1958 Japan Series

The 1958 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1958 season. It was the ninth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nishitetsu Lions, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants. The Lions won the series 4-3 after trailing 0-3 against the Giants before winning the next four games thus becoming the first team in the Japan Series to overcome a 3-0 series deficit.

1958 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Nishitetsu Lions (4) Osamu Mihara 78475, .619, GA: 1
Yomiuri Giants (3) Shigeru Mizuhara 77521, .596, GA: 5.5
DatesOctober 11–21
MVPKazuhisa Inao (NIS)
FSAMotoshi Fujita (YOM)
Japan Series
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.