1964 NPB All-Star Game

There were three 1964 NPB All-Star Games and the Central League won twice while the Pacific League won the other contest.

Game 1

Game 1 was played at Kawasaki Stadium on July 20; attendance was 25,451. Masaichi Kaneda had one of the most incredible performances in All-Star history. He broke the All-Star record with 7 strikeouts in 3 shutout innings to get the win, and scored the only run of the day to win MVP. Kazuhiko Kondo was 3-for-3 with a walk and the game-winning RBI single, and Takeshi Kuwata also collected two hits. The PL's Teruyuki Takakura was their only offensive highlight as he had four of their five hits.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
Central	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	x	1	11	1

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Teruyuki Takakura, CF (Nishitetsu Lions)
2. Jack Bloomfield, 2B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
3. Daryl Spencer, SS (Hankyu Braves)
4. Isao Harimoto, LF (Toei Flyers)
5. Katsuya Nomura, C (Nankai Hawks)
6. Kihachi Enomoto, 1B (Tokyo Orions)
7. Akitoshi Kodama, 3B (Kintetsu)
8. Masahiro Doi, RF (Kintetsu)
9. Tadashi Sugiura, P (Nankai)

Backups Used

• Akira Ishii, 1B (Hankyu)
• Hiromi Wada, PH (Nishitetsu)
• Yoji Tamatsukuri, PH (Nishitetsu)
• Sukehiro Moroki, PH (Hankyu)
• Kenji Koike, SS (Nankai)
• Hachiro Yamamoto, PH (Kintetsu)
• Toshiaki Tokuhisa, P (Kintetsu)
• Mitsuhiro Adachi, P (Hankyu)
• Shigeo Ishii, P (Hankyu)

Manager

• Futoshi Nakanishi

Coaches

• Shigeru Mizuhara
• Kazuto Tsuruoka

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yoshio Yoshida, 2B (Hanshin Tigers)
2. Kazuhiko Kondo, CF (Taiyo Whales)
3. Sadaharu Oh, 1B (Yomiuri Giants)
4. Takeshi Kuwata, SS (Taiyo)
5. Shinichi Etoh, LF (Chunichi Dragons)
6. Mike Krsnich, 3B (Taiyo)
7. Kazuhiro Yamauchi, 2B (Hanshin)
8. Masahiko Mori, C (Yomiuri)
9. Minoru Murayama, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• Eiji Fujii, RF (Hanshin)
• Jim Marshall, PH (Chunichi)
• Isao Ito, C (Taiyo)
• Isao Shibata, PR (Yomiuri)
• Tatsuo Okitsu, PH (Hiroshima Carp)
• Kazuhide Funada, 2B (Yomiuri)
• Motoshi Fujita, P (Yomiuri)
• Kiyoshi Oishi, P (Hiroshima)
• Masaichi Kaneda, P (Kokutetsu Swallows)
• Makoto Inagawa, P (Taiyo)

Manager

• Tetsuharu Kawakami

Coaches

• Sadayoshi Fujimoto
• Katsumi Shiraishi

Umpires

• Satoshi Dobutsu (Home), Mitsuru Enjouji (1B), Katsumi Oki (2B), Katsuo Takemoto (3B), Isao Kyuki (LF), Yoshiki Matsuhashi (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 was held on July 21 at Chunichi Stadium, with 24,977 in attendance. The CL's Jim Marshall hit a clutch tw-run double against Masaaki Koyama to win the MVP, and Shozo Shigematsu added an insurance run with a solo shot in the 9th inning. Yoshiaki Ito got the win with a shutout inning, and Noboru Akiyama struck out 3 in 3 innings. Isao Harimoto drove in the only run for the PL in the 3rd inning with a RBI single.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	1
Central	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	x	5	11	0

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Takakura, CF
2. Enomoto, 1B
3. Harimoto, LF
4. Nomura, C
5. Spencer, SS
6. Bloomfield, 2B
7. Kodama, 3B
8. Tamatsukuri, RF
9. Tetsuya Yoneda, P (Hankyu)

Backups Used

• Doi, CF
• Yamamoto, CF
• Wada, C
• Koike, PH
• A.Ishii, PH
• Norifumi Kido, 3B (Nishitetsu)
• Kunimitsu Yanoura, 3B (Kintetsu)
• Futoshi Nakanishi, 3B (Nishitetsu)
• Masaaki Koyama, P (Tokyo)
• Yukio Ozaki, P (Toei)
• Katsuji Sakai, P (Tokyo)

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Shibata, CF
2. Kondo, RF
3. Oh, 1B
4. Kuwata, SS
5. Etoh, LF
6. Krsnich, 3B
7. Yasumitsu Toyoda, 2B (Kokutetsu)
8. Mori, C
9. Gene Bacque, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• Shozo Shigematsu, CF (Taiyo)
• Yoshida, SS
• Takeshi Koba, SS (Hiroshima)
• Hiromitsu Negoro, C (Kokutetsu)
• Akira Owada, RF (Hiroshima)
• Marshall, 1B
• Funada, 2B
• Fuji, PH
• Yamauchi, PH
• M.Ito, C
• Yoshiaki Ito, P (Yomiuri)
• Fujita, P
• Noboru Akiyama, P (Taiyo)

Umpires

• Terukatsu Tashiro (Home), Keigen Sunagawa (1B), Osamu Tsutsui (2B), Toshiharu Inokawa (3B), Takemoto (LF), Oki (RF)

Game 3

Game 3 was held on July 22 at Osaka Stadium, with 29,877 in attendance. The PL finally got their first win thanks to Joe Stanka's performance. He recorded a team-leading 2 RBI with a clutch single in the 2nd inning, and also pitched 3 innings with only one run allowed to get the win. Akira Ishii and Daryl Spencer both blasted a solo shot, and Masahiro Doi was 3-for-3 with a walk and 2 runs scored. The CL only scored on Kazuhiro Yamauchi's solo homer and Sadaharu Oh's RBI double while Oh also drew 2 walks.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	2
Pacific	2	3	0	1	1	0	3	0	x	10	14	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yamauchi, CF
2. Toyoda, 2B
3. Oh, 1B
4. Marshall, RF
5. Kuwata, SS
6. Etoh, LF
7. Krsnich, 3B
8. M.Ito, C
9. Shigeyuki Takahashi, P (Taiyo)

Backups Used

• Shibata, CF
• Koba, 2B
• Shigematsu, PH
• Funada, 3B
• Fuji, PH
• Yoshida, SS
• Mori, C
• Negoro, C
• Owada, PH
• Kondo, RF
• Okitsu, PH
• Inogawa, P
• Oishi, P
• Kaneda, P
• Ito, P
• Maruyama, P

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Moroki, RF
2. Bloomfield, 2B
3. Spencer, SS
4. Nomura, C
5. Harimoto, LF
6. Enomoto, 1B
7. Kodama, 3B
8. Doi, CF
9. Joe Stanka, P (Nankai)

Backups Used

• Yanoura, 2B
• Koike, SS
• Motoaki Horigome, RF (Nankai)
• Yamamoto, CF
• A.Ishii, 1B
• Tamatsukuri, PH
• Koji Okamura, C (Hankyu)
• Wada, C
• Masayuki Dobashi, P (Tokyo)
• Adachi, P
• Tokuhisa, P
• Yoshio Inoue, P (Nishitetsu)

Umpires

• Kyuki (Home), Tsutsui (1B), Sunagawa (2B), Matsuhashi (3B), Dobutsu (LF), Enjouji (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia entry