1974 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager(s)	Season
Lotte Orions (4)	Masaichi Kaneda	69-50-11
Chunichi Dragons (2)	Wally Yonamine	70-49-11

Dates

October 16–23

MVP

Sumio Hirota (Lotte)

FSA

Morimichi Takagi (Chunichi)

← 1973

Japan Series

1975 →

The 1974 Japan Series was the 25th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series. It matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion Lotte Orions. This was the first Japan Series since 1964 without the Yomiuri Giants, who had won the previous nine championships. The Orions defeated the Dragons in six games to win their second title, and first since winning the inaugural Japan Series as the Mainichi Orions.

Summary

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dragons – 5, Orions – 4	October 16	Nagoya Stadium	22,148^[1]
2	Dragons – 5, Orions – 8	October 17	Nagoya Stadium	24,798^[1]
3	Orions – 4, Dragons – 5	October 19	Korakuen Stadium	29,103^[1]
4	Orions – 6, Dragons – 3	October 20	Korakuen Stadium	43,128^[1]
5	Orions – 2, Dragons – 0	October 21	Korakuen Stadium	28,187^[1]
6	Dragons – 2, Orions – 3	October 23	Nagoya Stadium	23,433^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1974年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 21, 2017.

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