1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series

August 2023 February 2015February 2015 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 4–2–2http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/events/japan_series/history.jsp?content=history_teams/ MLB Japan All-Star Series 1986-2004 MLB.com June 30, 2014 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 41 USA Pat Hentgen - (Toronto Blue Jays) 45 DOM Pedro Martínez - (Montreal Expos) 15 USA Denny Neagle - (Atlanta Braves) 16 JPN Hideo Nomo - (Los Angeles Dodgers) 37 USA Shane Reynolds - (Houston Astros) 45 USA Jeff Brantley - (Cincinnati Reds) 31 USA John Franco - (New York Mets) 49 DOM José Mesa - (Cleveland Indians) 40 USA Troy Percival - (California Angels) Catchers 31 USA Mike Piazza - (Los Angeles Dodgers) 07 PUR Iván Rodríguez - (Texas Rangers) 19 USA Tom Pagnozzi - (St. Louis Cardinals) Infielders 14 VEN Andres Galarraga - (Colorado Rockies) 20 DOM Julio Franco - (Cleveland Indians) 11 USA Chuck Knoblauch - (Minnesota Twins) 21 USA Eric Young - (Colorado Rockies) 03 USA Alex Rodriguez - (Seattle Mariners) 08 USA Cal Ripken Jr. - (Baltimore Orioles) 23 USA Robin Ventura - (Chicago White Sox) 26 USA Jeff Cirillo - (Milwaukee Brewers) Oufielders 25 USA Barry Bonds - (San Francisco Giants) 09 USA Brady Anderson - (Baltimore Orioles) 10 USA Gary Sheffield - (Florida Marlins) 19 PUR Juan González - (Texas Rangers) 09 USA Marquis Grissom - (Atlanta Braves) 12 USA Steve Finley - (San Diego Padres) Coaching Staff 12 USA Dusty Baker - (San Francisco Giants) 18 USA Art Howe - (Oakland Athletics) 42 USA Dick Such - (Minnesota Twins) 25 USA Don Baylor - (Colorado Rockies) NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers 13 JPN Fumiya Nishiguchi - (Seibu Lions) 19 JPN Masao Kida - (Yomiuri Giants) 41 JPN Tetsuro Kawajiri - (Hanshin Tigers) 11 JPN Masaki Saito - (Yomiuri Giants) 18 JPN Shinji Sasaoka - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 19 JPN Motoyuki Akahori - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) 28 JPN Nobuyuki Hoshino - (Orix BlueWave) 27 JPN Yasuyuki Kawamoto - (Chiba Lotte Marines) 22 JPN Kazuhiro Sasaki - (Yokohama BayStars) 47 JPN Shigeki Noguchi - (Chunichi Dragons) 14 JPN Satoru Komiyama - (Chiba Lotte Marines) 21 JPN Hiroki Nomura - (Yokohama BayStars) 20 JPN Keiji Kimura - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 22 JPN Shingo Takatsu - (Yakult Swallows) 39 JPN Kazuya Tabata - (Yakult Swallows) 14 JPN Shigeki Sano - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) 15 JPN Masao Fujii - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 12 JPN Iori Sekiguchi - (Yokohama BayStars) Catchers 27 JPN Atsuya Furuta - (Yakult Swallows) 27 JPN Tsutomu Ito - (Seibu Lions) 8 JPN Motonobu Tanishige - (Yokohama BayStars) 32 JPN Shuji Nishiyama - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Infielders 3 JPN Kazuhiro Kiyohara - (Seibu Lions) 32 JPN Kazuo Matsui - (Seibu Lions) 22 JPN Takeshi Yamasaki - (Chunichi Dragons) 6 JPN Yutaka Wada - (Hanshin Tigers) 3 JPN Kazuyoshi Tatsunami - (Chunichi Dragons) 55 JPN Yasuaki Taiho - (Chunichi Dragons) 8 JPN Atsushi Kataoka - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) 5 JPN Takuro Ishii - (Yokohama BayStars) 9 JPN Hiroki Kokubo - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 6 JPN Yukio Tanaka - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) 10 JPN Norihiro Komada - (Yokohama BayStars) 8 JPN Chihiro Hamana - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 8 JPN Toshihisa Nishi - (Yomiuri Giants) 55 JPN Noriyoshi Omichi - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 0 JPN Masahiro Kawai - (Yomiuri Giants) 5 JPN Katsuyuki Dobashi - (Yakult Swallows) Oufielders 55 JPN Hideki Matsui - (Yomiuri Giants) 51 JPN Ichiro Suzuki - (Orix BlueWave) 9 JPN Koichi Ogata - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 23 JPN Arihito Muramatsu - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 24 JPN Shinjiro Hiyama - (Hanshin Tigers) 35 JPN Takayuki Shimizu - (Yomiuri Giants) 51 JPN Takanori Suzuki - (Yokohama BayStars) Coaching Staff References Category:MLB Japan All-Star Series Category:1996 in Japanese sport Category:1996 in baseball