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Baseball championship series
1983 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season
Seibu Lions (4) Tatsuro Hirooka 86-40-4
Yomiuri Giants (3) Motoshi Fujita 72-50-8
DatesOctober 29 – November 6
MVPTakuji Ota (Seibu)
FSATakashi Nishimoto (Yomiuri)
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The 1983 Japan Series was the 34th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions. The Lions won the series in seven games and captured their second consecutive Japan Series title.

Summary

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Lions – 6, Giants – 3 October 29 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,954
2 Lions – 0, Giants – 4 October 30 Seibu Lions Stadium 33,696
3 Giants – 5, Lions – 4 November 1 Korakuen Stadium 40,279
4 Giants – 4, Lions – 7 November 2 Korakuen Stadium 43,436
5 Giants – 5, Lions – 2 November 3 Korakuen Stadium 43,500
6 Lions – 4, Giants – 3 November 5 Seibu Lions Stadium 31,396
7 Lions – 3, Giants – 2 November 6 Seibu Lions Stadium 33,242

See also

References

  1. ^ 1983年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 7, 2017.
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