1965 Japan Series

1965 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season Yomiuri Giants (4) Tetsuharu Kawakami 91–47–2 (.659), 13 GA Nankai Hawks (1) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88–49–3 (.642), 12 GA
Dates	October 30 – November 5
MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (Yomiuri)
FSA	Nobuyasu Morishita (Nankai)

The 1965 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1965 season. The 16th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. It was the first of nine consecutive Japan Series championships won by the Giants, a record that still stands.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 30	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:30	30,094
2	October 31	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	3:06	30,139
3	November 3	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 9	Korakuen Stadium	2:32	32,151
4	November 4	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:27	31,089
5	November 5	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:22	26,803

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 30, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) 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	2	1	0	0	0	4	8	1
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	7	0
WP: Masaichi Kaneda (1–0)   LP: Tadashi Sugiura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh 2 (2), Isao Shibata (1) NAN: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 31, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	6	6	0
Nankai	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	1
WP: Miyata (1–0)   LP: Miura (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1) NAN: None

Shigeo Nagashima delivered a home run in the tenth inning to give the Giants the go-ahead lead in a game where they rallied from a 4–0 deficit in the seventh inning.

Game 3

Wednesday, November 3, 1965, 1:00 pm (JST) at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	6	3
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	X	9	8	1
WP: Kaneda (2–0)   LP: Stanka (0–1) Home runs: NAN: None Home: Nagashima (2), Wang (1)

Game 3 was delayed a day due to rain.

Game 4

Thursday, November 4, 1965, 12:58 pm (JST) at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	4	9	1
Yomiuri	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	2	2	6	0
WP: Hayashi (1–0)   LP: Minoru Nakamura (0–1)

Game 5

Friday, November 5, 1965, 12:59 pm (JST) at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1X	3	6	0
WP: Miyata (2–0)   LP: Sugiura (0–2) Home runs: NAN: Nomura (1) Home: None

See also

• 1965 World Series