1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series

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 6–1–0 ^[1] 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. ^[2]

Results

Results by game ^[2]

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 Jack Morris (Detroit Tigers) 33 Mike Scott (Houston Astros) 49 Teddy Higuera (Milwaukee Brewers) 39 Mike Witt (California Angels) 29 Rick Rhoden (Pittsburgh Pirates) 41 Jeff Reardon (Montreal Expos) 21 Willie Hernández (Detroit Tigers) 31 John Franco (Cincinnati Reds) 27 Greg Harris (Texas Rangers)

Catchers 06 Tony Peña (Pittsburgh Pirates) 10 Rich Gedman (Boston Red Sox) Infielders 21 Wally Joyner (California Angels) 27 Glenn Davis (Houston Astros) 23 Ryne Sandberg (Chicago Cubs) 01 Ozzie Smith (St. Louis Cardinals) 08 Cal Ripken Jr. (Baltimore Orioles) 26 Brook Jacoby (Cleveland Indians) 20 Frank White (Kansas City Royals) 25 Buddy Bell (Cincinnati Reds)

Oufielders 19 Tony Gwynn (San Diego Padres) 03 Dale Murphy (Atlanta Braves) 29 Jesse Barfield (Toronto Blue Jays) 33 Jose Canseco (Oakland Athletics) 09 Von Hayes (Philadelphia Phillies) Coaching Staff 05 Davey Johnson (New York Mets) 02 Bobby Valentine (Texas Rangers) 30 Mel Stottlemyre (New York Mets)

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

Pitchers 17 Hiromi Makihara (Yomiuri Giants) 13 Yoshiaki Ishimoto (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 41 Hisanobu Watanabe (Seibu Lions) 11 Yoshinori Sato (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 19 Kiyooki Nakanishi (Hanshin Tigers) 20 Manabu Kitabeppu (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 34 Tatsuo Komatsu (Chinuchi Dragons) 37 Hiroshi Tsuno (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 13 Yasumitsu Shibata (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 30 Suguru Egawa (Yomiuri Giants) 11 Tsuneo Horii (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) 17 Akio Saito (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) 47 Kimiyasu Kudō (Seibu Lions) 34 Hikaru Takano (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 18 Taigen Kaku (Seibu Lions) 31 Katsuhito Mizuno (Yomiuri Giants) 14 Tsunemi Tsuda (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 34 Nobuyuki Hoshino (Hanshin Tigers) 24 Yutaka Ono (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 15 Katsuo Soh (Chiba Lotte Orions)

Catchers 22 Fujio Tamura (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 15 Kazuhiro Yamakura (Yomiuri Giants) Infielders 06 Hiromitsu Ochiai (Chiba Lotte Orions) 16 Akinobu Okada (Hanshin Tigers) 08 Hiromi Matsunaga (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 02 Yoshihiko Takahashi (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 07 Hiromichi Ishige (Seibu Lions) 24 Kiyoshi Nakahata (Yomiuri Giants) 04 Daijiro Oishi (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 05 Hatsuhiko Tsuji (Seibu Lions) 03 Yutaka Takagi (Yokohama Taiyo Whales)

Oufielders 02 Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 24 Koji Akiyama (Seibu Lions) 29 Kazunori Yamamoto (Fukuoka Nankai Hawks) 26 Eiji Kanamori (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 61 Sadao Kondoh (Yokohama Taiyo Whales)

References

1. "MLB Japan All-Star Series 1986-2004". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
2. Forr, James (November 30, 2023). "Baseball from Mars: The 1986 Super Major Series". Society for American Baseball Research . Retrieved March 14, 2025.