1956 NPB All-Star Game

There were two 1956 NPB All-Star Games and they were split between the Pacific League and Central League.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 3 at Korakuen Stadium in front of 32,855 fans. MVP winner Nobuyasu Morishita was 2-for-5 with a clutch 2-run single in the second inning, and Kazuhiro Yamauchi was also 2-for-5. Catcher Akitada Tsukuda added two insurance runs with a homer in the 8th inning. Yukio Shimabara, Takao Kajimoto, Atsushi Aramaki and Fumio Takechi combined to shut out the CL while striking out 7. They only surrendered four singles, and half of them were from Tetsuharu Kawakami.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4
Central	0	3	0	0	1	1	1	2	X	8	10	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Wally Yonamine, LF (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Yoshio Yoshida, SS (Osaka Tigers)
3. Noboru Aota, RF (Taiyo Whales)
4. Tetsuharu Kawakami, 1B (Yomiuri)
5. Kenjiro Tamiya, CF (Osaka)
6. Riichi Kodama, 3B (Chunichi Dragons)
7. Noboru Inoue, 2B (Chunichi)
8. Shigeru Fujio, C (Yomiuri)
9. Takehiko Bessho, P (Yomiuri)

Backups used

• Yasuhiko Kawai, C (Chunichi)
• Andy Miyamoto, PH (Yomiuri)
• Atsushi Otsu, LF (Osaka)
• Kiyoshi Doi, C (Taiyo)
• Katsumi Ukai, PH (Kokutetsu Swallows)
• Makoto Kozuru, PH (Hiroshima Carp)
• Satoshi Hirayama, PH (Hiroshima)
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu)
• Noboru Akiyama, P (Taiyo)
• Ryohei Hasegawa, P (Hiroshima)

Manager

• Shigeru Mizuhara

Coaches

• Mitsuo Uno
• Fumio Fujimura

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Nobuyasu Morishita, 3B (Nankai Hawks)
2. Kihachi Enomoto, 1B (Mainichi)
3. Yasumitsu Toyoda, SS (Nishitetsu Lions)
4. Kazuhiro Yamauchi, LF (Mainichi Orions)
5. Kohei Sugiyama, RF (Nankai)
6. Tokuji Iida, CF (Nankai)
7. Isami Okamoto, 2B (Nankai)
8. Akitada Tsukuda, C (Mainichi)
9. Yukio Shimabara, P (Nishitetsu)

Backups Used

• Keiji Osawa, RF (Nishitetsu)
• Shinya Sasaki, PH (Takahashi Unions)
• Shoichi Busujima, PH (Toei Flyers)
• Bunjiro Sakamoto, PH (Daiei Unions)
• Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu Braves)
• Atsushi Aramaki, P (Mainichi)
• Fumio Takechi, P (Kintetsu Buffaloes)

Manager

• Kazuto Tsuruoka

Coaches

• Osamu Mihara
• Kaoru Betto

Umpires

• Saburo Yokozawa (Home), Mitsuru Enjouji (1B), Nobuaki Nidegawa (2B), Hidenosuke Shima (3B), Hisanori Karita (LF), Jukichi Koshiba (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 took place a days later at Korakuen Stadium, with an attendance of 28,257. It was a pitcher's contest, and the PL was shut out this time. Masaichi Kaneda struck out 5 in his 2 1/3 innings, and Totake Nakayama got the win. The MVP went to Yoshio Yoshida, who hit the game-winning RBI single in the 5th inning. Jun Hakota drove in the other run in this game with a 9th-inning single.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	2	8	1
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yonamine, LF
2. Yoshida, SS
3. Miyamoto, RF
4. Kawakami, 1B
5. Tamiya, CF
6. Kodama, 3B
7. Inoue, 2B
8. Kawai, C
9. Shigeru Sugishita, P (Chunichi)

Backups used

• Fujio, C
• Aota, PH
• Otsu, RF
• Hirayama, LF
• Kozuru, PH
• Jun Hakota, 3B (Kokutetsu)
• Toshitake Nakayama, P (Chunichi)
• Yoshio Bizen, P (Hiroshima)
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu)

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Morishita, 3B
2. Enomoto, 1B
3. Toyoda, SS
4. Yamauchi, LF
5. Sugiyama, RF
6. Teruyuki Takakura, CF (Nishitetsu)
7. Sasaki, 2B
8. Takeshi Yamashita, C (Hankyu)
9. Tetsuya Yoneda, P (Hankyu)

Backups used

• Iida, 1B
• Sakamoto, PH
• Osawa, RF
• Okamoto, PH
• Takeshi Hibino, C (Nishitetsu)
• Busujima, PH
• Tsukuda, C
• Katsuki Tokura, PH (Hankyu)
• Chusuke Kizuka, PH (Nankai)
• Masayoshi Miura, P (Daiei)
• Kajimoto, P
• Shiro Ito, P (Takahashi)
• Shimabara, P

Umpires

• Nidegawa (Home), Tsutsui (1B), Yokozawa (2B), Tsuda (3B), Hasegawa (LF), Shima (RF)

Players did not play

• Tatsuro Hirooka, 3B (Yomiuri)
• Hidefumi Kawamura, P (Nishitetsu)
• Hiroyuki Watanabe, 3B (Osaka)

Sources

• NPB.com box
• Japanese Wikipedia