:43
| att5 = 30,187
| date6 = October 20
| score6 = Toei Flyers – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4
| loc6 = Koshien Stadium
| time6 = 2:34
| att6 = 21,214
| date7 = October 21
| score7 = Toei Flyers – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 1
| loc7 = Koshien Stadium
| time7 = 3:19
| att7 = 29,192
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
Saturday, October 13, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Toei |RoadAbr=TOE
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=5|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|RR=5|RH=8|RE=5
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=1|H3=4|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=1X|HR=6|HH=10|HE=1
|WP=Minoru Murayama (1–0) |LP=Yukio Ozaki (0–1)
|RoadHR=Katsutoyo Yoshida (1) |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 2=
Sunday, October 14, 1962 – 1:08 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Toei |RoadAbr=TOE
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=2|RE=0
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=X|HR=5|HH=9|HE=0
|WP=Minoru Murayama (2–0) |LP=Masayuki Dobashi (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Katsumi Fujimoto (1)
}}
=Game 3=
Tuesday, October 16, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|R12=0|R13=0|R14=0|RR=2|RH=11|RE=1
|Home=Toei |HomeAbr=TOE
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=1|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|H11=0|H12=0|H13=0|H14=0|HR=2|HH=10|HE=1
|WP= |LP=
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Shōichi Busujima (1)
}}
=Game 4=
Wednesday, October 17, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Shinjuku, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=5|RE=1
|Home=Toei |HomeAbr=TOE
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=3|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=6|HE=0
|WP=Motohiro Andō (1–0) |LP=Masaaki Koyama (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 5=
Thursday, October 18, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=2|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|R10=0|R11=0|RR=4|RH=10|RE=0
|Home=Toei |HomeAbr=TOE
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=0|H11=2X|HR=6|HH=13|HE=0
|WP=Masayuki Dobashi (1–1) |LP=Masaaki Koyama (0–2)
|RoadHR=Katsumi Fujimoto (2) |HomeHR=Katsutoyo Yoshida (2), Kōichi Iwashita (1)
}}
=Game 6=
Saturday, October 20, 1962 – 1:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Toei |RoadAbr=TOE
|R1=1|R2=2|R3=0|R4=1|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=7|RH=10|RE=0
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=8|HE=1
|WP=Motohiro Andō (2–0) |LP=Minoru Murayama (2–1)
|RoadHR=Isao Harimoto (1) |HomeHR=Yoshio Yoshida (1)
}}
=Game 7=
Sunday, October 21, 1962 – 1:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Toei |RoadAbr=TOE
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=1|R11=0|R12=1|RR=2|RH=5|RE=2
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|H10=1|H11=0|H12=0|HR=1|HH=10|HE=0
|WP=Masayuki Dobashi (2–1) |LP=Minoru Murayama (2–2)
|RoadHR=Akio Saionji (1) |HomeHR=
}}
See also
References
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{{Japan Series}}
{{Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters}}
{{Hanshin Tigers}}