1989 NPB All-Star Game

There were two 1989 NPB All-Star Games, the first time in 27 years that there had not been three All-Star Games. It also marked the first All-Star series tie since 1959.

Game 1

Game 1 took place July 25 at Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium, with an attendance of 33,705. The PL won easily as Choji Murata (game MVP), Hideyuki Awano, Kazuhiko Ushijima and Hisanobu Watanabe combined on a three-hitter and walked one. Yasuo Fujii, Fujio Tamura and Kazunori Yamamoto all homered. Takashi Nishimoto took the loss. 39-year-old Murata became the oldest pitcher to win a NPB All-Star Game.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Koji Akiyama, CF (Seibu Lions)
2. Daijiro Oishi, 2B (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
3. Greg Wells, 1B (Orix Braves)
4. Hiromitsu Kadota, LF (Orix)
5. Kazuhiro Kiyohara, 3B (Seibu)
6. Hiromi Matsunaga, SS (Orix)
7. Yasuo Fujii, RF (Orix)
8. Fujio Tamura, C (Nippon Ham Fighters)
9. Choji Murata, P (Lotte Orions)

Backups Used

• Takeshi Aiko, PH (Lotte)
• Hatsuhiko Tsuji, 2B (Seibu)
• Hideyuki Awano, P (Kintetsu)
• Hideaki Takazawa, LF/RF (Lotte)
• Yukio Tanaka, SS (Nippon Ham)
• Hiromichi Ishige, 3B (Seibu)
• Hisanobu Watanabe, P (Seibu)
• Mike Diaz, PH (Lotte)
• Tsutomu Itoh, C (Seibu)
• Kazunori Yamamoto, LF (Daiei Hawks)
• Kazuhiko Ushijima, P (Lotte)
• Hiromasa Arai, LF (Kintetsu)

Manager

• Masaaki Mori

Coaches

• Akira Ogi
• Sadao Kondo

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Warren Cromartie, CF (Yomiuri Giants)
2. Kozo Shoda, 2B (Hiroshima Carp)
3. Hiromitsu Ochiai, 3B (Chunichi Dragons)
4. Larry Parrish, 1B (Yakult Swallows)
5. Takahiro Ikeyama, SS (Yakult)
6. Kenichi Yamazaki, LF (Taiyo Whales)
7. Katsumi Hirosawa, RF (Yakult)
8. Takeshi Nakamura, C (Chunichi)
9. Takashi Nishimoto, P (Chunichi)

Backups Used

• Toshikatsu Hikono, CF (Chunichi)
• Yutaka Wada, 2B (Hanshin Tigers)
• Takashi Osanai, 1B (Hiroshima)
• Kaoru Okazaki, 3B (Yomiuri)
• Naoyuki Naito, P (Yakult)
• Kazuhisa Kawaguchi, P (Hiroshima)
• Akinobu Okada, PH (Hanshin)
• Takayoshi Nakao, C (Yomiuri)
• Masaru Uno, PH (Chunichi)
• Hiroaki Nakayama, P (Yakult)
• Hiromi Makihara, P (Yomiuri)
• Kazunori Shinozuka, PH (Yomiuri)
• Masaki Saito, P (Yomiuri)
• Shinji Inoue, RF (Yomiuri)

Manager

• Senichi Hoshino

Coaches

• Motoshi Fujita
• Koji Yamamoto

Umpires

• Osamu Ino, Yoichi Igarashi, Toshiyuki Tanaka, Noboru Makino, Toru Suzuki, Noriyuki Fujimoto

Game 2

Game 2 was held July 26 and was held in front of 21,514 fans at Fujiidera Baseball Stadium. The CL got a tie for the 1989 Games as backup LF Kenichi Yamazaki drove in two in the 8th and Toshikatsu Hikono (MVP) scored twice and homered. Hiroshi Nagatomi got the win and Tsunemi Tsuda the save while Seiichi Sato took the loss. The PL's only run was a solo shot by Greg Wells off Masumi Kuwata.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Yamamoto, RF
2. Arai, CF
3. Wells, 1B
4. Kadota, LF
5. Kiyohara, 3B
6. Matsunaga, SS
7. Oishi, 2B
8. Satoshi Nakajima, C (Orix)
9. Kazuyoshi Ono, P (Kintetsu)

Backups Used

• Nobuyuki Hoshino, P (Orix)
• Tamura, C
• Aiko, 1B
• Yoshinori Sato, P (Orix)
• Takazawa, LF
• Ishige, 3B
• Tanaka, SS
• Tsuji, 2B
• Seiichi Sato, P (Nippon Ham)
• Itoh, C
• Fujii, PH
• Yukihiro Nishizaki, P (Nippon Ham)
• Hirohisa Matsunuma, P (Seibu)
• Diaz, PH
• Akiyama, CF

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Hikono, LF
2. Wada, 2B
3. Okada, 3B
4. Parrish, 1B
5. Cromartie, CF
6. Ikeyama, SS
7. Inoue, RF
8. Nakamura, C
9. Masumi Kuwata, P (Yomiuri)

Backups used

• Ochiai, 3B
• Tsunemi Tsuda, P (Hiroshima)
• Okazaki, 2B
• Yamazaki, LF
• Uno, SS
• Shinozuka, PH
• Hirosawa, RF
• Nakao, C
• Mitsuo Tatsukawa, C (Hiroshima)
• Masahiro Yamamoto, P (Chunichi)
• Osanai, PH
• Hiroshi Nagatomi, P (Hiroshima)
• Shoda, 2B

Umpires

• Samio Murakoshi, Hiroshi Fukui, Fujimoto, Suzuki, Igarashi, Ino

Sources

• Michael Westbay database
• Information from the now-defunct japanbaseballdaily.com site
• Japanese Wikipedia entry