2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series

July 2014 The 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the ninth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). MLB won the series by 5–3–0http://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 Vernon Wells was named MVP. Results Championship Game Winning team Score Losing team Location 1 MLB All-Stars 07-02 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 2 MLB All-Stars 05-03 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 3 MLB All-Stars 07-03 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 4 MLB All-Stars 07-02 NPB All-Stars Fukuoka Dome 5 NPB All-Stars 03-01 MLB All-Stars Osaka Dome 6 NPB All-Stars 05-01 MLB All-Stars Sapporo Dome 7 NPB All-Stars 03-02 MLB All-Stars Nagoya Dome 8 MLB All-Stars 05-00 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers 40 PUR Kiko Calero (St. Louis Cardinals) 22 USA Roger Clemens (Houston Astros) 17 JPN Kazuhisa Ishii (Los Angeles Dodgers) 56 USA Ray King (St. Louis Cardinals) 38 USA Scott Linebrink (San Diego Padres) 49 USA Kyle Lohse (Minnesota Twins) 21 USA Jason Marquis (St. Louis Cardinals) 16 JPN Akinori Otsuka (San Diego Padres) 44 USA Jake Peavy (San Diego Padres) 18 USA Mark Redman (Oakland Athletics) 37 USA Chris Reitsma (Atlanta Braves) 57 VEN Francisco Rodriguez (Anaheim Angels) 62 USA Scot Shields (Anaheim Angels) 35 USA Dontrelle Willis (Florida Marlins) Catchers 23 USA Johnny Estrada (Atlanta Braves) 41 VEN Victor Martinez (Cleveland Indians) Infielders 09 USA Hank Blalock (Texas Rangers) 13 PUR Alex Cora (Los Angeles Dodgers) 22 USA Marcus Giles (Atlanta Braves) 34 DOM David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox) 02 USA Jack Wilson (Pittsburgh Pirates) 10 USA Michael Young (Texas Rangers) Oufielders 18 USA Moisés Alou (Chicago Cubs) 24 VEN Miguel Cabrera (Florida Marlins) 13 USA Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) 24 DOM Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox) 10 USA Vernon Wells (Toronto Blue Jays) 06 USA Brad Wilkerson (Montreal Expos) Coaching Staff 15 USA Bruce Bochy (San Diego Padres) 48 USA Jim Colborn (Los Angeles Dodgers) 39 USA Pat Corrales (Atlanta Braves) 28 USA Bill Robinson (Florida Marlins) NPB All-Stars roster Pitchers 18 JPN Nagisa Arakaki (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 53 JPN Ryota Igarashi (Yakult Swallows) 29 JPN Kei Igawa (Hanshin Tigers) 61 JPN Hirotoshi Ishii (Yakult Swallows) 17 JPN Takeharu Kato (Yokohama BayStars) 41 JPN Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Chiba Lotte Marines) 18 JPN Daisuke Matsuzaka (Seibu Lions) 57 JPN Koji Mise (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 21 JPN Hisashi Iwakuma (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 19 JPN Koji Uehara (Yomiuri Giants) 31 JPN Shunsuke Watanabe (Chiba Lotte Marines) 18 JPN Kazuo Yamaguchi (Orix BlueWave) 15 JPN Yukiya Yokoyama (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) Catchers 10 JPN Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri Giants) 27 JPN Atsuya Furuta (Yakult Swallows) 2 JPN Kenji Johjima (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) Infielders 9 JPN Kazuya Fukuura (Chiba Lotte Marines) 6 JPN Hirokazu Ibata (Chunichi Dragons) 7 JPN Makoto Imaoka (Hanshin Tigers) 1 JPN Akinori Iwamura (Yakult Swallows) 3 JPN Hiroyuki Nakajima (Seibu Lions) 8 JPN Toshihisa Nishi (Yomiuri Giants) 2 JPN Michihiro Ogasawara (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) Outfielders 53 JPN Norihiro Akahoshi (Hanshin Tigers) 10 JPN Takahiro Saeki (Yokohama BayStars) 55 JPN Shigenobu Shima (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 6 JPN Hitoshi Tamura (Yokohama BayStars) 5 JPN Kazuhiro Wada (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 89 JPN Sadaharu Oh (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 87 JPN Takao Obana (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 69 JPN Hiromasa Arai (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) References Category:MLB Japan All-Star Series Category:2004 in baseball Category:2004 in Japanese sport