1952 Japan Series

The 1952 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1952 season. It was the third Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

1952 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Shigeru Mizuhara 83–37–0, .692, GA: 3.5 Nankai Hawks (2) Kazuto Tsuruoka 76–44–1, .633, GA: 1
Dates	October 11–18
MVP	Takehiko Bessho (YOM)
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Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 11	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 6	Korakuen Stadium	1:57	23,794[1]
2	October 12	Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 11	Korakuen Stadium	1:56	26,799[1]
3	October 14	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:12	23,744[1]
4	October 15	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:04	20,117[1]
5	October 16	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	1:35	15,297[1]
6	October 18	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:02	34,595[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 11, 1952 – 2:08 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	8	1
Yomiuri	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0	X	6	12	0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0)   LP: Nobuo Nakatani (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Tokuji Iida (1) YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 12, 1952 – 2:01 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	4	0
Yomiuri	0	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	X	11	12	1
WP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–0)   LP: Hiroshi Nakahara (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None YOM: Hideo Fujimoto (1), Wally Yonamine (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 14, 1952 – 2:03 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka 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	6	1
Nankai	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	X	4	9	1
WP: Susumi Yuki (1–0)   LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1)

Game 4

Wednesday, October 15, 1952 – 2:01 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	3	0	6	12	1
Nankai	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–0)   LP: Takeo Hattori (0–1)

Game 5

Thursday, October 16, 1952 – 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	1
Nankai	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	X	4	8	0
WP: Haruyasu Etō (1–0)   LP: Hideo Fujimoto (1–1)

Game 6

Saturday, October 18, 1952 – 1:59 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	1
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–0)   LP: Susumi Yuki (1–1) Home runs: NAN: Nobushige Morishita (1) YOM: None

See also

• 1952 World Series