1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the fifth 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 4–2–2 ^[1] and Steve Finley was named MVP.

Results

Championship

Game	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1	All-Japan	06-05	MLB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
2	MLB All-Stars	06-01	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
3	MLB All-Stars	04-02	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
4	MLB All-Stars	02-01	All-Japan	Seibu Lions Stadium
5	Tie	06-06	Tie	Tokyo Dome
6	MLB All-Stars	11-08	All-Japan	Koshien Stadium
7	All-Japan	06-04	MLB All-Stars	Yokohama Stadium
8	Tie	08-08	Tie	Tokyo Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

Pitchers 41 Pat Hentgen - (Toronto Blue Jays) 45 Pedro Martínez - (Montreal Expos) 15 Denny Neagle - (Atlanta Braves) 16 Hideo Nomo - (Los Angeles Dodgers) 37 Shane Reynolds - (Houston Astros) 45 Jeff Brantley - (Cincinnati Reds) 31 John Franco - (New York Mets) 49 José Mesa - (Cleveland Indians) 40 Troy Percival - (California Angels)

Catchers 31 Mike Piazza - (Los Angeles Dodgers) 07 Iván Rodríguez - (Texas Rangers) 19 Tom Pagnozzi - (St. Louis Cardinals) Infielders 14 Andres Galarraga - (Colorado Rockies) 20 Julio Franco - (Cleveland Indians) 11 Chuck Knoblauch - (Minnesota Twins) 21 Eric Young - (Colorado Rockies) 03 Alex Rodriguez - (Seattle Mariners) 08 Cal Ripken Jr. - (Baltimore Orioles) 23 Robin Ventura - (Chicago White Sox) 26 Jeff Cirillo - (Milwaukee Brewers)

Oufielders 25 Barry Bonds - (San Francisco Giants) 09 Brady Anderson - (Baltimore Orioles) 10 Gary Sheffield - (Florida Marlins) 19 Juan González - (Texas Rangers) 09 Marquis Grissom - (Atlanta Braves) 12 Steve Finley - (San Diego Padres) Coaching Staff 12 Dusty Baker - (San Francisco Giants) 18 Art Howe - (Oakland Athletics) 42 Dick Such - (Minnesota Twins) 25 Don Baylor - (Colorado Rockies)

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

Pitchers 13 Fumiya Nishiguchi - (Seibu Lions) 19 Masao Kida - (Yomiuri Giants) 41 Tetsuro Kawajiri - (Hanshin Tigers) 41 Masaki Saito - (Yomiuri Giants) 18 Shinji Sasaoka - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 19 Motoyuki Akahori - (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 34 Nobuyuki Hoshino - (Hanshin Tigers) 27 Yasuyuki Kawamoto - (Chiba Lotte Marines) 22 Kazuhiro Sasaki - (Yokohama BayStars) 47 Shigeki Noguchi - (Chunichi Dragons) 14 Satoru Komiyama - (Chiba Lotte Marines) 21 Hiroki Nomura - (Yokohama BayStars) 20 Keiji Kimura - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 22 Shinjo Takatsu - (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 39 Kazuya Tabata - (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 14 Shigeki Sano - (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 15 Masao Fujii - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 12 Iori Sekiguchi - (Yokohama BayStars)

Catchers 27 Atsuya Furuta - (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 27 Tsutomu Ito - (Seibu Lions) 08 Motonobu Tanishige - (Yokohama BayStars) 32 Shuji Nishiyama - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Infielders 03 Kazuhiro Kiyohara - (Seibu Lions) 07 Kazuo Matsui - (Seibu Lions) 22 Takeshi Yamasaki - (Chunichi Dragons) 06 Yutaka Wada - (Hanshin Tigers) 03 Kazuyoshi Tatsunami - (Chunichi Dragons) 55 Yasuaki Taiho - ([Chunichi Dragons) 08 Atsushi Kataoka - (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 00 Takuro Ishii - (Yokohama BayStars) 09 Hiroki Kokubo - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 06 Yukio Tanaka - (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) 10 Norihiro Komada - (Yokohama BayStars) 00 Chihiro Hamana - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 08 Toshihisa Nishi - (Yomiuri Giants) 55 Noriyoshi Omichi - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 00 Masahiro Kawai - (Yomiuri Giants) 05 Katsuyuki Dobashi - (Tokyo Yakult Swallows)

Oufielders 55 Hideki Matsui - (Yomiuri Giants) 51 Ichiro Suzuki - (Orix BlueWave) 09 Koichi Ogata - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 23 Arihito Muramatsu - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 24 Shinjiro Hiyama - (Hanshin Tigers) 09 Takayuki Shimizu - (Yomiuri Giants) 07 Takanori Suzuki - (Yokohama BayStars) Coaching Staff

References

1. "MLB Japan All-Star Series 1986-2004". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.