Manager Season Champion Saitama Seibu Lions MVP Orestes Destrade | FSA Kaoru Okazaki (YOM) Start date 1990 | |
Dates October 20 – October 24 Radio NHK Radio 1, TBS (JRN), JOQR (NRN), NBS (NRN), Radio Nippon, NACK5 Televisions TV Asahi, NHK Educational TV People also search for 1956 Japan Series, 1957 Japan Series | ||
The 1990 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1990 season. It was the 41st Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champion Seibu Lions against the Central League champion Yomiuri Giants. Seibu won the PL pennant for the seventh time in nine years to reach the series, and Yomiuri dominated the CL to return to the series after winning it the year before. Played at Tokyo Dome and Seibu Lions Stadium, the Lions swept the heavily favored Giants in four games to win the franchise's 10th Japan Series title. Seibu slugger and former MLB player Orestes Destrade was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played between October 20 and October 24 with home field advantage going to the Central League.
Summary
PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)