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Is there a website or book where I can identify the time of game, number of innings, ballpark, final score, and attendance for every game played in the Japan Series, Japanese high school championship series (at Koshien Stadium), Japanese college championship series, and Japanese industrial teams championship series?

Thank you, Phil Lowry
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Re: Japan Series and Other Japanese Title Series?
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 9:24 AM | YBS Fan ]

For the Japan Series there are the yearly "Baseball Record Books" put out by Baseball Magazine Sha. I've got them from 1996 (covering the 1995 season) and on. I can post them after work this evening. The "Official Baseball Encyclopedia 2004" (4th Edition) has the teams and results dating back to the beginning of the Japan Series.

For Koshien tournaments (both Spring and Summer) I've got a book with the final scores dating back to the beginning of the Summer tournament in 1915. That'll take a great deal more time to compile as I'd need to look up how to write the high school names.

For the Industrial Leagues, I'd recommend asking the Japan Amateur Baseball Association (click on the envelope on the main page to e-mail them). If you have trouble communicating with them, I'll see what I can do.

Finally, the Japan Student Baseball Association has the results of a number of tournaments linked to from here, both college and high school, starting from 1999. I haven't yet found contact information there (and don't have much time right now), but that'd be a good place to start.

Hope this helps.
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Japan Series Numbers
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Oct 17, 2006 9:43 PM | YBS Fan ]

Below are the final scores, number of innings, game times, game locations, and attendance for the Nippon Series games since 1995. (Hanshin and Chunichi fans, you might want to skip this thread.)

1995 Nippon Series

Game 1
Yakult Swallows 5 - 2 Orix BlueWave
9 innings
3 hours 14 minutes
Green Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 32,486

Game 2
Yakult Swallows 3 - 2 Orix BlueWave
11 innings
3 hours 50 minutes
Green Stadium Kobe
Attendance: 32,475

Game 3
Orix BlueWave 4 - 7 Yakult Swallows
10 innings
4 hours 25 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Attendance: 32,915

Game 4
Orix BlueWave 2 - 1 Yakult Swallows
12 innings
4 hours 38 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Attendance: 32,911

Game 5
Orix BlueWave 1 - 3 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
3 hours 14 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Attendance: 33,112

[Source: 1996 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

1996 Nippon Series

Game 1
Orix BlueWave 4 - 3 Yomiuri Giants
10 innings
3 hours 42 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 45,121

Game 2
Orix BlueWave 2 - 0 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
2 hours 56 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 45,086

Game 3
Yomiuri Giants 2 - 5 Orix BlueWave
9 innings
2 hours 56 minutes
Green Stadium Kobe
Att: 33,026

Game 4
Yomiuri Giants 5 - 1 Orix BlueWave
9 innings
3 hours 25 minutes
Green Stadium Kobe
Att: 33,070

Game 5
Yomiuri Giants 2 - 5 Orix BlueWave
9 innings
3 hours 26 minutes
Green Stadium Kobe
Att: 33,222

[Source: 1997 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

1997 Nippon Series

Game 1
Yakult Swallows 1 - 0 Seibu Lions
9 innings
2 hours 41 minutes
Seibu Kyujyo
Att: 31,634

Game 2
Yakult Swallows 5 - 6 Seibu Lions
10 innings
4 hours 45 minutes
Seibu Kyujyo
Att: 31,397

Game 3
Seibu Lions 3 - 5 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
3 hours 25 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 32,867

Game 4
Seibu Lions 1 - 7 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
3 hours 8 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 32,877

Game 5
Seibu Lions 0 - 3 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
2 hours 50 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 33,056

[Source: 1998 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

1998 Nippon Series

Game 1
Seibu Lions 4 - 9 Yokohama BayStars
9 innings
3 hours 30 minutes
Yokohama Stadium
Att: 29,025

Game 2
Seibu Lions 0 - 4 Yokohama BayStars
9 innings
3 hours 8 minutes
Yokohama Stadium
Att: 29,076

Game 3
Yokohama BayStars 2 - 7 Seibu Lions
9 innings
3 hours 47 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 31,599

Game 4
Yokohama BayStars 2 - 4 Seibu Lions
9 innings
3 hours 15 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 31,685

Game 5
Yokohama BayStars 17 - 5 Seibu Lions
9 innings
4 hours 15 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 31,756
[Of 20 Yokohama hits: 1 home run, 2 triples, 9 doubles]

Game 6
Seibu Lions 1 - 2 Yokohama BayStars
9 innings
2 hours 59 minutes
Yokohama Stadium
Att: 29,289

[Source: 1999 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

1999 Nippon Series

Game 1
Chunichi Dragons 0 - 3 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
2 hours 52 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,123

Game 2
Chunichi Dragons 8 - 2 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
3 hours 30 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,227

