2005 Japan Series

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2005 Japan Series
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Chiba Lotte Marines (4) Bobby Valentine 84–49–3 Hanshin Tigers (0) Akinobu Okada 87–54–5
Dates	October 22–26
MVP	Toshiaki Imae (Chiba Lotte)
FSA	Akihiro Yano (Hanshin)
Broadcast
Television	TV Asahi (Game 1, ANN) TV Tokyo (Game 2, TXN and others) ABC (Game 3, ANN) MBS (Game 4, JNN)
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The 2005 Japan Series, the 56th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began on October 22 and ended on October 26, and matched the Central League champion Hanshin Tigers against the Pacific League Champion, Chiba Lotte Marines. It would become the most one-sided Japan Series in history, as the Marines outscored the Tigers 33-4 throughout the series. On the other hand, the Tigers had several worst records in the Japan Series, scoring only 4 runs, an earned run average of 8.63, and getting no home runs.