1991 Japan Series

The 1991 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1991 season. It was the 42nd Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Hiroshima Toyo Carp. Seibu won their second consecutive PL pennant to reach the series, and Hiroshima finished first in the CL for the sixth time in franchise history. Played at Seibu Lions Stadium and Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, the Lions defeated the Carp four games to three in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and regular season stolen-base champion Koji Akiyama was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 19 and October 28 with home field advantage going to the Pacific League.

1991 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Seibu Lions (4) Masaaki Mori 81436, .653, GA: 4.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3) Koji Yamamoto 74562, .569, GA: 3
DatesOctober 19–28
MVPKoji Akiyama (SEI)
FSAKazuhisa Kawaguchi (HIR)
Broadcast
TelevisionTBS (Game 1), TV Asahi (Games 2,7), RCC (Game 3), HOME (Games 4-5), NHK General TV (Game 4), HTV (Game 5), Fuji TV (Game 6), NHK BS-1 (All Games)
RadioNHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), NACK5
Japan Series

Summary

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3, Seibu Lions – 11Seibu Lions Stadium2:4831,770[1] 
2October 20Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4, Seibu Lions – 2Seibu Lions Stadium3:1131,903[1] 
3October 22Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Hiroshima Municipal Stadium3:3727,713[1] 
4October 23Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7Hiroshima Municipal Stadium3:0628,591[1] 
5October 24Seibu Lions - 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3Hiroshima Municipal Stadium2:5128,669[1] 
6October 26Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 6Seibu Lions Stadium3:0331,900[1] 
7October 28Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 7Seibu Lions Stadium3:2032,011[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 19, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team123456789RHE
Hiroshima010000002352
Seibu30260000X11101
WP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–0)   LP: Shinji Sasaoka (0–1)
Home runs:
HIR: Rod Allen (1)
SEI: Kazuhiro Kiyohara (1), Orestes Destrade (1), Koji Akiyama (1), Hiromichi Ishige (1)

Game 2

Sunday, October 20, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team123456789RHE
Hiroshima100030000451
Seibu000200000250
WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (1–0)   LP: Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1)   Sv: Yutaka Ohno (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 22, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team123456789RHE
Seibu000000010161
Hiroshima000000000051
WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0)   LP: Manabu Kitabeppu (0–1)
Home runs:
SEI: Koji Akiyama (2)
HIR: None

Game 4

Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team123456789RHE
Seibu000000030331
Hiroshima11030020X7121
WP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–1)   LP: Tomio Watanabe (0-1)
Home runs:
SEI: None
HIR: Takashi Osanai (1)

Game 5

Thursday, October 24, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team123456789RHE
Seibu000000000060
Hiroshima00210000X381
WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0)   LP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1)   Sv: Yutaka Ohno (2)
Home runs:
SEI: None
HIR: Rod Allen (2)

Game 6

Saturday, October 26, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team123456789RHE
Hiroshima000100000140
Seibu10000500X6120
WP: Takehiro Ishii (1–0)   LP: Akihito Kaneishi (0–1)
Home runs:
HIR: None
SEI: Koji Akiyama (3)

Game 7

Monday, October 28, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team123456789RHE
Hiroshima010000000140
Seibu00003040X7110
WP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (2–1)   LP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–2)
Home runs:
HIR: None
SEI: Koji Akiyama (4)
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