1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series

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1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series
Team (Wins) Managers
MLB All-Stars (6) Mike Hargrove
All-Japan (2) Shigeo Nagashima
DatesNovember 6–15, 1998 (1998-11-06 1998-11-15)
Venues
MVP Sammy Sosa (MLB All-Stars)
  1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series 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.

Contents

MLB won the series by 6–2–0 [1] and Sammy Sosa was named MVP.

Results

Exhibition [2]

GameDateHome teamScoreAway teamLocation
1November 6 Yomiuri Giants 1-4 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome

Championship [3]

GameDateHome teamScoreAway teamLocation
1November 7 All-Japan 1-8 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome
2November 8 MLB All-Stars 10–7 All-Japan Tokyo Dome
3November 10 All-Japan 6-2 MLB All-Stars Fukuoka Dome
4November 11 MLB All-Stars 0-1 All-Japan Osaka Dome
5November 12 All-Japan 0-2 MLB All-Stars Osaka Dome
6November 14 MLB All-Stars 9-0

All-Japan

Tokyo Dome
7November 15 All-Japan 8-9 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

 

Oufielders

Coaching Staff

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

Pitchers

 

Catchers

Infielders

 

Oufielders

Coaching Staff

References

  1. "MLB Japan All-Star Series 1986-2004". MLB.com. Retrieved June 30, 2014.
  2. "日米野球 1998年 メジャーリーグ選抜チーム". MLB Score. Archived from the original on February 8, 2020. Retrieved June 10, 2025.
  3. Toney, Elias. "The 1998 Super Dome All-Star Series in Japan". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved June 9, 2025.