1982 NPB All-Star Game

There were three 1982 NPB All-Star Games. Both leagues won once while another game was tied.

Game 1

Game 1 took place July 24 at Korakuen Stadium, with an attendance of 35,389. The PL's leadoff hitter Yutaka Fukumoto was 4-for-4 with 3 runs scored and won MVP, and Junichi Kashiwabara blasted a solo shot off Suguru Egawa in the first inning. Tatsumi Murata completed 3 shutout innings, and Isamu Kida got the win although he allowed 2 runs in 2 2/3 innings.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Tadashi Matsumoto, LF (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Akinobu Mayumi, SS (Hanshin Tigers)
3. Tatsunori Hara, 3B (Yomiuri)
4. Koji Yamamoto, CF (Hiroshima Carp)
5. Ken Macha, 1B (Chunichi Dragons)
6. Akinobu Okada, SS (Hanshin)
7. Sachio Kinugasa, RF (Hiroshima)
8. Kazuhiro Yamakura, C (Yomiuri)
9. Suguru Egawa, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Koji Yamamoto, PH (Yomiuri)
• Masayuki Kakefu, 3B (Hanshin)
• Kiyoshi Nakahata, PH (Yomiuri)
• Takayoshi Nakao, C (Chunichi)
• Keiichi Nagasaki, PH (Taiyo Whales)
• Yoshiharu Wakana, C (Hanshin)
• Kazunori Shinozuka, SS (Yomiuri)
• Toru Sugiura, RF (Yakult Swallows)
• Yasushi Tao, LF (Chunichi)
• Yujiro Miyako, P (Chunichi)
• Takashi Nishimoto, P (Yomiuri)
• Kazuyuki Yamamoto, P (Hanshin)

Manager

• Motoshi Fujita

Coaches

• Takeshi Koba
• Motoo Ando

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Yutaka Fukumoto, CF (Hankyu Braves)
2. Hiromichi Ishige, SS (Seibu Lions)
3. Shigeru Kurihashi, LF (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
4. Hiromitsu Ochiai, 2B (Lotte Orions)
5. Junichi Kashiwabara, 1B (Nippon Ham Fighters)
6. Tommy Cruz, RF (Nippon Ham)
7. Michiyo Arito, 3B (Lotte)
8. Tatsuo Omiya, C (Nippon Ham)
9. Isamu Kida, P (Nippon Ham)

Backups Used

• Hiromitsu Kadota, PH (Nankai Hawks)
• Koichi Hada, 3B (Kintetsu)
• Makoto Shimada, RF (Nippon Ham)
• Takayuki Kono, PR (Nankai)
• Takuji Ota, PH (Seibu)
• Mitsuyasu Hirano, LF (Kintetsu)
• Daijiro Oishi, 2B (Kintetsu)
• Shinji Nakazawa, C (Hankyu)
• Motoyasu Kaneshiro, P (Nankai)
• Tatsumi Murata, P (Kintetsu)
• Takanori Yamauchi, P (Nankai)

Manager

• Keiji Osawa

Coaches

• Toshiharu Ueda
• Kazuyoshi Yamamoto

Umpires

• Hiromichi Nakamura (Home), Toshio Kashiwagi (1B), Tadatoshi Saida (2B), Hiroshi Maruyama (3B), Isamu Teramoto (LF), Fumio Yamamoto (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 was held July 24 and was held in front of 33,059 fans at Seibu Dome for a 11-inning game. The PL's Junichi Kashiwabara was 4-for-5 with a game-tying homer in the 5th inning to win MVP, and Fukumoto also had a 2-run shot. The CL's Koji Yamamoto was their best hitter as he was 2-for-2 with a homer and 3 walks. Reliever Akio Saito became the only player ever to pitch 5 innings in a single All-Star Game, and he also collected 5 strikeouts.

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	R	H	E
Central	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	10	1
Pacific	0	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	5	14	0

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Matsumoto, LF
2. Shinozuka, 2B
3. Kakefu, 1B
4. Yamamoto, CF
5. Hara, 3B
6. Sugiura, RF
7. Mayumi, SS
8. Nakao, C
9. Takao Obana, P (Yakult)

Backups Used

• Nakahata, 1B
• Yamamoto, 1B
• Macha, 3B
• Nagasaki, PH
• Tao, RF
• Kinugasa, RF
• Okada, SS
• Yamakura, C
• Genji Kaku, P (Chunichi)
• Yutaka Ono, P (Hiroshima)
• Akio Saito, P (Taiyo)

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Fukumoto, CF
2. Ishige, SS
3. Kurihashi, LF
4. Ochiai, 2B
5. Kashiwabara, 1B
6. Cruz, RF
7. Hada, 3B
8. Nakazawa, C
9. Masayuki Matsunuma, P (Seibu)

Backups Used

• Shimada, RF
• Hirano, RF
• Arito, PH
• Kono, PH
• Hideji Kato, PH (Hankyu)
• Kadota, PH
• Ota, PH
• Omiya, C
• Tadashi Sugimoto, P (Seibu)
• Osamu Higashio, P (Seibu)
• Hisashi Yamada, P (Hankyu)
• Yutaka Enatsu, P (Nippon Ham)
• Kida, P
• Mikio Kudo, P (Nippon Ham)

Umpires

• Kiyoshi Hirakou (Home), Teramoto (1B), Maruyama (2B), Saida (3B), Yamamoto (LF), Toru Nakagawa (RF)

Game 3

Game 3 was held July 27 in Osaka Stadium; the attendance was 23,450. The CL made the first triple play in All-Star history in 7th inning on Tatsuo Omiya's grounder. Masayuki Kakefu won the MVP with his clutch 2-run shot in the 3rd inning, and Genji Kaku got the win as he pitched 2 shutout innings with 2 strikeouts. Ochiai and Fukumoto were the only two players that had more than a hit for the PL.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Matsumoto, LF
2. Mayumi, SS
3. Kakefu, 1B
4. Yamamoto, CF
5. Hara, 3B
6. Sugiura, RF
7. Okada, 2B
8. Wakana, C
9. Kazuhiko Kudo, P (Hanshin)

Backups Used

• Macha, PH
• Nakahata, PH
• Nagasaki, LF
• Shinozuka, 2B
• Yamamoto, RF
• Kinugasa, RF
• Tao, PH
• Nakao, RF
• Yamakura, C
• Manabu Kitabeppu, P (Hiroshima)
• Kaku, P
• Shoji Sadaoka, P (Yomiuri)
• Ka. Yamamoto, P

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Fukumoto, CF
2. Kurihashi, LF
3. Kato, 1B
4. Ochiai, 2B
5. Kashiwabara, 3B
6. Kadota, RF
7. Kono, SS
8. Hidetoshi Hakamada, C (Lotte)
9. Yamauchi, P

Backups Used

• Ota, PH
• Oishi, PR
• Shimada, RF
• Arito, PH
• Ishige, SS
• Omiya, C
• Hada, PH
• Cruz, RF
• Hirano, RF
• Murata, P
• Kudo, P
• Sugimoto, P
• Kaneshiro, P

Umpires

• Nakagawa (Home), Yamamoto (1B), Teramoto (2B), Kashiwagi (3B), Nakamura (LF), Hirakou (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia entry