1985 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
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| country=Japan
| year=1985
| champion=Hanshin Tigers (4)
| champion_manager=Yoshio Yoshida
| champion_games= 74-49-7
| runnerup=Seibu Lions (2)
| runnerup_manager=Tatsuro Hirooka
| runnerup_games= 79-45-6
| date=October 26 – November 2
| MVP=Randy Bass (Hanshin)
| FSA=Hiromichi Ishige (Seibu)
| television=
- TBS (Game 1 and 6, JNN)
- Fuji TV (Game 2, FNN)
- ABC (Games 3 and 4, ANN)
- SUN-TV (Games 3, independent)
- MBS (Game 4, JNN)
- NHK General TV (Game 4)
- Yomiuri TV (Game 5, NNN)
| announcers=Akira Ishikawa (TBS), Etsuro Matsukura (Fuji TV), Akio Kuroda (ABC), Sadao Uekusa (ABC), Teruhisa Inoue (MBS), Toshiharu Shimamura (NHK), Shuichi Itchoda (Yomiuri TV)
| radio_network=
- NHK Radio 1
- TBS
- QR
- LF
- Radio Nippon
- ABC
- MBS
- Radio Osaka
- Radio Kansai
| radio_announcers=
| umpires=
}}
The 1985 Japan Series was the 36th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. Making their first appearance in the Japan Series since 1964, the Tigers finally won their first Japan Series championship. For 38 years, it's the only Japan Series that was won by the Tigers until 2023, when they defeated fellow Kansai region team, Orix Buffaloes, breaking the Curse of the Colonel in the process.
Summary
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!|Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Seibu Lions – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 3 | October 26 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,463{{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1985.html|script-title=ja:1985年日本シリーズ試合結果|publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball|language=Japanese|accessdate=May 9, 2012}} |
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|2 | Seibu Lions – 1, Hanshin Tigers – 2 | October 27 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,593 |
| 3 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Seibu Lions – 6 | October 29 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,355 |
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|4 | Hanshin Tigers – 2, Seibu Lions – 4 | October 30 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,554 |
| 5 | Hanshin Tigers – 7, Seibu Lions – 2 | October 31 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,430 |
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|6 | Seibu Lions – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 9 | November 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,371 |
Matchups
=Game 1=
{{linescore
|Date=Saturday, October 26, 1985
|Time=13:03
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=0|RR=3|RH=8|RE=0
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=6|HE=0
|HSP=Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-0) |RSP=Chikafusa Ikeda (0-0)
|WP=Chikafusa Ikeda (1-0) |LP=Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=|RoadHR=Randy Bass (1)
|Attendance=32,463
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_1.html
}}
=Game 2=
{{linescore
|Date=Sunday, October 27, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=2|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=1|HH=6|HE=1
|HSP=Naoki Takahashi (0-0) |RSP=Rich Gale (0-0)
|WP=Rich Gale (1-0) |LP=Naoki Takahashi (0-1) |SV=Kiyooki Nakanishi (1)
|HomeHR=Hiromichi Ishige (1) |RoadHR=Randy Bass (2)
|Attendance=32,593
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_2.html
}}
=Game 3=
{{linescore
|Date=Tuesday, October 29, 1985
|Time=13:01
|Location=Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Seibu |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=4|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=6|RH=12|RE=1
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=3|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=4|HH=6|HE=1
|HSP=Yoshihiro Nakada (0-0) |RSP=Kimiyasu Kudo (0-0)
|WP=Osamu Higashio (1-0) |LP=Yoshihiro Nakada (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=Randy Bass (3), Munehiko Shimada (1) |RoadHR=Hiromichi Ishige (2), Takanori Okamura (1)
|Attendance=51,355
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_3.html
}}
=Game 4=
{{linescore
|Date=Wednesday, October 30, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Seibu |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=2|R7=0|R8=2|R9=0|RR=4|RH=8|RE=1
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=1|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=2|HH=3|HE=0
|HSP=Fumitaka Ito (0-0) |RSP=Hirohisa Matsunuma (0-1)
|WP=Tamotsu Nagai (1-0) |LP=Osamu Fukuma (0-1) |SV=Osamu Higashio (1)
|HomeHR=Akinobu Mayumi (1) |RoadHR=Steve Ontiveros (1), Yoshihiro Nishioka (1)
|Attendance=51,554
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_4.html
}}
=Game 5=
{{linescore
|Date=Thursday, October 31, 1985
|Time=13:00
|Location=Hanshin Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Seibu |RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=1|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=2|RH=10|RE=0
|Home=Hanshin |HomeAbr=HAN
|H1=4|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=2|H6=0|H7=1|H8=0|H9=X|HR=7|HH=10|HE=0
|HSP=Chikafusa Ikeda (1-0) |RSP=Kazuyuki Ono (0-0)
|WP=Osamu Fukuma (1-1) |LP=Kazuyuki Ono (0-1) |SV=
|HomeHR=Masayuki Kakefu (1), Keiichi Nagasaki (1) |RoadHR=Takuji Ota (1)
|Attendance=51,430
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_5.html
}}
=Game 6=
{{linescore
|Date=Saturday, November 2, 1985
|Time=13:02
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture
|Other=
|Road=Hanshin |RoadAbr=HAN
|R1=4|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=1|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=2|RR=9|RH=11|RE=0
|Home=Seibu | HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=1|HR=3|HH=7|HE=0
|HSP=Naoki Takahashi (0-1) |RSP=Rich Gale (1-0)
|WP=Rich Gale (2-0) |LP=Naoki Takahashi (0-2) |SV=
|HomeHR=Hiromichi Ishige (3) |RoadHR=Keiichi Nagasaki (2), Akinobu Mayumi (2), Masayuki Kakefu (2)
|Attendance=32,371
|Notes=
|BoxURL=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/boxscore1985_6.html
}}
See also
References
{{JapanSeries}}
{{Hanshin Tigers}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}
{{Japan-baseball-stub}}