:1993 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
| image =
| caption =
| country = Japan
| year = 1993
| champion = Yakult Swallows (4)
| champion_manager = Katsuya Nomura
| champion_games = 80–50–2, .615, GA: 7
| runnerup = Seibu Lions (3)
| runnerup_manager = Masaaki Mori
| runnerup_games = 74–53–3, .583, GA: 1
| date = October 23 – November 1
| MVP = Kenjiro Kawasaki (YKS)
| FSA = Kazuhiro Kiyohara (SEI)
| television = Canal+ Japan (Games 1), NHK2 (Games 1)
| announcers =
| radio_network = NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), NACK5
| radio_announcers =
| umpires =
}}
The 1993 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1993 season. It was the 44th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yakult Swallows. This was the fourth consecutive Japan Series appearance for Seibu and the second consecutive championship contested between the two clubs, with Seibu taking the crown the year before. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the Lions four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 2nd Japan Series title. Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 23 and November 1 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (3)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 23
| score1 = Yakult Swallows – 8, Seibu Lions – 5
| loc1 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time1 = 3:39
| att1 = 31,785
| ref1 ={{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1993.html|script-title=ja:1993年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |accessdate=June 10, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100621012237/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1993.html| archivedate= 21 June 2010 | url-status= live}}
| date2 = October 24
| score2 = Yakult Swallows – 5, Seibu Lions – 2
| loc2 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time2 = 3:34
| att2 = 32,169
| date3 = October 26
| score3 = Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2
| loc3 = Meiji Jingu Stadium
| time3 = 2:38
| att3 = 30,147
| date4 = October 27
| score4 = Seibu Lions – 0, Yakult Swallows – 1
| loc4 = Meiji Jingu Stadium
| time4 = 2:51
| att4 = 33,882
| date5 = October 28
| score5 = Seibu Lions – 7, Yakult Swallows – 2
| loc5 = Meiji Jingu Stadium
| time5 = 3:19
| att5 = 35,208
| date6 = October 31
| score6 = Yakult Swallows – 2, Seibu Lions – 4
| loc6 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time6 = 2:49
| att6 = 32,020
| date7 = November 1
| score7 = Yakult Swallows – 4, Seibu Lions – 2
| loc7 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time7 = 2:48
| att7 = 32,028
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Saturday, October 23, 1993
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YKS
|R1=3|R2=1|R3=1|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=2|R8=0|R9=0|RR=8|RH=12|RE=2
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=1|H2=2|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=5|HH=9|HE=1
|WP=Daisuke Araki (1–0)|LP=Kimiyasu Kudoh (0–1)|
|RoadHR=Jack Howell (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1)|
HomeHR=Tsutomu Ito (1), Koji Akiyama (1)|
}}
=Game 2=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Sunday, October 24, 1993
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YKS
|R1=1|R2=0|R3=3|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=13|RE=1
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=8|HE=0
|WP=Tatsuji Nishimura (1–0)|LP=Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1)|
SV=Shingo Takatsu (1)
|
}}
=Game 3=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Tuesday, October 26, 1993
|Location=Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
|Road=Seibu|RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=6|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=7|RH=14|RE=1
|Home=Yakult|HomeAbr=YKS
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=2|HH=2|HE=2
|WP=Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0)|LP=Akimitsu Itoh (0–1)|
|RoadHR=Norio Tanabe (1), Koji Akiyama (2)|
}}
=Game 4=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Wednesday, October 27, 1993
|Location=Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
|Road=Seibu|RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=6|RE=0
|Home=Yakult|HomeAbr=YKS
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=1|HH=5|HE=0
|WP=Kenjiro Kawasaki (1–0)|LP=Takehiro Ishii (0–1)|
SV=Shingo Takatsu (2)
}}
=Game 5=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Thursday, October 28, 1993
|Location=Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
|Road=Seibu|RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=5|RR=7|RH=7|RE=0
|Home=Yakult|HomeAbr=YKS
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=1|HR=2|HH=6|HE=0
|WP=Yoshitaka Katori (1–0)|LP=Kenji Miyamoto (0–1)
|SV=Tetsuya Shiozaki (1)
|RoadHR=Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Ken Suzuki (1)|
HomeHR=Yukio Arai (1)|
}}
=Game 6=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Sunday, October 31, 1993
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YKS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=1|RR=2|RH=7|RE=1
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=4|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=4|HH=4|HE=1
|WP=Kuo Tai-yuan (1–1)|LP=Tatsuji Nishimura (1–1)
|SV=Tetsuya Shiozaki (2)|
HomeHR=Koji Akiyama (3)|
}}
=Game 7=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Monday, November 1, 1993
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Yakult|RoadAbr=YKS
|R1=3|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=4|RH=5|RE=0
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=2|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=4|HE=1
|WP=Kenjiro Kawasaki (2–0)|LP=Hisanobu Watanabe (1–1)
|SV=Shingo Takatsu (3)|
RoadHR=Katsumi Hirosawa (1)|
HomeHR=Kazuhiro Kiyohara (2)|
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.npb.or.jp/eng/ Nippon Professional Baseball]—Official website (in English)
{{JapanSeries}}
{{Tokyo Yakult Swallows}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}
Category:1993 Nippon Professional Baseball season