1962 NPB All-Star Game

There were two 1962 NPB All-Star Games and the Pacific League swept for the second straight year. It was the only repeat sweep until 1999-2000, though that fact was aided by three games being played most of those years.

Game 1

Game 1 was played at Heiwadai Baseball Stadium on July 24; attendance was 29,216. Kazuhisa Inao got the win, while Takao Kajimoto and Tetsuya Yoneda combined for five no-hit relief innings. Game MVP Jack Bloomfield and Kazuhiro Yamauchi each homered, had two runs and two RBI; Bloomfield had 3 hits. Hiroshi Gondo took the loss.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Kazuhiko Kondo, CF (Taiyo Whales)
2. Katsuya Morinaga, RF (Hiroshima Carp)
3. Shigeo Nagashima, 3B (Yomiuri Giants)
4. Sadaharu Oh, 1B (Yomiuri)
5. Takeshi Kuwata, SS (Taiyo)
6. Kazuhiko Sakazaki, LF (Yomiuri)
7. Masahiko Mori, C (Yomiuri)
8. Hiroshi Gondo, P (Chunichi Dragons)
9. Akihito Kondo, 2B (Taiyo)

Backups Used

• Toru Mori, RF (Taiyo)
• Shinichi Etoh, LF (Chunichi)
• Yoshitaka Kosaka, PH (Hiroshima)
• Kiyoshi Doi, C (Taiyo)
• Minoru Nakamura, P (Yomiuri)
• Hiromu Fujii, PH (Hiroshima)
• Genichi Murata, P (Kokutetsu Swallows)
• Saneo Aso, PH (Taiyo)
• Kiyoshi Oishi, P (Hiroshima)
• Yoshio Yoshida, 2B (Hanshin Tigers)
• Teruo Namiki, PH (Hanshin)
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu)

Manager

• Tetsuharu Kawakami

Coaches

• Sadayoshi Fujimoto
• Masato Monzen

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Jack Bloomfield, 2B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
2. Yasumitsu Toyoda, SS (Nishitetsu Lions)
3. Kihachi Enomoto, 1B (Daimai Orions)
4. Kazuhiro Yamauchi, CF (Daimai)
5. Isao Harimoto, LF (Toei Flyers)
6. Kenjiro Tamiya, RF (Daimai)
7. Akitoshi Kodama, 3B (Kintetsu)
8. Katsuya Nomura, C (Nankai Hawks)
9. Kazuhisa Inao, P (Nishitetsu)

Backups Used

• Teruyuki Takakura, RF (Nishitetsu)
• Buddy Peterson, 3B (Nankai)
• Junzo Ando, C (Toei)
• Shoichi Busujima, PH (Toei)
• Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu Braves)
• Junzo Sekine, PH (Kintetsu)
• Tetsuya Yoneda, P (Hankyu)
• Takao Katsuragi, PH (Daimai)
• Yoshinori Hirose, PR (Nankai)
• Yukio Ozaki, P (Toei)

Manager

• Shigeru Mizuhara

Coaches

• Kaoru Betto
• Mitsuo Uno

Umpires

• Isao Okada, Fujio Ueda, Katsuo Takemoto, Takeo Kojima, Hiroya Tomizawa, Yutaka Tagawa

Game 2

Game 2 was held on July 26 at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, with 27,083 in attendance. This one was closer as the PL had to rally in the 9th for a one-run win, Harimoto winning game MVP thanks to a 3-for-4, two-homer, four-RBI show. 17-year-old Ozaki got the win while Oishi took the loss.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Bloomfield, 2B
2. Hirose, SS
3. Enomoto, 1B
4. Yamauchi, CF
5. Harimoto, LF
6. Tamiya, RF
7. Kodama, 3B
8. Nomura, C
9. Masayuki Dobashi, P

Backups Used

• Katsutoyo Yoshida, RF (Toei)
• Sekine, PH
• Toyoda, SS
• Ando, C
• Busujima, PH
• Yukihiro Kubo, P
• Takakura, PH
• Kajimoto, P
• Katsuragi, PH
• Yoneda, P
• Peterson, PH
• Ozaki, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. K. Kondo, CF
2. Namiki, RF
3. Oh, 1B
4. Nagashima, 3B
5. Etoh, LF
6. Kuwata, SS
7. M. Mori, C
8. Masaaki Koyama, P (Hanshin)
9. Y.Yoshida, 2B

Backups Used

• T. Mori, RF
• Sakazaki, LF
• Kosaka, 2B
• Morinaga, PH
• A. Kondo, 2B
• Doi, C
• Masatoshi Gondo, P (Taiyo)
• Noboru Akiyama, P (Taiyo)
• Fujii, PH
• Kaneda, P
• Minoru Kakimoto, P (Chunichi)
• Oishi, P
• Aso, PH

Umpires

• Tagawa, Tomizawa, Nobuaki Nidegawa, Hidenosuke Shima, Kojima, Takemoto

Players did not play

• Osamu Kubota, P (Toei)
• Mutsuo Minagawa, P (Nankai)
• Yasuhiko Kawai, C (Nishitetsu)

Sources

• Michael Westbay database
• Information from the now-defunct japanbaseballdaily.com site
• Japanese Wikipedia entry