1961 NPB All-Star Game

There were two 1961 NPB All-Star Games; the Pacific League pulled off their second two-game sweep, having done so in 1954.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 18 at Chunichi Baseball Stadium with an attendance of 24,452. The game was a pitching showcase, as Tadashi Sugiura (W), Glenn Mickens, Masayuki Dobashi and Kazuhisa Inao gave up just three hits to the Central League, with Mickens working 3 hitless frames from the 4th to the 6th (though he walked two). The Pacific League got their only offense when game MVP Yoshinori Hirose hit a three-run jack off Yoshimi Moritaki in the 4th.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Kihachi Enomoto, 1B (Daimai Orions)
2. Kenjiro Tamiya, CF (Daimai)
3. Futoshi Nakanishi, 3B (Nishitetsu Lions)
4. Kazuhiro Yamauchi, LF (Daimai)
5. Isao Harimoto, RF (Toei Flyers)
6. Katsuya Nomura, C (Nankai Hawks)
7. Yoshinori Hirose, SS (Nankai)
8. Jack Bloomfield, 2B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
9. Tadashi Sugiura, P (Nankai)

Backups Used

• Teruyuki Takakura, CF (Nishitetsu)
• Akitoshi Kodama, 3B (Kintetsu)
• Shoichi Busujima, RF (Toei)
• Junzo Ando, C (Toei)
• Kusuo Tanaka, PH (Nishitetsu)
• Kazuhisa Inao, P (Nishitetsu)
• Akira Ogi, 2B (Nishitetsu)
• Akio Saionji, PH (Toei)
• Glenn Mickens, P (Kintetsu)
• Kohei Sugiyama, PH (Nankai)
• Masayuki Dobashi, P (Toei)
• Hiromi Wada, C (Nishitetsu)

Manager

• Kazuto Tsuruoka

Coaches

• Tokuji Kawasaki
• Shigeru Mizuhara

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Masataka Tsuchiya, 2B (Kokutetsu Swallows)
2. Kazuhiko Kondo, LF (Taiyo Whales)
3. Toru Mori, RF (Chunichi Dragons)
4. Shigeo Nagashima, SS (Yomiuri Giants)
5. Sadaharu Oh, 1B (Yomiuri)
6. Takeshi Kuwata, 3B (Yomiuri)
7. Akira Kunimatsu, CF (Yomiuri)
8. Hiromitsu Negoro, C (Kokutetsu)
9. Yoshio Kitagawa, P (Kokutetsu)

Backups used

• Yoshio Yoshida, 2B (Hanshin Tigers)
• Noboru Akiyama, P (Taiyo)
• Shinichi Etoh, PH (Chunichi)
• Hiroshi Gondo, P (Chunichi)
• Tsuneo Takabayashi, PH (Yomiuri)
• Yoshimi Moritaki, P (Kokutetsu)
• Yoshiaki Ito, P (Yomiuri)
• Kiyoshi Doi, C (Taiyo)
• Yukihiko Machida, PH (Kokutetsu)
• Masaaki Mori, C (Yomiuri)

Manager

• Osamu Mihara

Coaches

• Kuninobu Sunaoshi
• Wataru Nonin
• Sadayoshi Fujimoto

Umpires

• Osamu Tsutsui, Katsumi Oki, Shiro Tsuda, Nobuaki Nidegawa, Seiji Sato, Yutaka Tagawa

Game 2

Game 2 took place at Koshien Stadium on July 19 in front of a crowd of 33,635. The PL won again, though the CL knocked out Takao Kajimoto with two runs in the first. The PL rallied to tie it in the 3rd and go ahead for good in the 4th. Osamu Kubota got the win over Masaichi Kaneda. Kenjiro Tamiya had 2 hits and 2 RBI for the victors and won game MVP while Shigeo Nagashima reached base 3 of 4 times and scored a run in a losing cause.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Enomoto, 1B
2. Tamiya, CF
3. Harimoto, RF
4. Yamauchi, LF
5. Nakanishi, 3B
6. Nomura, C
7. Hirose, SS
8. Ogi, 2B
9. Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu Braves)

Backups Used

• Tanaka, 1B
• Takakura, LF
• Saionji, 3B
• Bloomfield, 2B
• Osamu Kubota, P (Toei)
• Inao, P
• Sugiyama, PH
• Shoichi Ono, P (Daimai)
• Mickens, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yoshida, SS
2. Kondo, CF
3. Etoh, 1B
4. Nagashima, 3B
5. T. Mori, RF
6. Tsuchiya, 2B
7. Machida, LF
8. Negoro, C
9. Minoru Murayama, P (Hanshin)

Backups used

• Kunimatsu, CF
• Takabayashi, LF
• Oh, 1B
• M. Mori, C
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu)
• Ritsuo Horimoto, P (Yomiuri)
• Kuwata, PH
• Hiroshi Gondo, P (Chunichi)

Umpires

• Wataru Kawase, Sato, Tagawa, Hidenosuke Shima, Oki, Tsuda

Players did not play

• Masahiko Hirose, P (Hiroshima Carp)
• Mutsuo Minagawa, P (Nankai)
• Shigetaka Nishio, P (Chunichi)
• Gentaro Shimada, P (Taiyo)

Sources

• Michael Eng's Japanese Baseball Database
• Japanese Wikipedia entry