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MLB Japan All-Star Series
End-of-season tour of Japan made by an MLB All-Star team
End-of-season tour of Japan made by an MLB All-Star team
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | MLB Japan All-Star Series |
| native_name | 日米野球 |
| logo | File:MLB_Japan_All-Star_Series_Logo.png |
| logo_size | 200px |
| frequency | Irregularly |
| location | Japan |
| country | United States |
| Canada | |
| Japan | |
| first | 1986 |
| last | 2018 |
| participants | United StatesCanada MLB All-Stars |
| JPN NPB All-Stars (1986–2006) | |
| JPN Samurai Japan (2014– ) | |
| organised | Major League Baseball |
| Nippon Professional Baseball | |
| Japan national baseball team |
Canada Japan JPN NPB All-Stars (1986–2006) JPN Samurai Japan (2014– ) Nippon Professional Baseball Japan national baseball team
The MLB Japan All-Star Series is an irregular end-of-the-season tour of Japan made by an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1986, contested in a best-of format against the All-Stars from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) or recently as of 2014 their national team Samurai Japan (SJP).
The series has featured many great players, such as Nori Aoki, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr., Randy Johnson, Chase Utley, Ryan Howard, Hideki Matsui, Ichiro Suzuki, Shinnosuke Abe, David Ortiz, Sammy Sosa, Justin Morneau, Joe Mauer, David Wright, Jose Reyes, Jose Altuve, Robinson Canó and Manny Ramírez.
In the beginning of all games the American, Canadian and Japanese national anthems are all played. Games can end in a tie if it persists through 12 innings, just as in NPB rules.
List of series
MLB vs. NPB (1986–2006)
| Total | MLB 9–1 NPB | 48 Games | 20 Games | 7 Games | MLB 10–0 NPB |
|---|
MLB vs. SJP (2014, 2018)
The Japan All-Star Series was resumed in 2014 after an eight-year break. It was the outcome of discussions and attempts to realize the Global World Series. Katsuhiko Kumazaki, then the new Commissioner of NPB, decided to field the national team Samurai Japan, instead of a NPB All-Star line-up, for the 2014 series. Kumazaki saw in this series a big opportunity for the Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the 2017 World Baseball Classic. Samurai Japan won the best-of-five series by a margin of three games to two. Particularly noteworthy was a combined no-hitter by Samurai Japan in Game 3 as their pitchers shut out the MLB All-Stars 4–0.
On May 1, 2018, MLB announced that it would send again an All-Star team to tour Japan after the end of current season, with six games scheduled against the Japan national team from November 9 to 15.
| Total | MLB 0–2 SJP | 3 Games | 8 Games | 0 Games | MLB 0–1 SJP |
|---|
References
References
- "US-Japan Baseball 2014 Schedule (in japanese)". Sponichi.co.jp.
- Joey Nowak. (15 November 2014). "Perfect Norimoto leads combined no-no vs. MLB". MLB.com.
- (May 1, 2018). "Major League Baseball returns to Japan in 2018 and 2019". MLB.com.
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