1998 MLB Japan All-Star Series

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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.

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

This is the first - and as of 2014, the only series that was solely held at the Tokyo Dome

Results

Championship

Game	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1	MLB All-Stars	04-01	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
2	MLB All-Stars	08-01	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
3	MLB All-Stars	10-07	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
4	All-Japan	06-02	MLB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
5	All-Japan	01-00	MLB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
6	MLB All-Stars	02-00	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
7	MLB All-Stars	09-00	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome
8	MLB All-Stars	09-08	All-Japan	Tokyo Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

Pitchers

32 Rick Helling - (Texas Rangers)
22 Al Leiter - (New York Mets)
34 Kevin Millwood - (Atlanta Braves)
50 Jamie Moyer - (Seattle Mariners)
40 Brett Tomko - (Cincinnati Reds)
38 Curt Schilling - (Philadelphia Phillies)
36 Tom Gordon - (Boston Red Sox)
51 Trevor Hoffman - (San Diego Padres)
42 Mike Jackson - (Cleveland Indians)
19 Dan Plesac - (Toronto Blue Jays)
41 Ugueth Urbina - (Montreal Expos)
13 Billy Wagner - (Houston Astros)

Catchers

18 Jason Kendall - (Pittsburgh Pirates)
08 Javy López - (Atlanta Braves)

Infielders

Oufielders

Coaching Staff

30 Mike Hargrove - (Cleveland Indians)
25 Rich Dauer - (Kansas City Royals)
54 Leo Mazzone - (Atlanta Braves)
04 Cookie Rojas - (New York Mets)

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

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References

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

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MLB v SJP	2014 2018

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