1961 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
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| country =Japan
| year =1961
| champion = Yomiuri Giants (4)
| champion_manager = Tetsuharu Kawakami
| champion_games = 71–53–6, .569, GA: 1
| runnerup = Nankai Hawks (2)
| runnerup_manager = Kazuto Tsuruoka
| runnerup_games = 85–49–6, .629, GA: 2.5
| date = October 22 – November 1
| MVP = Andy Miyamoto (YOM)
| FSA = Joe Stanka (NAN)
| television =
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The 1961 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1961 season. It was the 12th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 22
| score1 = Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6
| loc1 = Osaka Stadium
| time1 = 2:19
| att1 = 30,720
| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1961.html |script-title=ja:1961年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |trans-title=1961 Japan Series Results |accessdate=April 27, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100414043502/http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1961.html| archivedate= 14 April 2010 | url-status= live}}
| date2 = October 24
| score2 = Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4
| loc2 = Osaka Stadium
| time2 = 2:41
| att2 = 26,845
| date3 = October 26
| score3 = Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5
| loc3 = Korakuen Stadium
| time3 = 2:23
| att3 = 30,878
| date4 = October 29
| score4 = Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4
| loc4 = Korakuen Stadium
| time4 = 2:18
| att4 = 33,186
| date5 = October 30
| score5 = Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3
| loc5 = Korakuen Stadium
| time5 = 2:28
| att5 = 30,135
| date6 = November 1
| score6 = Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2
| loc6 = Osaka Stadium
| time6 = 2:45
| att6 = 21,565
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
Sunday, October 22, 1961 – 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=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=0|RH=3|RE=1
|Home=Nankai |HomeAbr=NAN
|H1=0|H2=2|H3=0|H4=1|H5=1|H6=1|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=6|HH=10|HE=0
|WP=Joe Stanka (1–0) |LP=Minoru Nakamura (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Katsuya Nomura (1), Yoshio Anabuki (1), Yōsuke Terata (1)
}}
=Game 2=
Tuesday, October 24, 1961 – 12:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=2|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=6|RH=14|RE=1
|Home=Nankai |HomeAbr=NAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=3|H9=1|HR=4|HH=7|HE=3
|WP=Ritsuo Horimoto (1–0) |LP=Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Yoshio Anabuki (2)
}}
=Game 3=
Thursday, October 26, 1961 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nankai |RoadAbr=NAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=4|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=4|RH=5|RE=3
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=3|H8=0|H9=X|HR=5|HH=8|HE=1
|WP=Yoshiaki Itō (1–0) |LP=Joe Stanka (1–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Andy Miyamoto (1)
}}
=Game 4=
Sunday, October 29, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nankai |RoadAbr=NAN
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=3|RH=3|RE=1
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=2|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=2X|HR=4|HH=8|HE=0
|WP=Ritsuo Horimoto (2–0) |LP=Chikara Morinaka (0–1)
|RoadHR=Kōhei Sugiyama (1), Yoshinori Hirose (1) |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 5=
Monday, October 30, 1961 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nankai |RoadAbr=NAN
|R1=2|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=6|RH=9|RE=1
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=3|HH=7|HE=2
|WP=Joe Stanka (2–1) |LP=Motoshi Fujita (0–1)
|RoadHR=Yōsuke Terata (2), Katsuya Nomura (2) |HomeHR=Shigeo Nagashima (1)
}}
=Game 6=
Wednesday, November 1, 1961 – 1:07 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=0|R2=2|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|R10=1|RR=3|RH=8|RE=0
|Home=Nankai |HomeAbr=NAN
|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|H10=0|HR=2|HH=7|HE=0
|WP=Minoru Nakamura (1–1) |LP=Joe Stanka (2–2)
|RoadHR=Sadaharu Oh (1) |HomeHR=Katsuya Nomura (3), Yōsuke Terata (3)
}}
See also
References
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{{Japan Series}}
{{Yomiuri Giants}}
{{Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks}}