1965 Japan Series

1965 Japan Series

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

The 1965 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1965 season. It was the 16th 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 (1)

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

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 30, 1965 – 1:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture^[2]

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

References

1. 1965年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1965 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 7, 2013.
2. 1965年度日本シリーズ　試合結果（第1戦） [1965 Japan Series Game Results (Game 1)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 8, 2013.