1983 NPB All-Star Game
There were three 1983 NPB All-Star Games and the Pacific League swept the Central League. It was the first time that the PL used designated hitters in the All-Star Game.
Game 1[edit]
Game 1 took place July 23 at Meiji-Jingu Stadium, with an attendance of 31,827. Veteran Hiromitsu Kadota crushed 2 homers with 3 RBI to win MVP, while Terry Whitfield and Daijiro Oishi both homered in the 2nd inning. Starter Hirohisa Matsunuma completed 3 shutout innings with a strikeout to collect a win. The PL's Koji Yamamoto also blasted 2 homers, but his teammates couldn't drive in any runs so the CL lost the 2-run game.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pacific | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 0 |
Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
Players used[edit]
Pacific League Starting Lineup
- Makoto Shimada, RF (Nippon Ham Fighters)
- Yutaka Fukumoto, CF (Hankyu Braves)
- Steve Ontiveros, 3B (Seibu Lions)
- Hiromitsu Kadota, DH (Nankai Hawks)
- Hiromitsu Ochiai, 1B (Lotte Orions)
- Terry Whitfield, LF (Seibu)
- Nobuyuki Kagawa, C (Nankai)
- Hiromichi Ishige, SS (Seibu)
- Daijiro Oishi, 2B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
- Hirohisa Matsunuma, P (Seibu)
Backups Used
- Masataka Nashida, C (Kintetsu)
- Takuji Ota, PH (Seibu)
- Koichi Hada, 3B (Kintetsu)
- Koji Minoda, RF (Hankyu)
- Nobuhiro Takashiro, SS (Nippon Ham)
- Shigekuni Mashiba, P (Nippon Ham)
- Shigekazu Mori, P (Seibu)
- Takanori Yamauchi, P (Nankai)
- Yutaka Enatsu, P (Nippon Ham)
Manager
Coaches
Central League Starting Lineup
- Yoshihiko Takahashi, SS (Hiroshima Carp)
- Tadashi Matsumoto, CF (Yomiuri Giants)
- Tsutomu Wakamatsu, RF (Yakult Swallows)
- Koji Yamamoto, LF (Hiroshima)
- Masayuki Kakefu, 1B (Hanshin Tigers)
- Tatsunori Hara, 3B (Yomiuri)
- Kazunori Shinozuka, 2B (Yomiuri)
- Kazuhiro Yamakura, C (Yomiuri)
- Hiromu Matsuoka, P (Yakult)
Backups Used
- Yutaka Takagi, RF (Taiyo Whales)
- Kazumasa Kono, SS (Yomiuri)
- Kiyoshi Nakahata, 1B (Yomiuri)
- Yuji Kasama, PH (Hanshin)
- Yasunori Oshima, PH (Chunichi Dragons)
- Mitsuo Tatsukawa, C (Hiroshima)
- Sachio Kinugasa, PH (Hiroshima)
- Kenichi Yazawa, PH (Chunichi)
- Yasushi Tao, CF (Chunichi)
- Kenichi Kajima, P (Yakult)
- Takashi Nishimoto, P (Yomiuri)
- Akio Saito, P (Taiyo)
Manager
Coaches
Umpires[edit]
- Harunobu Osato (Home), Yoshio Maekawa (1B), Hiroya Tomizawa (2B), Samio Murakoshi (3B), Seiji Sato (LF), Masataka Ono (RF)
Game 2[edit]
Game 2 was held July 24 and was held in front of 28,540 fans at Nishinomiya Stadium. Masayuki Matsunuma pitched 3 strikeouts in 2 innings to get the win while allowing 2 runs; he and his brother Hirohisa were the only pair to win back-to-back All-Star Games in NPB history. Masataka Nashida's clutch go-ahead RBI single earned him the MVP, and Hiromitsu Ochiai collected a homer. Red-hot Koji Yamamoto went deep again to tie it in the 8th inning while drawing 2 walks, but his teammates didn't support him again.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Central | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Pacific | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | 4 | 7 | 0 |
Players used[edit]
Central League Starting Lineup
- Takahashi, SS
- Matsumoto, CF
- Kakefu, 3B
- Yamamoto, LF
- Hara, 1B
- Tao, RF
- Shinozuka, 2B
- Kasama, C
- Shigeru Kobayashi, P (Hanshin)
Backups Used
- Oshima, PH
- Takagi, 2B
- Kono, SS
- Wakamatsu, LF
- Nakahata, RF
- Kinugasa, 1B
- Yazawa, RF
- Yamakura, C
- Kazuhisa Kawaguchi, P (Hiroshima)
- Kazuhiko Ushijima, P (Chunichi)
- Mitsuo Sumi, P (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Starting Lineup
- Fukumoto, CF
- Minoda, RF
- Ontiveros, 3B
- Kadota, DH
- Ochiai, 1B
- Whitfield,LF
- Kagawa, C
- Hiroyuki Yamazaki, 2B (Seibu)
- Ishige, SS
- Kazuhiro Yamauchi, P (Nankai)
Backups Used
- Shimada, LF
- Hada, 3B
- Hiromi Matsunaga, DH (Hankyu)
- Ota, LF
- Oishi, 2B
- Nashida, C
- Shinji Nakazawa, C (Hankyu)
- Norihiro Mizutani, P (Lotte)
- Masayuki Matsunuma, P (Seibu)
- Enatsu, P
Umpires[edit]
- Noboru Makino (Home), Sato (1B), Ono (2B), Tadayuki Inoue (3B), Murakoshi (LF), Osato (RF)
Game 3[edit]
Game 3 was held July 26 in Hiroshima Municipal Baseball Stadium; the attendance was 31,362. The PL was efficient as they scored four with only four hits - three were homers. Ochiai was dominant as he recorded 2 homers to win MVP, and the other came from Fukumoto. Yutaka Enatsu pitched all 3 games for the PL and notched his 2nd save. On the other hand, the CL got 7 hits but only had one run with Naoki Takahashi's hit-by-pitch, and they were swept.
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pacific | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
Central | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
Players used[edit]
Pacific League Starting Lineup
- Fukumoto, CF
- Shimada, RF
- Ontiveros, 3B
- Kadota, DH
- Ochiai, 1B
- Whitfield,LF
- Nashida, C
- Ishige, SS
- Oishi, 2B
- Keishi Suzuki, P (Kintetsu)
Backups Used
- Minoda, RF
- Hada, 3B
- Matsunaga, DH
- Kagawa, C
- Nakazawa, C
- Takashiro, SS
- Naoki Takahashi, P (Seibu)
- Mori, P
- Yutaro Imai, P (Hankyu)
- Enatsu, P
Central League Starting Lineup
- Takahashi, SS
- Matsumoto, CF
- Kinugasa, 3B
- Yamamoto, LF
- Hara, 2B
- Oshima, RF
- Nakahata, 1B
- Tatsukawa, C
- Tsunemi Tsuda, P (Hiroshima)
Backups Used
- Tao, CF
- Takagi, PH
- Wakamatsu, RF
- Yazawa, PH
- Yamakura, C
- Kasama, PH
- Kakefu, 3B
- Kono, PH
- Shinozuka, 2B
- Manabu Kitabeppu, P (Hiroshima)
- Egawa, P
- Sumi, P
Umpires[edit]
- Inoue (Home), Murakoshi (1B), Osato (2B), Maekawa (3B), Sato (LF), Makino (RF)
Sources[edit]
Nippon Professional Baseball's All-Star Game
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