Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series

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The Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series is an annual baseball series of All-Star Games between players from the Central League and the Pacific League, currently selected by a combination of fans, players, coaches, and managers. The All-Star Game usually occurs in early to mid-July and marks the symbolic halfway point in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) season (though not the mathematical halfway point; in most seasons, that takes place one week earlier). Each series consists of two or three games.

History

The first NPB All-Star game was played in 1951.

For many years, mimicking the gaijin waku rule of the NPB,[1] each All-Star team was limited to two foreign players.[2]

Game results

More information Year, Winning league ...
Year Winning league Score Overall record Venue Host team MVP
2004Pacific3–1 Pacific 1-0Nagoya DomeChunichi DragonsDaisuke Matsuzaka
Pacific2–1 Pacific 2-0Nagano Olympic StadiumnoneTsuyoshi Shinjo
2005Central6–5 Pacific 2-1Seibu DomeSeibu LionsTatsuhiko Kinjo
Central5–3 Tie 2-2Koshien StadiumHanshin TigersTomonori Maeda
2006Central3–1 Central 3-2Meiji Jingu StadiumYakult SwallowsNorichika Aoki
Central7–4 Central 4-2Sun Marine StadiumnoneAtsushi Fujimoto
2007Central4–0 Central 5-2Tokyo DomeYomiuri GiantsAlex Ramírez
Central11–5 Central 6-2Fullcast StadiumRakuten EaglesShinnosuke Abe
2008Pacific5–4 Central 6-3Kyocera Dome OsakaOrix BuffaloesTakeshi Yamasaki
Central11–6 Central 7-3Yokohama StadiumYokohama BayStarsMasahiro Araki
2009Central10–8 Central 8-3Sapporo DomeHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersNorichika Aoki
Pacific7–4 Central 8-4Mazda StadiumHiroshima Toyo CarpNobuhiko Matsunaka
2010Central4–1 Central 8-5Yahoo DomeFukuoka SoftBank HawksShinnosuke Abe
Tie5–5 Central 8-5-1Hard Off Eco StadiumnoneYasuyuki Kataoka
2011Central9–4 Central 9-5-1Nagoya DomeChunichi DragonsKazuhiro Hatakeyama
Pacific4–3 Central 9-6-1QVC Marine FieldChiba Lotte MarinesTakeya Nakamura
Pacific5–0 Central 9-7-1Kleenex StadiumRakuten EaglesAtsunori Inaba
2012Central4–1 Central 10-7-1Kyocera Dome OsakaOrix BuffaloesNorihiro Nakamura
Central4–0 Central 11-7-1Botchan StadiumnoneKenta Maeda
Pacific6–2 Central 11-8-1Iwate Prefectural Baseball StadiumnoneYang Dai-kang
2013Tie1–1 Central 11-8-2Sapporo DomeHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersHirokazu Sawamura
Central3–1 Central 12-8-2Meiji Jingu StadiumTokyo Yakult SwallowsTakahiro Arai
Pacific3–1 Central 12-9-2Iwaki Green StadiumnoneSeiichi Uchikawa
2014Central7–0 Central 13-9-2Seibu DomeSaitama Seibu LionsBrad Eldred
Pacific12–6 Central 13-10-2Koshien StadiumHanshin TigersYuki Yanagita
2015Central8–6 Central 14-10-2Tokyo DomeYomiuri GiantsShintaro Fujinami
Central8–3 Central 15-10-2Mazda StadiumHiroshima Toyo CarpTsubasa Aizawa
2016Central5–4 Central 16-10-2Yahoo DomeFukuoka SoftBank HawksYoshitomo Tsutsugo
Tie5–5 Central 16-10-3Yokohama StadiumYokohama DeNA BayStarsShohei Ohtani
2017Pacific6–2 Central 16-11-3Nagoya DomeChunichi DragonsSeiichi Uchikawa
Pacific3–1 Central 16-12-3Zozo Marine StadiumChiba Lotte MarinesAlfredo Despaigne
2018Pacific7–6 Central 16-13-3Kyocera Dome OsakaOrix BuffaloesTomoya Mori
Pacific5–1 Central 16-14-3Fujisakidai Prefectural Baseball StadiumnoneSōsuke Genda
2019Pacific6–3 Central 16-15-3Tokyo DomeYomiuri GiantsTomoya Mori
Central11–3 Central 17-15-3Koshien StadiumHanshin TigersKōji Chikamoto
2020 Series canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021Central5-4 Central 18-15-3MetLife DomeSaitama Seibu LionsRyosuke Kikuchi
Pacific4-3 Central 18-16-3Rakuten Seimei Park MiyagiTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesHiroaki Shimauchi
2022[3][4][5]Pacific3-2 Central 18-17-3Fukuoka PayPay DomeFukuoka SoftBank HawksKotaro Kiyomiya
Pacific2-1 Tie 18-18-3Matsuyama Central Park Baseball StadiumnoneYuki Yanagita
2023 Pacific 8-1 Pacific 19-18-3 Nagoya Dome Chunichi Dragons Yuki Yanagita
Pacific 6-1 Pacific 20-18-3 Mazda Stadium Hiroshima Toyo Carp Chusei Mannami
2024 Central 11-6 Pacific 20-19-3 Es Con Field Hokkaido Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Shugo Maki
Pacific 16-10 Pacific 21-19-3 Meiji Jingu Stadium Tokyo Yakult Swallows Toshiya Satoh
2025 Pacific 5-1 Pacific 22-19-3 Kyocera Dome Osaka Orix Buffaloes Yuma Tongu
Pacific 10-7 Pacific 23-19-3 Yokohama Stadium Yokohama DeNA BayStars Kotaro Kiyomiya
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Hanshin Tigers player voting controversy

The fan votes of the starters of the 2023 All Star Series revealed 9 of the 10 highest voted starters were Hanshin Tigers players. It was the third time in NPB players from the same team led the voting in all positions.[6] The controversy was garnered as some of the positions, such as catcher, which in question was Ryutaro Umeno, were voted in for the sole purpose of being voted in by fans, as he did not produce numbers good enough to warrant an all star game appearance, compared to that of a player like Takumi Ohshiro. Others, like Teruaki Sato at third base, were good, but there had been players who were much more deserving to start, like Toshiro Miyazaki and Kazuma Okamoto.[7]

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