1995 Japan Series

1995 Japan Series

Dates:

October 21 – October 26

MVP:

Tom O'Malley (YKS)

FSA:

Hiroshi Kobayashi (ORX)

Television:

KTV (Game 1), MBS (Game 2), TV Asahi (Game 3), NHK BS-1 (Game 4), Fuji TV (Games 4-5)

Radio:

NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), Radio Nippon

The 1995 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1995 season. It was the 46th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions, the Orix BlueWave, against the Central League champions, the Yakult Swallows. The series was the second 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 Green Stadium Kobe and Meiji Jingu Stadium, the Swallows defeated the BlueWave four games to one in the best-of-seven series to win the franchise's 3rd Japan Series title. Regular-season MVP Tom O'Malley was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 21 and October 26, 1995, with home field advantage going to the Central League.

Summary

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 21	Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:14	32,486^[1]
2	October 22	Yakult Swallows – 3, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:50	32,475^[1]
3	October 24	Orix BlueWave – 4, Yakult Swallows – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:25	32,915^[1]
4	October 25	Orix BlueWave – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:38	32,911^[1]
5	October 26	Orix BlueWave – 1, Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:14	33,112^[1]

Saturday, October 21, 1995 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Yakult	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	5	13	1
Orix	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	6	0
WP: Terry Bross (1–0) LP: Yoshinori Sato (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (1) Home runs: YKS: Yuji Ono (1) ORX: None

Sunday, October 22, 1995 at Green Stadium Kobe, Kobe, Hyōgo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Yakult	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	11	1
Orix	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	0
WP: Futoshi Yamabe (1–0) LP: Masafumi Hirai (0–1) Home runs: YKS: Tom O'Malley (1) ORX: Doug Jennings (1)

Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Orix	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	4	8	0
Yakult	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	3	7	12	0
WP: Shingo Takatsu (1–0) LP: Masafumi Hirai (0–2) Home runs: ORX: None YKS: Hensley Meulens (1), Takahiro Ikeyama (1)

Wednesday, October 25, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	R	H	E
Orix	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	12	0
Yakult	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0
WP: Hiroshi Kobayashi (1–0) LP: Akimitsu Itoh (0–1) Home runs: ORX: Hirofumi Ogawa (1), Doug Jennings (2) YKS: None

Thursday, October 26, 1995 at Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Orix	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	2
Yakult	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	X	3	7	0
WP: Terry Bross (2–0) LP: Koichi Takahashi (0–1) Sv: Shingo Takatsu (2) Home runs: ORX: Ichiro Suzuki (1) YKS: Tom O'Malley (2)

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Most Valuable Players Fighting Spirit Award Climax Series

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Formerly the Kokutestu Swallows, Sankei Swallows, Sankei Atoms, and Yakult Atoms Based in Tokyo, Japan

The Franchise	Yakult History Seasons Records Players Managers Broadcasters

Ballparks	Meiji Jingu Stadium

Retired Numbers (Honoured)	1 27

Japan Series Championships (5)	1978 1993 1995 1997 2001

Central League Championships (7)	1978 1992 1993 1995 1997 2001 2015

Orix Buffaloes

The Franchise	Orix History Seasons Records Players Managers Broadcasters

Ballparks	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium Kyocera Dome

Japan Series Championships (4)	1975 1976 1977 1996

Pacific League Championships (12)	1967 1968 1969 1971 1972 1975 1976 1977 1978 1984 1995 1996

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