1991 Japan Series
{{Infobox Japan Series
| image =
| caption =
| country = Japan
| year = 1991
| champion = Seibu Lions (4)
| champion_manager = Masaaki Mori
| champion_games = 81–43–6, .653, GA: 4.5
| runnerup = Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3)
| runnerup_manager = Koji Yamamoto
| runnerup_games = 74–56–2, .569, GA: 3
| date = October 19–28
| MVP = Koji Akiyama (SEI)
| FSA = Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (HIR)
| television = TBS (Game 1), TV Asahi (Games 2,7), RCC (Game 3), HOME (Games 4-5), NHK General TV (Game 4), HTV (Game 5), Fuji TV (Game 6), NHK BS-1 (All Games)
| announcers =
| radio_network = NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), NACK5
| radio_announcers =
| umpires =
}}
The 1991 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1991 season. It was the 42nd Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Seibu won their second consecutive PL pennant to reach the series, and Hiroshima finished first in the CL for the sixth time in franchise history. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, the Lions defeated the Carp four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and regular season stolen-base champion Koji Akiyama was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 19 and October 28 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.
Summary
{{MLB Playoff Summary
| summary = PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3)
| winner =
| leader =
| score =
| date1 = October 19
| score1 = Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3, Seibu Lions – 11
| loc1 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time1 = 2:48
| att1 = 31,770
| ref1 ={{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1991.html|script-title=ja:1991年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 |accessdate=June 12, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=Japanese}}
| date2 = October 20
| score2 = Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4, Seibu Lions – 2
| loc2 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time2 = 3:11
| att2 = 31,903
| date3 = October 22
| score3 = Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0
| loc3 = Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
| time3 = 3:37
| att3 = 27,713
| date4 = October 23
| score4 = Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7
| loc4 = Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
| time4 = 3:06
| att4 = 28,591
| date5 = October 24
| score5 = Seibu Lions - 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3
| loc5 = Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
| time5 = 2:51
| att5 = 28,669
| date6 = October 26
| score6 = Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 6
| loc6 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time6 = 3:03
| att6 = 31,900
| date7 = October 28
| score7 = Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 7
| loc7 = Seibu Lions Stadium
| time7 = 3:20
| att7 = 32,011
}}
Matchups
=Game 1=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Saturday, October 19, 1991
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Hiroshima|RoadAbr=HIR
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=2|RR=3|RH=5|RE=2
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=3|H2=0|H3=2|H4=6|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=11|HH=10|HE=1
|WP=Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–0)|LP=Shinji Sasaoka (0–1)|
|RoadHR=Rod Allen (1)|
HomeHR=Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Orestes Destrade (1), Koji Akiyama (1), Hiromichi Ishige (1)|
}}
=Game 2=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Sunday, October 20, 1991
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Hiroshima|RoadAbr=HIR
|R1=1|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=3|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=4|RH=5|RE=1
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=2|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=5|HE=0
|WP=Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (1–0)|LP=Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1)|
SV=Yutaka Ohno (1)
|
}}
=Game 3=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Tuesday, October 22, 1991
|Location=Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
|Road=Seibu|RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=0|RR=1|RH=6|RE=1
|Home=Hiroshima|HomeAbr=HIR
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=0|HH=5|HE=1
|WP=Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0)|LP=Manabu Kitabeppu (0–1)|
|RoadHR=Koji Akiyama (2)|
}}
=Game 4=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Wednesday, October 23, 1991
|Location=Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
|Road=Seibu|RoadAbr=SEI
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=3|R9=0|RR=3|RH=3|RE=1
|Home=Hiroshima|HomeAbr=HIR
|H1=1|H2=1|H3=0|H4=3|H5=0|H6=0|H7=2|H8=0|H9=X|HR=7|HH=12|HE=1
|WP=Shinji Sasaoka (1–1)|LP=Tomio Watanabe (0-1)|
HomeHR=Takashi Osanai (1)|
}}
=Game 5=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Thursday, October 24, 1991
|Location=Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
|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=Hiroshima|HomeAbr=HIR
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=1|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=3|HH=8|HE=1
|WP=Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0)
|LP=Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1)
|SV=Yutaka Ohno (2)
|HomeHR=Rod Allen (2)
|
}}
=Game 6=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Saturday, October 26, 1991
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Hiroshima|RoadAbr=HIR
|R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=0
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=1|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=0|H6=5|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=6|HH=12|HE=0
|WP=Takehiro Ishii (1–0)
|LP=Akihito Kaneishi (0–1)
|HomeHR=Koji Akiyama (3)
|
}}
=Game 7=
{{Linescore|
|Date=Monday, October 28, 1991
|Location=Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
|Road=Hiroshima|RoadAbr=HIR
|R1=0|R2=1|R3=0|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=1|RH=4|RE=0
|Home=Seibu|HomeAbr=SEI
|H1=0|H2=0|H3=0|H4=0|H5=3|H6=0|H7=4|H8=0|H9=X|HR=7|HH=11|HE=0
|WP=Kimiyasu Kudoh (2–1)
|LP=Shinji Sasaoka (1–2)
|HomeHR=Koji Akiyama (4)
|
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.npb.or.jp/eng/ Nippon Professional Baseball]--Official website (in English)
{{JapanSeries}}
{{Saitama Seibu Lions}}
{{Hiroshima Toyo Carp}}