1990 Japan Series

1990 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager Season
Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 81454, .643, GA: 12
Yomiuri Giants (0) Motoshi Fujita 8842, .677, GA: 22
Dates: October 20 – October 24
MVP: Orestes Destrade (SEI)
FSA: Kaoru Okazaki (YOM)
Television: NTV (Games 1-2), TBS (Game 3), TV Asahi (Game 4), NHK ETV (Game 4), NHK BS-1 (All Games)
Radio: NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), Radio Nippon, NACK5

The 1990 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1990 season. It was the 41st Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. Seibu won the PL pennant for the seventh time in nine years to reach the series, and Yomiuri dominated the CL to return to the series after winning it the year before. Played at Tokyo Dome and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions swept the heavily favored Giants in four games to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and former MLB player Orestes Destrade was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 20 and October 24 with home field advantage going to the Central League.

Summary

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 20Seibu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 0Tokyo Dome2:5846,008[1] 
2October 21Seibu Lions – 9, Yomiuri Giants – 5Tokyo Dome3:3646,153[1] 
3October 23Yomiuri Giants – 0, Seibu Lions – 7Seibu Lions Stadium2:4831,804[1] 
4October 24Yomiuri Giants – 3, Seibu Lions – 7Seibu Lions Stadium3:1531,804[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 20, 1990 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 9 0
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Hiromi Makihara (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Orestes Destrade (1)
YOM: None

Game 2

Sunday, October 21, 1990 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Seibu 2 2 3 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 13 0
Yomiuri 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 5 9 2
WP: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1–0)   LP: Masaki Saito (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Tsutomu Itoh (1), Orestes Destrade (2)
YOM: Kaoru Okazaki (1), Kazunori Shinozuka (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 23, 1990 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
Seibu 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 X 7 9 1
WP: Tomio Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Masumi Kuwata (0–1)
Home runs:
YOM: None
SEI: Koji Akiyama (1)

Game 4

Wednesday, October 24, 1990 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 8 1
Seibu 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 X 7 13 0
WP: Kuo Tai-yuan (1–0)   LP: Kazutomo Miyamoto (0–1)   Sv: Tetsuya Shiozaki (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Shinichi Murata (1), Masahiro Kawai (1)
SEI: None

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