2002 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 2002 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eighth 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 Torii Hunter was named MVP. Results Championship Game Winning team Score Losing team Location 1 MLB All-Stars 8–1 NPB Giants Tokyo Dome 2 NPB All-Stars 8–4 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 3 NPB All-Stars 8–2 MLB All-Stars Fukuoka Dome 4 NPB All-Stars 8–6 MLB All-Stars Osaka Dome 5 MLB All-Stars 6–5 NPB All-Stars Sapporo Dome 6 MLB All-Stars 4–0 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 7 MLB All-Stars 12–7 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 8 MLB All-Stars 4–2 NPB All-Stars Tokyo Dome Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers 43 DOM Miguel Batista (Arizona Diamondbacks) 56 USA Mark Buehrle (Chicago White Sox) 40 DOM Bartolo Colón (Montreal Expos) 39 USA Mike Fetters (Arizona Diamondbacks) 38 CAN Éric Gagné (Los Angeles Dodgers) 50 USA Brian Lawrence (San Diego Padres) 13 MEX Rodrigo López (Baltimore Orioles) 24 JPN Tomo Ohka (Montreal Expos) 31 USA Brad Penny (Florida Marlins) 33 PUR J. C. Romero (Minnesota Twins) 60 USA Scott Schoeneweis (Anaheim Angels) 43 USA Randy Wolf (Philadelphia Phillies) Catchers 16 USA Paul Lo Duca (Los Angeles Dodgers) 26 USA A. J. Pierzynski (Minnesota Twins) Infielders 12 PUR Roberto Alomar (New York Mets) 03 USA Eric Chávez (Oakland Athletics) 22 USA David Eckstein (Anaheim Angels) 25 USA Jason Giambi (New York Yankees) 11 USA Eric Hinske (Toronto Blue Jays) 25 USA Derrek Lee (Florida Marlins) 11 USA Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia Phillies) 37 USA Junior Spivey (Arizona Diamondbacks) Oufielders 25 USA Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) 05 USA Pat Burrell (Philadelphia Phillies) 48 USA Torii Hunter (Minnesota Twins) 11 USA Jacque Jones (Minnesota Twins) 51 JPN Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners) 51 PUR Bernie Williams (New York Yankees) Coaching Staff 18 USA Art Howe (New York Mets) 02 PUR Sandy Alomar Sr. (Colorado Rockies) 08 USA Rudy Jaramillo (Texas Rangers) 36 USA Rick Peterson (Oakland Athletics) NPB All-Stars roster Pitchers 99 TAI Chang Chih-Chia (Seibu Lions) 18 JPN Shugo Fujii (Yakult Swallows) 53 JPN Ryota Igarashi (Yakult Swallows) 29 JPN Kei Igawa (Hanshin Tigers) 61 JPN Hirotoshi Ishii (Yakult Swallows) 48 JPN Hisashi Iwakuma (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 11 JPN Kenshin Kawakami (Chunichi Dragons) 30 JPN Masahide Kobayashi (Chiba Lotte Marines) 29 JPN Koji Mitsui (Seibu Lions) 19 JPN Shinji Mori (Seibu Lions) 39 JPN Yasuhiro Oyamada (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 19 JPN Koji Uehara (Yomiuri Giants) Catchers 10 JPN Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri Giants) 8 JPN Masaumi Shimizu (Chiba Lotte Marines) 7 JPN Motonobu Tanishige (Chunichi Dragons) Infielders 42 VEN Alex Cabrera (Seibu Lions) 7 JPN Makoto Imaoka (Hanshin Tigers) 5 JPN Takuro Ishii (Yokohama BayStars) 1 JPN Akinori Iwamura (Yakult Swallows) 9 JPN Hiroki Kokubo (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 7 JPN Kazuo Matsui (Seibu Lions) 5 JPN Norihiro Nakamura (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 2 JPN Michihiro Ogasawara (Nippon-Ham Fighters) Outfielders 1 JPN Kosuke Fukudome (Chunichi Dragons) 55 JPN Hideki Matsui (Yomiuri Giants) 9 JPN Takayuki Shimizu (Yomiuri Giants) 10 JPN Yoshitomo Tani (Orix Bluewave) 5 JPN Kazuhiro Wada (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 83 JPN Tatsunori Hara (Yomiuri Giants) 73 JPN Haruki Ihara (Seibu Lions) References Category:MLB Japan All-Star Series Category:2002 in Japanese sport Category:2002 in baseball