Summary
The 1964 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1964 season. It was the 15th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Hanshin Tigers. It would take 21 years for the Tigers to return to the Japan Series, and in Nankai's case, 35 years and an ownership change. This would also be the last Japan Series to be contested by 2 Kansai based teams until the 2023 Japan Series.
| 1964 Japan Series | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 1–10 | |||||||||
| MVP | Joe Stanka (NAN) | |||||||||
| FSA | Kazuhiro Yamauchi (HAN) | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | Yomiuri TV (All games), ABC (Games 1 and 5), NHK General TV (Games 1 and 4) | |||||||||
| Radio | NHK Radio 1, ABC, MBS | |||||||||
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Summary edit
PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 1 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 2:14 | 19,904[1] |
| 2 | October 2 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5 | Koshien Stadium | 2:15 | 19,190[1] |
| 3 | October 4 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 2:47 | 29,932[1] |
| 4 | October 5 | Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4 | Osaka Stadium | 2:16 | 30,107[1] |
| 5 | October 6 | Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3 | Osaka Stadium | 2:28 | 26,962[1] |
| 6 | October 9 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 1:46 | 25,471[1] |
| 7 | October 10 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 2:07 | 15,172[1] |
Matchups edit
Game 1 edit
Thursday, October 1, 1964 – 7:01 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (1–0) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2 edit
Friday, October 2, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| 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 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | X | 5 | 6 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Gene Bacque (1–0) LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3 edit
Sunday, October 4, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanshin | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Midori Ishikawa (1–0) LP: Joe Stanka (1–1) Home runs: HAN: Eiji Fujii 2 (2) NAN: Johnny Logan (1), Kent Hadley (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4 edit
Monday, October 5, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanshin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1X | 4 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Akitada Niiyama (1–0) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–2) Home runs: HAN: Kazuhiro Yamauchi 2 (2) NAN: Kent Hadley (2) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5 edit
Tuesday, October 6, 1964 – 7:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Hanshin | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nankai | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Peter Burnside (1–0) LP: Mutsuo Minagawa (0–1) Home runs: HAN: Yoshinori Tsuji (1), Motoo Ando (1) NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6 edit
Friday, October 9, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (2–1) LP: Gene Bacque (1–1) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7 edit
Saturday, October 10, 1964 – 6:59 pm at Koshien Stadium in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nankai | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Hanshin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Joe Stanka (3–1) LP: Minoru Murayama (0–3) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||