1996 Japan Series

The 1996 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1996 season. It was the 47th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Orix BlueWave, against the Central League champions, the 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.

1996 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Orix BlueWave (4) Akira Ogi 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)
Japan Series

Summary

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:4245,121[1] 
2October 20Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0Tokyo Dome2:5645,086[1] 
3October 22Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5Green Stadium Kobe2:5633,026[1] 
4October 23Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1Green Stadium Kobe3:2533,070[1] 
5October 24Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5Green Stadium Kobe3:2633,222[1]

Matchups

Game 1

Saturday, October 19, 1996 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team12345678910RHE
Orix0000000301470
Yomiuri1000000020380
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 at Tokyo Dome, Bunkyo, Tokyo
Team123456789RHE
Orix000200000261
Yomiuri000000000020
WP: Willie Fraser (1–0)   LP: Hiromi Makihara (0–1)   Sv: Taira Suzuki (1)

Game 3

Tuesday, October 22, 1996 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri010001000270
Orix14000000X590
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 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri020001200580
Orix001000000152
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 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team123456789RHE
Yomiuri001100000270
Orix00500000X571
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

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