# 1953 Japan Series

The 1953 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1953 season. It was the fourth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

## Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 3:15 | 24,913 |
| 2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 2:33 | 30,524 |
| 3 | October 12 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:21 | 22,546 |
| 4 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:45 | 25,953 |
| 5 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:04 | 21,652 |
| 6 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2 | Koshien Stadium | 1:55 | 6,346 |
| 7 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:36 | 21,332 |

## Matchups
### Game 1

Saturday, October 10, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Nankai | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 4 | 11 | 2 |
| WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (0–1) ||||||||||||||||

### Game 2

Sunday, October 11, 1953 – 2:05 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 |
| WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0) LP: Taisei Nakamura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Wally Yonamine (1), Shigeru Chiba (1), Yukō Minamimura (1) NAN: Tokuji Iida (1) |||||||||||||

### Game 3

Monday, October 12, 1953 – 1:35 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | R | H | E |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| Home runs: NAN: Hiroshi Nakahara (1) YOM: None ||||||||||||

### Game 4

Tuesday, October 13, 1953 – 1:33 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Takumi Ōtomo (1–0) LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 5

Wednesday, October 14, 1953 – 2:02 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 |
| WP: Masanori Iritani (1–0) LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1) Home runs: YOM: Takashi Iwamoto (1) NAN: None |||||||||||||

### Game 6

Thursday, October 15, 1953 – 2:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Yomiuri | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| WP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–0) LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1) |||||||||||||

### Game 7

Friday, October 16, 1953 – 1:30 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 |
| WP: Takumi Ōtomo (2–0) LP: Taketoshi Ōgami (1–1) Home runs: NAN: Jun Matsui (1), Chūsuke Kiduka (1) YOM: None |||||||||||||