1994 NPB All-Star Game

The 1994 NPB All-Star Games featured two contests, and both leagues won once.

Game 1

Game 1 was held on July 19 at Seibu Dome in front of 24,999 fans. Hideki Matsui became the youngest cleanup hitter in All-Star history, and he was 1-for-4. Daiei's players shined in this game, Koji Akiyama was 3-for-4, with a homer off Keiichi Yabu to win the MVP, while Koichiro Yoshinaga and Hiromi Matsunaga both also collected three hits. The PL's Makoto Sasaki and Hirofumi Ogawa added two homers, and the CL only scored on Shinichi Murata's 5th-inning single.

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

Players used

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Yutaka Wada, 2B (Hanshin Tigers)
2. Kenjiro Nomura, SS (Hiroshima Carp)
3. Thomas O'Malley, DH (Hanshin)
4. Hideki Matsui, RF (Yomiuri Giants)
5. Glenn Braggs, LF (Yokohama BayStars)
6. Yasuaki Taiho, 1B (Chunichi Dragons)
7. Takahiro Ikeyama, 3B (Yakult Swallows)
8. Hitoshi Hatayama, CF (Yokohama)
9. Shinichi Murata, C (Yomiuri)

• Masaki Saito, P (Yomiuri)

Backups Used

• Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, 2B (Chunichi)
• Atsuya Furuta, C (Yakult)
• Tsutomu Kameyama, RF (Hanshin)
• Shuji Nishiyama, C (Hiroshima)
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo, CF (Hanshin)
• Keiichi Yabu, P (Hanshin)
• Masumi Kuwata, P (Yomiuri)
• Yoichi Okabayashi, P (Yakult)
• Shingo Takatsu, P (Yakult)

Manager

• Katsuya Nomura

Coaches

• Shigeo Nagashima
• Morimichi Takagi

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro Suzuki, LF (Orix BlueWave)
2. Hiromi Matsunaga, 3B (Daiei Hawks)
3. Makoto Sasaki, RF (Seibu Lions)
4. Kazuhiro Kiyohara, 1B (Seibu)
5. Brian Traxler, DH (Daiei)
6. Koji Akiyama, CF (Daiei)
7. Koichiro Yoshinaga, C (Daiei)
8. Tetsuro Hirose, SS (Nippon Ham Fighters)
9. Hatsuhiko Tsuji, 2B (Seibu)

• Hideki Irabu, P (Chiba Lotte Marines)

Backups Used

• Yukio Tanaka, RF (Nippon Ham)
• Tsutomu Itoh, C (Seibu)
• Hiromichi Ishige, 3B (Seibu)
• Takahisa Suzuki, LF (Kintetsu Buffaloes)
• Norio Tanabe, SS (Seibu)
• Hirofumi Ogawa, 2B (Orix)
• Hiroo Ishii, DH (Kintetsu)
• Toyohiko Yoshida, P (Daiei)
• Hideo Nomo, P (Kintetsu)
• Hiroshi Shintani, P (Seibu)
• Motoyuki Akahori, P (Kintetsu)

Manager

• Masaaki Mori

Coaches

• Akira Ogi
• Keiji Osawa

Umpires

• Masato Tomoyose (Home), Satoru Kakizono (1B), Osamu Kubota (2B), Akira Shinya (3B), Osamu Ino (LF), Samio Murakoshi (RF)

Game 2

Game 2 took place at Nagoya Dome July 20 with an attendance of 26,441. The PL's starter, 39-year-old veteran Yoshinori Sato, pitched 3 innings with only a solo shot allowed to Toshikatsu Hikono, and the CL's Masahiro Yamamoto also struck out three in 2 innings. Pinch-hitter Braggs won the MVP with his clutch game-winning three-run triple in the 6th inning, and Tatsunami was 3-for-3 with a RBI. Ishii was 3-for-4 with two doubles for the PL and Ichiro and Akiyama drove in two of the PL's three runs while they scored with Katsumi Hirosawa's error in the 2nd inning.

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

Players used

Pacific League Starting Lineup

1. Ichiro, LF
2. Ogawa, 2B
3. Tanaka, RF
4. Kiyohara, 1B
5. Ishii, DH
6. Akiyama, CF
7. Ishige 3B
8. Fujio Tamura, C (Nippon Ham)
9. Tanabe, SS

• Yoshinori Sato, P (Orix)

Backups Used

• Hirose, SS
• Traxler, PH
• Tsuji, 2B
• Suzuki, RF
• Sasaki, CF
• Kiyoshi Hatsushiba, 3B (Chiba Lotte)
• Yoshinaga, C
• Itoh, C
• Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi, P (Daiei)
• Yukihiro Nishizaki, P (Nippon Ham)
• Kento Sugiyama, P (Seibu)
• Shintaro Yamasaki, P (Kintetsu)
• Akahori, P

Central League Starting Lineup

1. Toshikatsu Hikono, CF (Chunichi)
2. Nomura, SS
3. Alonzo Powell, DH (Chunichi)
4. Matsui, RF
5. O'Malley, LF
6. Taiho, 1B
7. Katsumi Hirosawa, 3B (Yakult)
8. Furuya, C
9. Tatsunami, 2B

• Masahiro Yamamoto, P (Chunichi)

Backups Used

• Wada, 3B
• Kameyama, SS
• Ikeyama, CF
• Braggs, PH
• Shinjo, 3B
• Hatayama, LF
• Murata, C
• Nishiyama, C
• Tomonori Maeda, PH (Hiroshima)
• Makoto Kito, P (Hiroshima)
• Hiromi Makihara, P (Yokohama)
• Takashi Saito, P (Yomiuri)
• Shinji Imanaka, P (Chunichi)

Umpires

• Toshio Azuma (Home), Ino (1B), Murakoshi (2B), Takeji Kobayashi (3B), Kakizono (LF), Tomoyose (RF)

Sources

• Japanese Wikipedia