1980 NPB All-Star Game

There were three 1980 NPB All-Star Games. The Central League won twice while the Pacific League won another.

Game 1

Game 1 took place July 19 at Nishinomiya Stadium, with an attendance of 26,729. Akinobu Okada recorded a game-winning, pinch-hit 3-run homer against Shigekuni Mashiba in the 4th inning, and he won the MVP. Veteran Sadaharu Oh blasted a solo shot in the first at-bat of his last All-Star Game, and Yoshihiko Takahashi was 3-for-5 and scored twice. The PL's foreigner Leron Lee collected 2 homers and drove in half of their 6 runs, while another slugger Hiromitsu Kadota pinch-hit and crushed a 2-run homer.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Central	1	1	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	7	12	0
Pacific	2	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	6	10	1

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yoshihiko Takahashi, SS (Hiroshima Carp)
2. Tsutomu Wakamatsu, LF (Yakult Swallows)
3. Sadaharu Oh, 1B (Yomiuri Giants)
4. Koji Yamamoto, CF (Hiroshima)
5. Masayuki Kakefu, 3B (Hanshin Tigers)
6. Sachio Kinugasa, RF (Hiroshima)
7. Akinobu Mayumi, 2B (Hanshin)
8. Yoshiharu Wakana, C (Hanshin)
9. Shigeru Kobayashi, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• John Scott, RF (Yakult)
• Kenichi Yazawa, PH (Chunichi Dragons)
• Mike Reinbach, PH (Hanshin)
• Akihiko Ohya, C (Yakult)
• Akinobu Okada, 2B (Hanshin)
• Mitsuo Motoi, PH (Taiyo Whales)
• Yasushi Tao, LF (Chunichi)
• Yutaka Ono, P (Hiroshima)
• Hiroaki Fukushi, P (Hiroshima)
• Yutaka Enatsu, P (Hiroshima)

Manager

• Takeshi Koba

Coaches

• Kiyoshi Doi
• Toshio Naka

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Mitsuyasu Hirano, CF (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
2. Shigeru Kurihashi, LF (Kintetsu)
3. Leron Lee, RF (Lotte Orions)
4. Hideji Kato, 1B (Hankyu Braves)
5. Michiyo Arito, SS (Lotte)
6. Kinji Shimatani, 3B (Hankyu)
7. Hiroyuki Yamazaki, 2B (Seibu Lions)
8. Masataka Nashida, C (Kintetsu)
9. Takashi Imoto, P (Kintetsu)

Backups Used

• Yutaka Fukumoto, CF (Hankyu)
• Shigeru Ishiwata, PH (Kintetsu)
• Shinsaku Katahira, PH (Nankai Hawks)
• Hiromitsu Kadota, PH (Nankai)
• Katsuya Nomura, C (Seibu)
• Makoto Shimada, CF (Nippon Ham Fighters)
• Masahiro Doi, LF (Seibu)
• Toshio Kato, C (Nippon Ham)
• Nobuhiro Takashiro, SS (Nippon Ham)
• Bobby Marcano, PH (Hankyu)
• Shigekuni Mashiba, P (Nippon Ham)
• Hirohisa Matsunuma, P (Seibu)
• Naoki Takahashi, P (Nippon Ham)
• Akira Kuramochi, P (Lotte)
• Isamu Kida, P (Nippon Ham)

Manager

• Yukio Nishimoto

Coaches

• Keiji Osawa
• Takao Kajimoto

Umpires

• Yutaka Okada (Home), Masao Ota (1B), Masayuki Baba (2B), Katsuo Takemoto (3B), Toru Nakagawa (LF), Toshiyuki Tanaka (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 was held July 20 and was held in front of 22,285 fans at Kawasaki Stadium. The game remained 1-1 until Mitsuyasu Hirano's clutch 2-run homer off Masaji Hiramatsu in the 8th inning, and he won the MVP. Shinichi Yamauchi got the win with his two shutout innings, and Akira Kuramochi saved it.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Takahashi, SS
2. Wakamatsu, LF
3. Oh, 1B
4. Yamamoto, CF
5. Kinugasa, 3B
6. Reinbach, RF
7. Motoi, 2B
8. Tatsuhiko Kimata, C (Chunichi)
9. Kazuo Yamane, P (Hiroshima)

Backups Used

• Wakana, C
• Yazawa, PH
• Mayumi, SS
• Scott, RF
• Kakefu, 3B
• Tao, PH
• Okada, 2B
• Kenichi Kajima, P (Yakult)
• Takashi Nishimoto, P (Yomiuri)
• Masaji Hiramatsu, P (Taiyo)

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Arito, SS
2. Shimada, CF
3. Katahira, 1B
4. Lee, RF
5. Kurihashi, LF
6. Shimatani, 3B
7. Yamazaki, 2B
8. Nashida, C
9. Choji Murata, P (Lotte)

Backups Used

• Kadota, PH
• Hirano, CF
• Doi, 1B
• Marcano, PH
• Takashiro, SS
• H.Kato, 1B
• Fukumoto, CF
• Ishiwata, PH
• T.Kato, C
• Keishi Suzuki, P (Kintetsu)
• Shinichi Yamauchi, P (Nankai)
• Kuramochi, P

Umpires

• Toru Suzuki (Home), Nakagawa (1B), Takemoto (2B), Baba (3B), Tanaka (LF), Yoichi Igarashi (RF)

Game 3

Game 3 was held July 22 in Korakuen Stadium; the attendance was 33,910. Akinobu Mayumi drove in the first run with a single, and Masayuki Kakefu added an insurance run with a homer. The PL roared back in the 9th inning when four batters reached base in the 9th inning. However, the CL's closer, Yutaka Enatsu, struck out the next three straight hitters - Leron Lee, Michiyo Arito and Shinichi Yamauchi to save it; he won the MVP with his outstanding pitching.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Fukumoto, CF
2. Kurihashi, LF
3. Katahira, 1B
4. Lee, RF
5. Arito, SS
6. T.Kato, C
7. Yamazaki, 2B
8. Takashiro, SS
9. Kida, P

Backups Used

• Kadota, PH
• Kuramochi, PR
• Hirano, LF
• Doi, 1B
• Marcano, PH
• Yamauchi, PH
• Shimatani, 2B
• H.Kato, PH
• Nomura, C
• Shimada, PH
• Ishiwata, SS
• Nashida, PH
• Takahashi, P
• Tokinari Nishina, P (Lotte)
• Mashiba, P
• Matsunuma, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Okada, 3B
2. Takahashi, SS
3. Yamamoto, CF
4. Oh, 1B
5. Kinugasa, RF
6. Wakamatsu, LF
7. Mayumi, 2B
8. Oya, C
9. Suguru Egawa, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Scott, CF
• Motoi, 2B
• Yazawa, PH
• Wakana, C
• Kakefu, 3B
• Kimata, PH
• Reinbach, PH
• Tao, RF
• Kazuyuki Yamamoto, P (Hanshin)
• Manabu Kitabeppu, P (Hiroshima)
• Kajima, P
• Osamu Nomura, P (Taiyo)
• Enatsu, P

Umpires

• Igarashi (Home), Tanaka (1B), Okada (2B), Ota (3B), Baba (LF), Suzuki (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia entry