1991 Japan Series

1991 Japan Series
1991 Japan Series
Dates	October 19–28
MVP	Koji Akiyama (SEI)
FSA	Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (HIR)
Broadcast
Television	TBS (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)
Radio	NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), JOLF (NRN), NACK5
Streaming

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.

Summary

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 19	Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3, Seibu Lions – 11	Seibu Lions Stadium	2:48	31,770^[1]
2	October 20	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4, Seibu Lions – 2	Seibu Lions Stadium	3:11	31,903^[1]
3	October 22	Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	3:37	27,713^[1]
4	October 23	Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	3:06	28,591^[1]
5	October 24	Seibu Lions - 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	2:51	28,669^[1]
6	October 26	Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 6	Seibu Lions Stadium	3:03	31,900^[1]
7	October 28	Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 7	Seibu Lions Stadium	3:20	32,011^[1]

Saturday, October 19, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	5	2
Seibu	3	0	2	6	0	0	0	0	X	11	10	1
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)

Sunday, October 20, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	5	1
Seibu	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (1–0) LP: Kuo Tai-yuan (0–1) Sv: Yutaka Ohno (1)

Tuesday, October 22, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	1
Hiroshima	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1
WP: Hisanobu Watanabe (1–0) LP: Manabu Kitabeppu (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Koji Akiyama (2) HIR: None

Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	3	3	1
Hiroshima	1	1	0	3	0	0	2	0	X	7	12	1
WP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–1) LP: Tomio Watanabe (0-1) Home runs: SEI: None HIR: Takashi Osanai (1)

Thursday, October 24, 1991 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
Hiroshima	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	X	3	8	1
WP: Kazuhisa Kawaguchi (2–0) LP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (1–1) Sv: Yutaka Ohno (2) Home runs: SEI: None HIR: Rod Allen (2)

Saturday, October 26, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Seibu	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	X	6	12	0
WP: Takehiro Ishii (1–0) LP: Akihito Kaneishi (0–1) Home runs: HIR: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (3)

Monday, October 28, 1991 at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokorozawa, Saitama
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Hiroshima	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	0
Seibu	0	0	0	0	3	0	4	0	X	7	11	0
WP: Kimiyasu Kudoh (2–1) LP: Shinji Sasaoka (1–2) Home runs: HIR: None SEI: Koji Akiyama (4)