1954 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
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| country =Japan
| year =1954
| champion = Chunichi Dragons (4)
| champion_manager = Shunichi Amachi
| champion_games = 86–40–4, .683, GA: 5.5
| runnerup = Nishitetsu Lions (3)
| runnerup_manager = Osamu Mihara
| runnerup_games = 90–47–3, .657, GA: .5
| date = October 30 – November 7
| MVP = Shigeru Sugishita (CHU)
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The 1954 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1954 season. It was the fifth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Chunichi Dragons. This would be the Dragons' last championship until 2007, when they defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = CL Chunichi Dragons (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 30
| score1 = Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5
| loc1 = Nagoya Baseball Stadium
| time1 = 2:15
| att1 = 29,245
| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1954.html |script-title=ja:1954年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |trans-title=1954 Japan Series Results |accessdate=April 9, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100326063047/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1954.html| archivedate= 26 March 2010 | url-status= live}}
| date2 = October 31
| score2 = Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5
| loc2 = Nagoya Baseball Stadium
| time2 = 2:21
| att2 = 30,303
| date3 = November 2
| score3 = Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 5
| loc3 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time3 = 2:19
| att3 = 23,994
| date4 = November 3
| score4 = Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 3
| loc4 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time4 = 1:36
| att4 = 25,185
| date5 = November 4
| score5 = Chunichi Dragons – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 2
| loc5 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time5 = 2:15
| att5 = 19,771
| date6 = November 6
| score6 = Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 1
| loc6 = Nagoya Baseball Stadium
| time6 = 2:16
| att6 = 27,776
| date7 = November 7
| score7 = Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1
| loc7 = Nagoya Baseball Stadium
| time7 = 1:38
| att7 = 23,215
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
Saturday, October 30, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=0
|Home=Chunichi |HomeAbr=CHU
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=4|H9=X|HR=5|HH=11|HE=0
|WP=Shigeru Sugishita (1–0) |LP=Sadao Nishimura (0–1)
|RoadHR=Takeshi Hibino (1) |HomeHR=Riichi Kodama (1)
}}
=Game 2=
Sunday, October 31, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=6|RE=3
|Home=Chunichi |HomeAbr=CHU
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=3|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=5|HH=7|HE=0
|WP=Katsuhiko Ishikawa (1–0) |LP=Mamoru Ōtsu (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Michio Nishizawa (1)
}}
=Game 3=
Tuesday, November 2, 1954 – 1:36 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Chunichi |RoadAbr=CHU
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=2|RE=2
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=X|HR=5|HH=11|HE=0
|WP=Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0) |LP=Nobuo Ōshima (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Takeshi Hibino (2)
}}
=Game 4=
Wednesday, November 3, 1954 – 1:35 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Chunichi |RoadAbr=CHU
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=11|HE=0
|WP=Tokuji Kawasaki (1–0) |LP=Shigeru Sugishita (1–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 5=
Thursday, November 4, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Chunichi |RoadAbr=CHU
|R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=1|RR=3|RH=8|RE=1
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=2|HH=7|HE=2
|WP=Shigeru Sugishita (2–1) |LP=Hidefumi Kawamura (1–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Takeshi Hibino (3)
}}
=Game 6=
Saturday, November 6, 1954 – 1:33 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=3|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=4|RH=8|RE=2
|Home=Chunichi |HomeAbr=CHU
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=6|HE=1
|WP=Mamoru Ōtsu (1–1) |LP=Katsuhiko Ishikawa (1–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 7=
Sunday, November 7, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1
|Home=Chunichi |HomeAbr=CHU
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=1|HH=6|HE=0
|WP=Shigeru Sugishita (3–1) |LP=Hidefumi Kawamura (1–2)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Japan Series}}
{{Chunichi Dragons}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}