1954 NPB All-Star Game
There were two 1954 NPB All-Star Games and the Pacific League swept the Central League.
Game 1[edit]
Game 1 was held on July 3 at Nishinomiya Stadium in front of 32,167 fans. Charlie Luis became the first foreign player to start in a All-Star Game (Wally Yonamine had played since 1952 but his parents were Japanese so he was not considered a foreigner), and he is still (as of 2023) the only foreign catcher to start in the event; he was 1-for-3. Futoshi Nakanishi's game-winning, 2-run homer in the 6th inning earned him the MVP, and Kazuhiro Yamauchi also blasted a solo shot in the 3rd inning. Starter Takao Kajimoto struck out 3 in his 3 shutout innings, and Sadaaki Nishimura fanned four in 3 innings to get the win. Fumio Fujimura had the only RBI for the CL with a solo homer, while they scored the other run with Nishimura's error.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
Pacific | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | X | 5 | 7 | 4 |
Players used[edit]
Central League Starting Lineup
- Wally Yonamine, CF (Yomiuri Giants)
- Masayasu Kaneda, LF (Osaka Tigers)
- Yuko Minamimura, RF (Yomiuri)
- Tetsuharu Kawakami, 1B (Yomiuri)
- Mitsuo Uno, 3B (Kokutetsu Swallows)
- Shigeru Chiba, 2B (Yomiuri)
- Yoshio Yoshida, SS (Osaka)
- Jun Hirota, C (Yomiuri)
- Takumi Otomo, P (Yomiuri)
Backups used
- Hiroyuki Watanabe, RF (Osaka)
- Tatsuro Hirooka, PH (Yomiuri)
- Shigeru Tokuami, PH (Osaka)
- Kenshi Zenimura, CF (Hiroshima Carp)
- Michio Nishizawa, 1B (Chunichi Dragons)
- Satoshi Sugiyama, PH (Chunichi)
- Akira Noguchi, C (Chunichi)
- Fumio Fujimura, PH (Osaka)
- Choei Shirasaka, 2B (Osaka)
- Ryohei Hasegawa, P (Hiroshima)
- Shigeru Sugishita, P (Chunichi)
Manager
Coaches
Pacific League Starting Lineup
- Kazuhiro Yamauchi, LF (Mainichi Orions)
- Chusuke Kizuka, SS (Nankai)
- Futoshi Nakanishi, 3B (Nishitetsu Lions)
- Hiroshi Ohshita, RF (Nishitetsu)
- Kaoru Betto, CF (Mainichi)
- Tokuji Iida, 1B (Nankai)
- Charlie Luis, C (Mainichi)
- Nobuyasu Morishita, 2B (Nankai)
- Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu Braves)
Backups Used
- Larry Raines, SS (Hankyu)
- Kazuo Horii, LF (Nankai)
- Takashi Kusaka, PH (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
- Kazuo Kageyama, 2B (Nankai)
- Sadaaki Nishimura, P (Nishitetsu)
- Atsushi Aramaki, P (Mainichi)
Manager
Coaches
Umpires[edit]
- Nobuaki Nidegawa (Home), Uichi Kanemasa (1B), Saburo Yokozawa (2B), Hidenosuke Shima (3B), Fujio Ueda (LF), Shoichiro Sugimura (RF)
Game 2[edit]
Game 2 took place a day later at Korakuen Stadium, with an attendance of 43,727. It was a pitcher's contest, as both sides only scored once in the first 9 innings. Yamauchi's 3rd-inning RBI single gave the PL the lead, but the CL tied it with Fujimura's sacrifice fly in the 6th. In the 10th inning, Yamauchi ended this game with a walk-off single, and he won the MVP as he collected 4 hits while his teammates only had 3.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 |
Pacific | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
Players used[edit]
Central League Starting Lineup
- Yonamine, CF
- Tamiya, RF
- Minamimura, RF
- Kawakami, 1B
- Uno, 3B
- Chiba, 2B
- Yoshida, SS
- Hirota, C
- Takehiko Bessho, P (Yomiuri)
Backups used
- Fujimura, PH
- Watanabe, RF
- Nishizawa, 1B
- Sugiyama, PH
- Shirasaka, 2B
- Hirooka, SS
- Tokuami, C
- Zenimura, PH
- Masatoshi Gondo, P (Taiyo-Shochiku Robins)
- Noboru Matsuyama, P (Hiroshima)
- Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu)
Pacific League Starting Lineup
- Yamauchi, LF
- Kizuka, SS
- Nakanishi, 3B
- Ohshita, RF
- Betto, CF
- Iida, 1B
- Luis, C
- Morishita, 2B
- Susumu Yuki, P (Nankai)
Backups used
- Raines, SS
- Kageyama, 2B
- Shigeya Iijima, 1B (Daiei Stars)
- Takuji Kochi, PH (Takahashi Unions)
- Kusaka, PR
- Seiji Sekiguchi, PH (Nishitetsu)
- Hidefumi Kawamura, P (Nishitetsu)
- Yasuo Yonekawa, P (Tokyu Flyers)
- Fumio Takechi, P (Kintetsu)
Umpires[edit]
- Shima (Home), Yokozawa (1B), Sugimura (2B), Nidegawa (3B), Kanemasa (LF), Ueda (RF)
Players did not play[edit]
- Hiroshi Nakao, P (Yomiuri)
- Taketoshi Ogami, P (Nankai)
- Takeshi Hibino, C (Nishitetsu)
- Atsushi Matsui, C (Nankai)
Sources[edit]
Nippon Professional Baseball's All-Star Game
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