1963 Japan Series

The 1963 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1963 season. It was the 14th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:29	29,806^[1]
2	October 27	Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:54	29,969^[1]
3	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,384^[1]
4	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Korakuen Stadium	2:42	29,960^[1]
5	November 1	Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:10	30,386^[1]
6	November 3	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:09	27,079^[1]
7	November 4	Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4	Heiwadai Stadium	2:32	17,436^[1]

Saturday, October 26, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Nishitetsu	0	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	X	6	7	0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–0) LP: Yoshiaki Itō (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Masayuki Yamazaki (1) NIS: Hiromi Wada (1), George Wilson (1)

Sunday, October 27, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	1	3	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	9	8	2
Nishitetsu	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	6	10	5
WP: Motoshi Fujita (1–0) LP: Kazuhara Abe (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Sadaharu Oh (1) NIS: George Wilson (2)

Wednesday, October 30, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Yomiuri	0	0	0	2	5	0	0	1	X	8	10	0
WP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–1) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (1–1) Home runs: NIS: None YOM: Shigeo Nagashima (1)

Thursday, October 31, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0	4	11	0
Yomiuri	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
WP: Kazuhara Abe (1–1) LP: Yukinori Miyata (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Kusuo Tanaka (1) YOM: None

Friday, November 1, 1963 – 1:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nishitetsu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
Yomiuri	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	3
WP: Akira Takahashi (1–0) LP: Yoshio Inoue (0–1) Home runs: NIS: Jim Baumer (1) YOM: Shigeo Nagashima 2 (3), Sadaharu Oh (2)

Sunday, November 3, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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	2	0
Nishitetsu	2	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	X	6	11	0
WP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–1) LP: Yoshiaki Itō (1–2) Home runs: YOM: None NIS: Jim Baumer (2)

Monday, November 4, 1963 – 12:59 pm at Heiwadai Stadium in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	1	0	3	9	0	5	0	0	0	18	19	1
Nishitetsu	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	4	9	1
WP: Akira Takahashi (2–0) LP: Kazuhisa Inao (2–2) Home runs: YOM: Toshio Yanagida (1), Isao Shibata (1), Sadaharu Oh 2 (4), Yoshiyuki Ikezawa, (1) NIS: Koshiro Ito (1)