1967 NPB All-Star Game

There were three 1967 NPB All-Star Games, with the Pacific League sweeping the Central League.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 25 with 32,088 fans coming to Meiji-Jingu Stadium. The PL's Masahiro Doi drove in 6 RBI with 2 homers in his first at-bat and last at-bat to win the MVP. Isao Harimoto also blasted a homer with another 2 hits, and Kiyoshi Morimoto added another two runs with 3 hits. Tetsuya Yoneda struck out 4 in his 3 shutout innings, and got the win. Another Doi, the CL's Shozo Doi, was the only player to get 3 hits for his team, and Shigeo Nagashima drove in 3 runs with a homer off Takao Kajimoto in the 6th inning.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Don Blasingame, 2B (Nankai Hawks)
2. Kiyoshi Morimoto, 3B (Hankyu Braves
3. Masahiro Doi, CF (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
4. Isao Harimoto, LF (Toei Flyers)
5. Tokuji Nagaike, RF (Hankyu)
6. Katsuya Nomura, C (Nankai)
7. Katsuo Osugi, 1B (Toei)
8. Tsuyoshi Oshita, SS (Toei)
9. Masaaki Ikenaga, P (Nishitetsu Lions)

Backups Used

• Kenji Koike, SS (Nankai)
• Masuho Maeda, 3B (Tokyo Orions)
• Iwao Ikebe, CF (Tokyo)
• Takashi Takagi, PH (Kintetsu)
• Fujio Yamaguchi, SS (Hankyu)
• Koji Okamura, C (Hankyu)
• Takao Kajimoto, P (Hankyu)
• Tetsuya Yoneda, P (Hankyu)
• Mutsuo Minagawa, P (Nankai)

Manager

• Kazuto Tsuruoka

Coaches

• Shigeru Mizuhara
• Yukio Nishimoto

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Isao Shibata, CF (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Shozo Doi, 2B (Yomiuri)
3. Shigeo Nagashima, 3B (Yomiuri)
4. Sadaharu Oh, 1B (Yomiuri)
5. Shinichi Eto, LF (Chunichi Dragons)
6. Lou Jackson, RF (Sankei Atoms)
7. Taira Fujita, SS (Hanshin Tigers)
8. Masahiko Mori, C (Yomiuri)
9. Masaichi Kaneda, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Toshio Naka, PH (Chunichi)
• Kazuhiko Kondo, CF (Taiyo Whales)
• Morimichi Takagi, PH (Chunichi)
• Makoto Matsubara, RF (Taiyo)
• Yoshinori Tsuji, C (Hanshin)
• Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, PH (Hiroshima Carp)
• Goro Toi, PH (Hanshin)
• Yukinobu Kuroe, SS (Yomiuri)
• Kunio Jonouchi, P (Yomiuri)
• Katsuya Sugawara, P (Yomiuri)
• Kiyotake Suzuki, P (Sankei)
• Yutaka Enatsu, P (Hanshin)

Manager

• Tetsuharu Kawakami

Coaches

• Tokuji Iida
• Michio Nishizawa

Umpires

• Yoshiki Matsuhashi (Home), Katsumi Oki (1B), Osamu Tsutsui (2B), Toru Nakagawa (3B), Tomoichi Tanimura (LF), Tadatoshi Saida (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 took place July 26 at Chunichi Stadium with 26,101 in attendance. The PL's Tokuji Nagaike won the MVP with his game-winning 3-run homer in the 3rd inning, and Don Blasingame was a double shy from hitting for the cycle. It would be 25 years before Atsuya Furuta had the first All-Star cycle. Starter Fumio Narita pitched 3 shutout innings with only a hit and a walk allowed to get the win. The CL's Sadaharu Oh blasted a solo shot, and Toshio Naka drove in 2 runs with a single.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Pacific	0	0	4	1	1	0	0	1	0	7	13	0
Central	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	3	10	0

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Blasingame, 2B
2. Morimoto, 3B
3. Doi, CF
4. Harimoto, LF
5. Nagaike, RF
6. Nomura, C
7. Osugi, 1B
8. Yamaguchi, SS
9. Fumio Narita, P (Tokyo)

Backups Used

• Okamura, C
• Oshita, SS
• Maeda, 3B
• Takagi, PH
• Ikebe, PR
• Carl Boles, PH (Kintetsu)
• In-chun Baek, CF (Toei)
• Mitsuhiro Adachi, P (Hankyu)
• Mitsugu Tanaka, P (Toei)
• Toshiaki Moriyasu, P (Toei)

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Naka, CF
2. Takagi, 2B
3. Nagashima, 3B
4. Eto, LF
5. Oh, 1B
6. Kondo, RF
7. Kuroe, SS
8. Hiroshi Shintaku, C (Chunichi)
9. Kentaro Ogawa, P (Chunichi)

Backups Used

• Matsubara, PH
• Tsuji, C
• Yamamoto, PH
• Fujita, SS
• Mori, C
• Doi, 2B
• Jackson, PH
• Shibata, CF
• Yataro Oishi, P (Hiroshima)
• Enatsu, P
• Eiji Bando, P (Chunichi)

Umpires

• Saida (Home), Hiroya Tomizawa (1B), Fujio Ueda (2B), Tsutsui (3B), Nakagawa (LF), Tanimura (RF)

Game 3

At Osaka Stadium on July 27, 27,967 were in attendance. The PL's Katsuya Nomura finally hit his first home run after 10 All-Star experiences, and Carl Boles also recorded a pinch-hit homer. Katsuo Osugi's go-ahead grand slam in the 4th inning earned him the MVP, and he added another 2 RBI in the 8th inning. The CL's Nagashima crushed the only homer for his team in the 7th inning.

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

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Shibata, CF
2. Doi, 2B
3. Nagashima, 3B
4. Eto, LF
5. Matsubara, RF
6. Toi, 1B
7. Tsuji, C
8. Fujita, SS
9. Minoru Murayama, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• Naka, PH
• Kuroe, PH
• Oh, 1B
• Kondo, LF
• Mori, C
• Jackson, RF
• Yamamoto, PH
• Takagi, 2B
• Enatsu, P
• Bando, P
• Chikara Morinaka, P (Taiyo)
• Gene Bacque, P (Hanshin)

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Blasingame, 2B
2. Morimoto, 3B
3. Doi, CF
4. Harimoto, LF
5. Nagaike, RF
6. Nomura, C
7. Osugi, 1B
8. Yamaguchi, SS
9. Keishi Suzuki, P (Kintetsu)

Backups Used

• Boles, CF
• Maeda, 3B
• Takagi, PH
• Oshita, SS
• Ikebe, PH
• Okamura, C
• Katsutoshi Miyadera, C (Nishitetsu)
• Taisuke Watanabe, P (Nankai)
• Ogawa, P
• Ikenaga, P
• Tanaka, P

Umpires

• Tanimura (Home), Ueda (1B), Tomizawa (2B), Oki (3B), Matsuhashi (LF), Nakagawa (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia entry