Game 3
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 5 - 0 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 12 minutes
Nagoya Dome
Att: 37,832

Game 4
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 3 - 0 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 8 minutes
Nagoya Dome
Att: 37,898

Game 5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 6 - 4 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 20 minutes
Nagoya Dome
Att: 38,011

[Source: 2000 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2000 Nippon Series

Game 1
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 5 - 3 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
3 hours 15 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 43,848

Game 2
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 8 - 3 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
3 hours 34 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 43,850

Game 3
Yomiuri Giants 9 - 3 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
3 hours 10 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,625

Game 4
Yomiuri Giants 2 - 1 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
3 hours 6 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,701

Game 5
Yomiuri Giants 6 - 0 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
2 hours 40 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,787

Game 6
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 3 - 9 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
3 hours 16 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 44,033

[Source: 2001 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2001 Nippon Series

Game 1
Yakult Swallows 7 - 0 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
9 innings
3 hours 35 minutes
Osaka Dome
Att: 32,324

Game 2
Yakult Swallows 6 - 9 Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
9 innings
4 hours 7 minutes
Osaka Dome
Att: 31,820

Game 3
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 2 - 9 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
3 hours 17 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 30,443

Game 4
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 1 - 2 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
2 hours 55 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 32,145

Game 5
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 2 - 4 Yakult Swallows
9 innings
3 hours 46 minutes
Jingu Kyujyo
Att: 32,568

[Source: 2002 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2002 Nippon Series

Game 1
Seibu Lions 1 - 4 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
2 hours 55 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 45,107

Game 2
Seibu Lions 4 - 9 Yomiuri Giants
9 innings
3 hours 16 minutes
Tokyo Dome
Att: 45,223

Game 3
Yomiuri Giants 10 - 2 Seibu Lions
9 innings
3 hours 15 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 30,933

Game 4
Yomiuri Giants 6 - 2 Seibu Lions
9 innings
3 hours 12 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 31,072

[Source: 2003 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2003 Nippon Series

Game 1
Hanshi Tigers 4 - 5 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
3 hours 46 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,643

Game 2
Hanshin Tigers 0 - 13 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
3 hours
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,794

Game 3
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 1 - 2 Hanshin Tigers
10 innings
3 hours 20 minutes
Koshien
Att: 47,722

Game 4
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 5 - 6 Hanshin Tigers
10 innings
4 hours 10 minutes
Koshien
Att: 47,746

Game 5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 2 - 3 Hanshin Tigers
9 innings
3 hours 21 minutes
Koshien
Att: 47,775

Game 6
Hanshin Tigers 1 - 5 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
2 hours 59 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,619

Game 7
Hanshin Tigers 2 - 6 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
9 innings
2 hours 47 minutes
Fukuoka Dome
Att: 36,341

[Source: 2004 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2004 Nippon Series

Game 1
Seibu Lions 2 - 0 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 50 minutes (49 minute argument)
Nagoya Dome
Att: 37,909

Game 2
Seibu Lions 6 - 11 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 51 minutes
Nagoya Dome
Att: 37,969

Game 3
Chunichi Dragons 8 - 10 Seibu Lions
9 innings
4 hours
Seibu Dome
Att: 23,910

Game 4Chunichi Dragons 8 - 2 Seibu Lions
9 innings
4 hours 6 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 29,073

Game 5
Chunichi Dragons 6 - 1 Seibu Lions
9 innings
3 hours 29 minutes
Seibu Dome
Att: 31,526

Game 6
Seibu Lions 4 - 2 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
4 hours
Nagoya Dome
Att: 38,120

Game 7
Seibu Lions 7 - 2 Chunichi Dragons
9 innings
3 hours 37 minutes
Nagoya Dome
Att: 38,050

[Nobody could win at home this Series.]

[Source: 2005 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

2005 Nippon Series

Game 1
Hanshin Tigers 1 - 10 Chiba Lotte Marines
7 innings (called due to fog)
2 hours 14 minutes (34 minute fog delay)
Chiba Marine Stadium
Att: 28,333

Game 2
Hanshin Tigers 0 - 10 Chiba Lotte Marines
9 innings
2 hours 32 minutes
Chiba Marine Stadium
Att: 28,354

Game 3
Chiba Lotte Marines 10 - 0 Hanshin Tigers
9 innings
3 hours 20 minutes
Koshien
Att: 47,753

Game 4
Chiba Lotte Marines 3 - 2 Hanshin Tigers
9 innings
3 hours 21 minutes
Koshien
Att: 47,810

[Source: 2006 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha]

That's all I've got. I'm sure someone else can recommend a site with the Nippon Series scores and perhaps innings, but I doubt if you'll get the other information on your list.

If someone can go over the above data and verify that I haven't made any typos, I'd greatly appreciate it. It's hard to check one's own work.

I hope this helps.
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