1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series

February 2015 MLB Japan All-Star 1998 MLB All-Stars (6) Mike Hargrove All-Japan (2) Shigeo Nagashima 1998 11 6 1998 11 15 Tokyo Dome Fukuoka Dome Osaka Dome Sammy Sosa (MLB All-Stars) 1996 2000 The 1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the sixth 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 6–2–0http://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 Sammy Sosa was named MVP. Results Exhibition日米野球　1998年 メジャーリーグ選抜チーム http://home.att.ne.jp/air/mlb/mlbnpb/1998mlbnpb.html MLB Score June 10, 2025 February 8, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200208203339/http://home.att.ne.jp:80/air/mlb/mlbnpb/1998mlbnpb.html dead Game Date Home team Score Away team Location 1 November 6 Yomiuri Giants 1-4 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome Championshiphttps://sabr.org/journal/article/the-1998-super-dome-all-star-series-in-japan/ The 1998 Super Dome All-Star Series in Japan Toney, Elias Society for American Baseball Research June 9, 2025 Game Date Home team Score Away team Location 1 November 7 All-Japan 1-8MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 2 November 8 MLB All-Stars 10–7All-Japan Tokyo Dome 3 November 10 All-Japan 6-2MLB All-Stars Fukuoka Dome 4 November 11 MLB All-Stars 0-1 All-Japan Osaka Dome 5 November 12 All-Japan 0-2 MLB All-Stars Osaka Dome 6 November 14MLB All-Stars 9-0 All-Japan Tokyo Dome 7 November 15 All-Japan 8-9 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers 32 USA Rick Helling - (Texas Rangers) 22 USA Al Leiter - (New York Mets) 34 USA Kevin Millwood - (Atlanta Braves) 50 USA Jamie Moyer - (Seattle Mariners) 40 USA Brett Tomko - (Cincinnati Reds) 38 USA Curt Schilling - (Philadelphia Phillies) 36 USA Tom Gordon - (Boston Red Sox) 51 USA Trevor Hoffman - (San Diego Padres) 42 USA Mike Jackson - (Cleveland Indians) 19 USA Dan Plesac - (Toronto Blue Jays) 41 VEN Ugueth Urbina - (Montreal Expos) 13 USA Billy Wagner - (Houston Astros) Catchers 18 USA Jason Kendall - (Pittsburgh Pirates) 08 PUR Javy López - (Atlanta Braves) Infielders 16 USA Jason Giambi - (Oakland Athletics) 25 PUR Carlos Delgado - (Toronto Blue Jays) 09 USA Damion Easley - (Detroit Tigers) 01 USA Fernando Viña - (Milwaukee Brewers) 05 USA Nomar Garciaparra - (Boston Red Sox) 10 CUB Rey Ordóñez - (New York Mets) 09 MEX Vinny Castilla - (Colorado Rockies) 17 USA B.J. Surhoff - (Baltimore Orioles) Oufielders 21 DOM Sammy Sosa - (Chicago Cubs) 24 DOM Manny Ramirez - (Cleveland Indians) 23 USA Greg Vaughn - (San Diego Padres) 25 CUR Andruw Jones - (Atlanta Braves) 22 JAM Devon White - (Arizona Diamondbacks) 16 USA Garret Anderson - (Anaheim Angels) Coaching Staff 30 USA Mike Hargrove - (Cleveland Indians) 25 USA Rich Dauer - (Kansas City Royals) 54 USA Leo Mazzone - (Atlanta Braves) 04 CUB Cookie Rojas - (New York Mets) NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers 11 JPN Kenshin Kawakami - (Chunichi Dragons) 17 JPN Kenjiro Kawasaki - (Yakult Swallows) 19 JPN Tetsuro Kawajiri - (Hanshin Tigers) 29 JPN Kanei Kobayashi - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 16 JPN Kazuhisa Ishii - (Yakult Swallows) 47 JPN Shigeki Noguchi - (Chunichi Dragons) 14 JPN Takashi Ishii - (Seibu Lions) 11 JPN Akinori Otsuka - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) 17 JPN Kazuhiro Takeda - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 38 JPN Tatsuji Nishimura - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 14 JPN Satoru Komiyama - (Chiba Lotte Marines) Catchers 27 JPN Atsuya Furuta - (Yakult Swallows) 8 JPN Motonobu Tanishige - (Yokohama BayStars) 54 JPN Toshihiro Noguchi - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) Infielders 5 JPN Kazuhiro Kiyohara - (Yomiuri Giants) 8 JPN Toshihisa Nishi - (Yomiuri Giants) 33 JPN Akira Eto - (Yomiuri Giants) 8 JPN Atsushi Kataoka - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) 3 JPN Norihiro Nakamura - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) 7 JPN Kazuo Matsui - (Seibu Lions) 5 JPN Takuro Ishii - (Yokohama BayStars) 7 JPN Makoto Imaoka - (Hanshin Tigers) Oufielders 55 JPN Hideki Matsui - (Yomiuri Giants) 24 JPN Yoshinobu Takahashi - (Yomiuri Giants) 7 JPN Takanori Suzuki - (Yokohama BayStars) 7 JPN Naoyuki Ohmura - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) 51 JPN Ichiro Suzuki - (Orix BlueWave) 49 JPN Mitsuchika Hirai - (Chiba Lotte Marines) Coaching Staff 33 JPN Shigeo Nagashima - (Yomiuri Giants) 89 JPN Sadaharu Oh - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) References Category:MLB Japan All-Star Series Category:1998 in Japanese sport Category:1998 in baseball