Japan All-Star Series
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The Japan All-Star Series is a match-up of players from Major League Baseball against players from Nippon Pro Baseball. It was first played in 1986 and grew out of the tours by Major League teams in the previous fifty years.
[edit] Series Results
| Series | Winner | Results | Loser | Most Valuable Player | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Runs | Average | Home Runs | Team | Runs | Average | Home Runs | Player | Team | ||||||||
| 1986 | MLB | 59 | .284 | 19 | 6 - 1 - 0 | All-Japan | 21 | .242 | 2 | Tony Pena Sr. | MLB | ||||||
| 1988 | MLB | 38 | .268 | 7 | 3 - 2 - 2 | All-Japan | 24 | .212 | 3 | Barry Larkin | MLB | ||||||
| 1990 | All-Japan | 34 | .245 | 3 | 4 - 3 - 1 | MLB | 35 | .250 | 8 | Ken Griffey Jr. | MLB | ||||||
| 1992 | MLB | 49 | .258 | 15 | 6 - 1 - 1 | All-Japan | 25 | .203 | 4 | Mark Grace | MLB | ||||||
| 1996 | MLB | 46 | .301 | 11 | 4 - 2 - 2 | All-Japan | 38 | .256 | 3 | Steve Finley | MLB | ||||||
| 1998 | MLB | 44 | .290 | 11 | 5 - 2 - 0 | All-Japan | 24 | .219 | 1 | Sammy Sosa | MLB | ||||||
| 2000 | MLB | 42 | .284 | 9 | 5 - 2 - 1 | All-Japan | 37 | .301 | 2 | Barry Bonds | MLB | ||||||
| 2002 | MLB | 38 | .306 | 9 | 4 - 3 - 0 | All-Japan | 38 | .304 | 8 | Torii Hunter | MLB | ||||||
| 2004 | MLB | 35 | .262 | 9 | 5 - 3 - 0 | NPB | 21 | .221 | 1 | Vernon Wells | MLB | ||||||
| 2006 | MLB | 5-0-0 | NPB | Ryan Howard | MLB | ||||||||||||
