1954_Japan_Series Knowpia

The 1954 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1954 season. It was the fifth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Chunichi Dragons. This would be the Dragons' last championship until 2007, when they defeated the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

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Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:15	29,245^[1]
2	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:21	30,303^[1]
3	November 2	Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 5	Heiwadai Stadium	2:19	23,994^[1]
4	November 3	Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 3	Heiwadai Stadium	1:36	25,185^[1]
5	November 4	Chunichi Dragons – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 2	Heiwadai Stadium	2:15	19,771^[1]
6	November 6	Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:16	27,776^[1]
7	November 7	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	1:38	23,215^[1]

Saturday, October 30, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Chunichi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	X	5	11	0
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (1–0) LP: Sadao Nishimura (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Takeshi Hibino (1) CHU: Riichi Kodama (1)

Sunday, October 31, 1954 – 1:34 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	3
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	X	5	7	0
WP: Katsuhiko Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Mamoru Ōtsu (0–1) Home runs: NIS: None CHU: Michio Nishizawa (1)

Tuesday, November 2, 1954 – 1:36 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2
Nishitetsu	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	X	5	11	0
WP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–0) LP: Nobuo Ōshima (0–1) Home runs: CHU: None NIS: Takeshi Hibino (2)

Wednesday, November 3, 1954 – 1:35 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	X	3	11	0
WP: Tokuji Kawasaki (1–0) LP: Shigeru Sugishita (1–1)

Thursday, November 4, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Chunichi	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	8	1
Nishitetsu	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	7	2
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (2–1) LP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–1) Home runs: CHU: None NIS: Takeshi Hibino (3)

Saturday, November 6, 1954 – 1:33 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	4	8	2
Chunichi	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
WP: Mamoru Ōtsu (1–1) LP: Katsuhiko Ishikawa (1–1)

Sunday, November 7, 1954 – 1:32 pm at Nagoya Baseball Stadium in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1
Chunichi	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	1	6	0
WP: Shigeru Sugishita (3–1) LP: Hidefumi Kawamura (1–2)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 1954年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1954 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.