1959 Japan Series

1959 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season
Nankai Hawks (4) Kazuto Tsuruoka 88–42–4 (.677), 6 GA
Yomiuri Giants (0) Shigeru Mizuhara 77–48–5 (.612), 13 GA
DatesOctober 24–29
MVPTadashi Sugiura (Nankai)
FSAMasataka Tsuchiya (Yomiuri)

The 1959 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1959 season. The 10th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. The Hawks won in a four-game sweep, which was the first time this had occurred in league history.

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