| 1951 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 10–17 | |||||||||
| MVP | Fukashi Minamimura (YOM) | |||||||||
The1951 Japan Series was the championship series ofNippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the1951 season. The second edition of theJapan Series, it was abest-of-seven playoff that matched thePacific League championNankai Hawks against theCentral League championYomiuri Giants.
TheYomiuri Giants, who previously dominated the NPB predecessorJapanese Baseball League, won their first NPB championship in five games.
CLYomiuri Giants (4) vs. PLNankai Hawks (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:22 | 29,074[1] |
| 2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 1:57 | 27,639[1] |
| 3 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 1,Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:14 | 35,066[1] |
| 4 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 31,936[1] |
| 5 | October 17 | Nankai Hawks – 2,Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:52 | 15,519[1] |
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP:Tadashi Eto (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yomiuri | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Takehiko Bessho (1–0) LP:Susumu Yuki (0–1) Home runs: YOM:Noboru Aota (1) NAN: None | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | 3 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Kiyoshi Matsuda (1–0) LP:Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Takeo Hattori (1–0) LP:Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM:Kazuo Higasa (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | X | 8 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP:Hideo Fujimoto (2–0) LP:Susumu Yuki (0–2) Home runs: NAN:Kazuharu Murakami (1) YOM:Mitsuo Uno (1),Shigeru Chiba (1),Tetsuharu Kawakami (1),Wally Yonamine (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
OutfielderYuko Minamimura, who batted .563 with nine hits and four RBIs, was named Series MVP.