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, each All-Star team was limited to two foreign players.

Game results

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 the NPB where players from the same team led the voting in all positions. The controversy stemmed from the selection of players such as catcher Ryutaro Umeno and third baseman Teruaki Sato, whose numbers were not strong enough to warrant an All-Star Series appearance. Compared with other players at their positions, such as catcher Takumi Ohshiro and third basemen Toshiro Miyazaki and Kazuma Okamoto, Umeno and Sato’s selections appeared to be driven by popularity, rather than performance.

See also

• Major League Baseball All-Star Game
• Baseball awards#Japan

References