2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the ninth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

MLB won the series by 5–3–0^[1] and Vernon Wells was named MVP.

Results

Championship

Game	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1	MLB All-Stars	07-02	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
2	MLB All-Stars	05-03	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
3	MLB All-Stars	07-03	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
4	MLB All-Stars	07-02	NPB All-Stars	Fukuoka Dome
5	NPB All-Stars	03-01	MLB All-Stars	Osaka Dome
6	NPB All-Stars	05-01	MLB All-Stars	Sapporo Dome
7	NPB All-Stars	03-02	MLB All-Stars	Nagoya Dome
8	MLB All-Stars	05-00	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

Pitchers 40 Kiko Calero 22 Roger Clemens 17 Kazuhisa Ishii 56 Ray King 38 Scott Linebrink 49 Kyle Lohse 21 Jason Marquis 16 Akinori Otsuka 44 Jake Peavy 18 Mark Redman 37 Chris Reitsma 57 Francisco Rodriguez 62 Scot Shields 35 Dontrelle Willis

Catchers 23 Johnny Estrada 41 Victor Martinez Infielders 09 Hank Blalock 13 Alex Cora 22 Marcus Giles 34 David Ortiz 02 Jack Wilson 10 Michael Young

Oufielders 18 Moises Alou 24 Miguel Cabrera 13 Carl Crawford 24 Manny Ramirez 10 Vernon Wells 06 Brad Wilkerson Coaching Staff 15 Bruce Bochy 48 Jim Colborn 39 Pat Corrales 28 Bill Robinson

NPB All-Stars roster

Pitchers 18 Nagisa Arakaki 53 Ryota Igarashi 29 Kei Igawa 61 Hirotoshi Ishii 17 Takeharu Kato 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 57 Koji Mise 19 Koji Uehara 31 Shunsuke Watanabe 18 Kazuo Yamaguchi 99 Yukiya Yokoyama

Catchers 10 Shinnosuke Abe 27 Atsuya Furuta 02 Kenji Johjima Infielders 09 Kazuya Fukuura 06 Hirokazu Ibata 07 Makoto Imaoka 01 Akinori Iwamura 03 Hiroyuki Nakajima 08 Toshihisa Nishi 02 Michihiro Ogasawara

Outfielders 53 Norihiro Akahoshi 26 Takahiro Saeki 55 Shigenobu Shima 08 Hitoshi Tamura 05 Kazuhiro Wada Coaching Staff 80 Sadaharu Oh 87 Takao Obana 69 Hiromasa Arai

References

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