1963 Japan Series
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{{Infobox Japan Series
| image =
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| country =Japan
| year =1963
| champion = Yomiuri Giants (4)
| champion_manager = Tetsuharu Kawakami
| champion_games = 83–55–2, .601, GA: 2.5
| runnerup = Nishitetsu Lions (3)
| runnerup_manager = Futoshi Nakanishi
| runnerup_games = 86–60–4, .589, GA: 1
| date = October 26 – November 4
| MVP = Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
| FSA = Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)
| television =
| announcers =
| radio_network =
| radio_announcers =
| umpires =
}}
The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. It was the 14th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 26
| score1 = Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6
| loc1 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time1 = 2:29
| att1 = 29,806
| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1963.html |script-title=ja:1963年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |trans-title=1963 Japan Series Results |accessdate=May 4, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese}}
| date2 = October 27
| score2 = Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6
| loc2 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time2 = 2:54
| att2 = 29,969
| date3 = October 30
| score3 = Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8
| loc3 = Korakuen Stadium
| time3 = 2:28
| att3 = 30,384
| date4 = October 31
| score4 = Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1
| loc4 = Korakuen Stadium
| time4 = 2:42
| att4 = 29,960
| date5 = November 1
| score5 = Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3
| loc5 = Korakuen Stadium
| time5 = 2:10
| att5 = 30,386
| date6 = November 3
| score6 = Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6
| loc6 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time6 = 2:09
| att6 = 27,079
| date7 = November 4
| score7 = Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4
| loc7 = Heiwadai Stadium
| time7 = 2:32
| att7 = 17,436
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
Saturday, October 26, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=1|RH=6|RE=0
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=0|H2=4|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=6|HH=7|HE=0
|WP=Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) |LP=Yoshiaki Itō (0–1)
|RoadHR=Masayuki Yamazaki (1) |HomeHR=Hiromi Wada (1), George Wilson (1)
}}
=Game 2=
Sunday, October 27, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=1|R2=3|R3=0|R4=4|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=9|RH=8|RE=2
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=0|H5=1|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=2|HR=6|HH=10|HE=5
|WP=Motoshi Fujita (1–0) |LP=Kazuhara Abe (0–1)
|RoadHR=Sadaharu Oh (1) |HomeHR=George Wilson (2)
}}
=Game 3=
Wednesday, October 30, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=5|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=8|HH=10|HE=0
|WP=Yoshiaki Itō (1–1) |LP=Kazuhisa Inao (1–1)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Shigeo Nagashima (1)
}}
=Game 4=
Thursday, October 31, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=1|R7=1|R8=1|R9=0|RR=4|RH=11|RE=0
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=7|HE=2
|WP=Kazuhara Abe (1–1) |LP=Yukinori Miyata (0–1)
|RoadHR=Kusuo Tanaka (1) |HomeHR=
}}
=Game 5=
Friday, November 1, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
{{Linescore|
|Road=Nishitetsu |RoadAbr=NIS
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH= |RE=
|Home=Yomiuri |HomeAbr=YOM
|H1=0|H2=1|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH= |HE=
|WP=Akira Takahashi (1–0) |LP=Yoshio Inoue (0–1)
|RoadHR=Jim Baumer (1) |HomeHR=Shigeo Nagashima 2 (3), Sadaharu Oh (2)
}}
=Game 6=
Sunday, November 3, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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=2|RE=0
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=2|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=X|HR=6|HH=11|HE=0
|WP=Kazuhisa Inao (2–1) |LP=Yoshiaki Itō (1–2)
|RoadHR= |HomeHR=Jim Baumer (2)
}}
=Game 7=
Monday, November 4, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture
{{Linescore|
|Road=Yomiuri |RoadAbr=YOM
|R1=1|R2=0|R3=3|R4=9|R5=0|R6=5|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=18|RH=19|RE=1
|Home=Nishitetsu |HomeAbr=NIS
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=4|HH=9|HE=1
|WP=Akira Takahashi (2–0) |LP=Kazuhisa Inao (2–2)
|RoadHR=Toshio Yanagida (1), Isao Shibata (1), Sadaharu Oh 2 (4), Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, (1)|HomeHR=Koshiro Ito (1)
}}
See also
References
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{{Japan Series}}
{{Yomiuri Giants}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}