1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series

July 2014 The 1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series, also known as the Super Major Series, was the first edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-seven 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 6–1–0http://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 Tony Peña was named MVP. The games were played in November 1986 after 19 months of negotiations between MLB and NPB; most of the MLB roster was drawn from the selections for the 1986 MLB All-Star Game, while the NPB chose Japanese players rather than Americans who played for Japanese teams.Forr James November 30, 2023 Baseball from Mars: The 1986 Super Major Series https://sabr.org/journal/article/baseball-from-mars-the-1986-super-major-series/ Society for American Baseball Research March 14, 2025 Results + Results by game Game Winning team Score Losing team Location 1 MLB All-Stars 6–3 All-Japan Korakuen Stadium 2 MLB All-Stars 9–2 All-Japan Lions Stadium 3 MLB All-Stars 3–0 All-Japan Korakuen Stadium 4 MLB All-Stars 13–3 All-Japan Heiwadai Stadium 5 All-Japan 6–4 MLB All-Stars Osaka Stadium 6 MLB All-Stars 15–3 All-Japan Korakuen Stadium 7 MLB All-Stars 9–4 All-Japan Korakuen Stadium Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers 47 USA Jack Morris (Detroit Tigers) 33 USA Mike Scott (Houston Astros) 49 MEX Teddy Higuera (Milwaukee Brewers) 39 USA Mike Witt (California Angels) 29 USA Rick Rhoden (Pittsburgh Pirates) 41 USA Jeff Reardon (Montreal Expos) 21 PUR Willie Hernández (Detroit Tigers) 31 USA John Franco (Cincinnati Reds) 27 USA Greg Harris (Texas Rangers) Catchers 06 DOM Tony Peña (Pittsburgh Pirates) 10 USA Rich Gedman (Boston Red Sox) Infielders 21 USA Wally Joyner (California Angels) 27 USA Glenn Davis (Houston Astros) 23 USA Ryne Sandberg (Chicago Cubs) 01 USA Ozzie Smith (St. Louis Cardinals) 08 USA Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore Orioles) 26 USA Brook Jacoby (Cleveland Indians) 20 USA Frank White (Kansas City Royals) 25 USA Buddy Bell (Cincinnati Reds) Oufielders 19 USA Tony Gwynn (San Diego Padres) 03 USA Dale Murphy (Atlanta Braves) 29 USA Jesse Barfield (Toronto Blue Jays) 33 CUB Jose Canseco (Oakland Athletics) 09 USA Von Hayes (Philadelphia Phillies) Coaching Staff 05 USA Davey Johnson (New York Mets) 02 USA Bobby Valentine (Texas Rangers) 30 USA Mel Stottlemyre (New York Mets) NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers 17 JPN Hiromi Makihara (Yomiuri Giants) 13 JPN Yoshiaki Ishimoto (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 41 JPN Hisanobu Watanabe (Seibu Lions) 11 JPN Yoshinori Sato (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 19 JPN Kiyooki Nakanishi (Hanshin Tigers) 20 JPN Manabu Kitabeppu (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 34 JPN Tatsuo Komatsu (Chinuchi Dragons) 37 JPN Hiroshi Tsuno (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 13 JPN Yasumitsu Shibata (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 30 JPN Suguru Egawa (Yomiuri Giants) 11 JPN Tsuneo Horii (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) 17 JPN Akio Saito (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) 47 JPN Kimiyasu Kudō (Seibu Lions) 34 JPN Hikaru Takano (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 18 JPN Taigen Kaku (Seibu Lions) 31 JPN Katsuhito Mizuno (Yomiuri Giants) 14 JPN Tsunemi Tsuda (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 34 JPN Nobuyuki Hoshino (Hanshin Tigers) 24 JPN Yutaka Ono (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 15 JPN Katsuo Soh (Chiba Lotte Orions) Catchers 22 JPN Fujio Tamura (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 15 JPN Kazuhiro Yamakura (Yomiuri Giants) Infielders 06 JPN Hiromitsu Ochiai (Chiba Lotte Orions) 16 JPN Akinobu Okada (Hanshin Tigers) 08 JPN Hiromi Matsunaga (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 02 JPN Yoshihiko Takahashi (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 07 JPN Hiromichi Ishige (Seibu Lions) 24 JPN Kiyoshi Nakahata (Yomiuri Giants) 04 JPN Daijiro Oishi (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 05 JPN Hatsuhiko Tsuji (Seibu Lions) 03 JPN Yutaka Takagi (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) Oufielders 02 JPN Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 24 JPN Koji Akiyama (Seibu Lions) 29 JPN Kazunori Yamamoto (Fukuoka Nankai Hawks) 26 JPN Eiji Kanamori (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 61 JPN Sadao Kondoh (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) References Category:MLB Japan All-Star Series Category:1986 in baseball Category:1986 in Japanese sport