1966 Japan Series

Team (Wins)	Manager(s)	Season
Yomiuri Giants (4)	Tetsuharu Kawakami	89-41-4
Nankai Hawks (2)	Kazuto Tsuruoka	79-51-3

Dates

October 12–19

MVP

Isao Shibata (Yomiuri)

FSA

Taisuke Watanabe (Nankai)

← 1965

Japan Series

1967 →

The 1966 Japan Series was the 17th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. It matched the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants against the Pacific League champion Nankai Hawks. This was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series, which the Giants won. Yomiuri again defeated Nankai, this time in six games, to win their second consecutive championship.

Summary

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nankai Hawks – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:52	27,145^[1]
2	October 13	Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nankai Hawks – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:39	27,395^[1]
3	October 16	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Osaka Stadium	2:08	29,978^[1]
4	October 17	Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Osaka Stadium	2:35	30,178^[1]
5	October 18	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Osaka Stadium	3:50	19,791^[1]
6	October 19	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nankai Hawks – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:14	29,112^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1966年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 [1966 Japan Series Results] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 8, 2018.

Japan Series

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Established in 1938
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Yomiuri Giants

Established in 1934
Formerly the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club and the Tokyo Giants
Based in Bunkyō, Tokyo

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