1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the fifth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), then-called All-Japan.

MLB won the series by 4–2–2[1] and Steve Finley was named MVP.

Results

Championship

Game Winning Team Score Losing Team Location
1 All-Japan 06-05 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome
2 MLB All-Stars 06-01 All-Japan Tokyo Dome
3 MLB All-Stars 04-02 All-Japan Tokyo Dome
4 MLB All-Stars 02-01 All-Japan Seibu Lions Stadium
5 Tie 06-06 Tie Tokyo Dome
6 MLB All-Stars 11-08 All-Japan Koshien Stadium
7 All-Japan 06-04 MLB All-Stars Yokohama Stadium
8 Tie 08-08 Tie Tokyo Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

 

Oufielders

Coaching Staff

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

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NPB All-Stars (Team Japan) roster

Position Players
No. Player Japanese Name Position Team Japanese Team Name
1 Ichiro Suzuki 鈴木 一朗 RF Orix BlueWave オリックス・ブルーウェーブ
3 Kazuhiro Kiyohara 清原 和博 1B Yomiuri Giants 読売ジャイアンツ
5 Hideki Matsui 松井 秀喜 LF Yomiuri Giants 読売ジャイアンツ
6 Atsunori Inaba 稲葉 篤紀 CF Yakult Swallows ヤクルトスワローズ
7 Norihiro Akahoshi 赤星 憲広 SS Hanshin Tigers 阪神タイガース
9 Koichi Ogata 緒方 孝市 OF Hiroshima Carp 広島東洋カープ
10 Hiroki Kokubo 小久保 裕紀 3B Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 福岡ダイエーホークス
11 Satoshi Nakajima 中嶋 聡 C Nippon Ham Fighters 日本ハムファイターズ
12 Masahiro Kawai 川相 昌弘 2B Yomiuri Giants 読売ジャイアンツ
Pitchers
No. Player Japanese Name Throws Team Japanese Team Name
17 Tetsuro Kawajiri 川尻 哲郎 RHP Seibu Lions 西武ライオンズ
18 Hisashi Yamada 山田 久志 RHP Chunichi Dragons 中日ドラゴンズ
19 Masaki Saito 斎藤 雅樹 RHP Yomiuri Giants 読売ジャイアンツ
20 Shinji Imanaka 今中 慎二 LHP Chunichi Dragons 中日ドラゴンズ
21 Tomohiro Kuroki 黒木 知宏 RHP Lotte Marines 千葉ロッテマリーンズ
22 Nobuyuki Hoshino 星野 伸之 LHP Hanshin Tigers 阪神タイガース

Note: This roster is partially reconstructed based on box scores and contemporary coverage. Full confirmation from official sources is still pending.

References

  1. ^ "MLB Japan All-Star Series 1986-2004". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.


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