1958 NPB All-Star Game

There were two 1958 NPB All-Star Games and they were split between the Pacific League and Central League for the fourth year in a row.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 27 at Heiwadai Stadium in front of 32,606 fans. Andy Miyamoto drove in the game-winning run with a double in the first inning, and he won the MVP. He was the only player to hit a extra-base hit for the CL, and their only player who had multiple hits. The PL's Katsuya Nomura hit two doubles, and Kihachi Enomoto recorded a solo shot in the 4th inning. However, their teammates only combined to an infield single. Noboru Akiyama and Masaichi Kaneda combined shut out the PL for 6 innings while fanning 9, and Kazuhisa Inao also struck out 4 in his 2 shutout innings.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Shigeo Nagashima, 3B (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Yoshio Yoshida, SS (Osaka Tigers)
3. Kenjiro Tamiya, CF (Osaka)
4. Andy Miyamoto, RF (Yomiuri)
5. Tetsuharu Kawakami, 1B (Yomiuri)
6. Wally Yonamine, LF (Yomiuri)
7. Noboru Inoue, 2B (Chunichi Dragons)
8. Tetsuya Yamamoto, C (Osaka)
9. Masaaki Koyama, P (Osaka)

Backups used

• Atsushi Otsu, PH (Osaka)
• Kiyoshi Doi, C (Taiyo Whales)
• Tatsuro Hirooka, SS (Yomiuri)
• Shigeru Fujio, C (Yomiuri)
• Hiromu Fujii, 1B (Hiroshima Carp)
• Noboru Akiyama, P (Taiyo)
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu Swallows)

Manager

• Shigeru Mizuhara

Coaches

• Katsumi Shiraishi
• Yoshio Tanaka

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Roberto Barbon, 2B (Hankyu Braves)
2. Kihachi Enomoto, 1B (Daimai Orions)
3. Kohei Sugiyama, RF (Nankai Hawks)
4. Katsuya Nomura, C (Nankai)
5. Takao Katsuragi, 3B (Daimai)
6. Seiji Sekiguchi, LF (Nishitetsu Lions)
7. Shigeo Hasegawa, CF (Nankai)
8. Yoshinori Hirose, SS (Nankai)
9. Tadashi Sugiura, P (Nankai)

Backups Used

• Kazuhiro Yamauchi, LF (Daimai)
• Yasumitsu Toyoda, SS (Nishitetsu)
• Futoshi Nakanishi, PH (Nishitetsu)
• Takao Yato, RF (Daimai)
• Shoichi Busujima, LF (Toei Flyers)
• Jack Ladra, CF (Toei)
• Akitoshi Kodama, PH (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
• Stanley Hashimoto, PH (Toei)
• Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu)
• Masayuki Dobashi, P (Toei)
• Kazuhisa Inao, P (Nishitetsu)
• Toru Nishida, P (Toei)

Manager

• Osamu Mihara

Coaches

• Kazuto Tsuruoka
• Sadayoshi Fujimoto

Umpires

• Nobuaki Nidegawa (Home), Hidenosuke Shima (1B), Saburo Yokozawa (2B), Shoichi Kunitomo (3B), Matsuo Kakutani (LF), Osamu Tsutsui (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 took place two days later at Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium, with an attendance of 29,580. Futoshi Nakanishi won the MVP with his game-winning, 3-run homer off Hiromi Oyane in the 4th inning. Takao Katsuragi was 3-for-5 with a RBI, and Yasumitsu Toyoda also collected 2 hits. Inao struck out 6 in 3 innings, and Tetsuya Yoneda got the win while collecting 4 strikeouts in 3 shutout innings.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	0	1	8	13	2
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	3	6	0

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Toyoda, SS
2. Sugiyama, RF
3. Katsuragi, 3B
4. Nomura, C
5. Enomoto, 1B
6. Yamauchi, CF
7. Sekiguchi, LF
8. Barbon, 2B
9. Tetsuya Yoneda, P (Hankyu)

Backups used

• Yato, RF
• Hiromi Wada, C (Nishitetsu)
• Hashimoto, 1B
• Busujima, RF
• Nakanishi, PH
• Ladra, CF
• Hasegawa, PH
• Hirose, PH
• Kodama, 3B
• Inao, P
• Nishida, P
• Sugiura, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Nagashima, 3B
2. Hirooka, SS
3. Tamiya, CF
4. Miyamoto, RF
5. Fujii, 1B
6. Inoue, 2B
7. Satoshi Hirayama, LF (Hiroshima)
8. Fujio, C
9. Motoshi Fujita, P (Yomiuri)

Backups used

• Yoshida, SS
• Hideshi Miyake, 2B (Osaka)
• Doi, C
• Yonamine, PH
• Yamamoto, C
• Jun Hakota, PH (Kokutetsu)
• Kazuhiko Sakazaki, PH (Yomiuri)
• Kawakami, PH
• Ryohei Hasegawa, P (Hiroshima)
• Hiromi Oyane, P (Chunichi)
• Takashi Suzuki, P (Taiyo)
• Genichi Murata, P (Kokutetsu)
• Kaneda, P

Umpires

• Tsutsui (Home), Kakutani (1B), Kunitomo (2B), Yokozawa (3B), Shima (LF), Nidegawa (RF)

Players did not play

• Hisafumi Kawamura, P (Nishitetsu)
• Takeshi Yamashita, C (Hankyu)

Sources

• NPB.com box
• Japanese Wikipedia