1996 Japan Series

1996 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Managers Season
Orix BlueWave (4) Akira Ohgi 74–50–6, .597, GA: 7
Yomiuri Giants (1) Shigeo Nagashima 77–53, .592, GA: 5
DatesOctober 19–24
MVPTroy Neel (ORX)
FSAToshihisa Nishi (YOM)
Broadcast
TelevisionNTV (Games 1–2), KTV (Games 3–4), NHK BS-1 (Game 3), MBS (Game 5)
RadioNHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), Radio Nippon (independent), MBS (JRN), ABC (NRN), OBC (Kansai only)

The 1996 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the 1996 season. The 47th edition of the Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff that matched the Pacific League champion Orix BlueWave against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. The series was the eighth time the two franchises played each other for the championship; however, the last time the two teams played, Orix was known as the Hankyu Braves. Played at Tokyo Dome and Green Stadium Kobe, the BlueWave defeated the Giants four games to one in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 4th Japan Series title. BlueWave slugger and 1996 PL home run leader Troy Neel was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 19 and October 24, 1996, with home field advantage going to the Central League.

Summary

PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 19 Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:42 45,121[1] 
2 October 20 Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:56 45,086[1] 
3 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 2:56 33,026[1] 
4 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1 Green Stadium Kobe 3:25 33,070[1] 
5 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 3:26 33,222[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 19, 1996 6:04 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Orix 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 4 7 0
Yomiuri 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 8 0
WP: Taira Suzuki (1–0)   LP: Hirofumi Kono (0–1)   Sv: Masafumi Hirai (1)
Home runs:
ORX: Ichiro Suzuki (1)
YOM: Takeshi Omori (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 20, 1996 6:33 pm (JST) at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Orix 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1
Yomiuri 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
WP: Willie Fraser (1–0)   LP: Hiromi Makihara (0–1)   Sv: Taira Suzuki (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 22, 1996 6:10 pm (JST) at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 7 0
Orix 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 9 0
WP: Koji Noda (1–0)   LP: Balvino Gálvez (0–1)   Sv: Taira Suzuki (2)
Home runs:
YOM: Shane Mack (1), Toshihisa Nishi (1)
ORX: None

Game 4

Wednesday, October 23, 1996 6:10 pm (JST) at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 5 8 0
Orix 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 2
WP: Masao Kida (1–0)   LP: Jiro Toyoda (0–1)   Sv: Hiroshi Ishige (1)
Home runs:
YOM: Takeshi Omori (2)
ORX: None

Game 5

Thursday, October 24, 1996 6:10 pm (JST) at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Yomiuri 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0
Orix 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 X 5 7 1
WP: Takahide Itoh (1–0)   LP: Masaki Saito (0–1)   Sv: Taira Suzuki (3)
Home runs:
YOM: Toshihisa Nishi (2)
ORX: None

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 1996年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 8, 2010.
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