en 1955 Japan Series

The 1955 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1955 season. It was the sixth Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Nankai Hawks, against the Central League champions, the Yomiuri Giants.

Summary

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 15	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 1	Osaka Stadium	2:32	22,448^[1]
2	October 16	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:02	27,784^[1]
3	October 18	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:02	17,324^[1]
4	October 21	Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:06	19,373^[1]
5	October 22	Nankai Hawks – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 9	Korakuen Stadium	2:38	17,320^[1]
6	October 23	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 1	Osaka Stadium	2:11	22,695^[1]
7	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0	Osaka Stadium	2:11	17,775^[1]

Saturday, October 15, 1955 – 2:02 pm 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	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	13	0
Nankai	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	2
WP: Takehiko Bessho (1–0) LP: Motoji Takuwa (0–1) Home runs: YOM: Tetsuharu Kawakami (1) NAN: None

Sunday, October 16, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka 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	4	0
Nankai	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	2	4	0
WP: Masaharu Kobata (1–0) LP: Takumi Ōtomo (0–1) Home runs: YOM: None NAN: Tokuji Iida (1)

Tuesday, October 18, 1955 – 2:03 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
WP: Ichirō Togawa (1–0) LP: Hiroshi Nakao (0–1) Home runs: NAN: Isami Okamoto (1) YOM: None

Friday, October 21, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	5	8	0
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	9	2
WP: Ichirō Togawa (2–0) LP: Takehiko Bessho (1–1)

Saturday, October 22, 1955 – 1:01 pm at Korakuen Stadium in Bunkyō, Tokyo


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Nankai	0	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	5	10	2
Yomiuri	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	X	9	11	0
WP: Takehiko Bessho (2–1) LP: Masaharu Kobata (1–1) Home runs: NAN: Tokuji Iida (2), Yasuhiro Fukami (1) YOM: Shigeru Fujio (1)

Sunday, October 23, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


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

Monday, October 24, 1955 – 2:00 pm at Osaka Stadium in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture


Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yomiuri	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	4	6	1
Nankai	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
WP: Takehiko Bessho (3–1) LP: Ichirō Togawa (2–1)

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g 1955年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1955 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved April 13, 2010.