1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series, also known as the Super Major Series, was the first edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-seven 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 6–1–0^[1] and Tony Peña was named MVP. The games were played in November 1986 after 19 months of negotiations between MLB and NPB; most of the MLB roster was drawn from the selections for the 1986 MLB All-Star Game, while the NPB chose Japanese players rather than Americans who played for Japanese teams.^[2]

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Game	Winning team	Score	Losing team	Location
1	MLB All-Stars	6–3	All-Japan	Korakuen Stadium
2	MLB All-Stars	9–2	All-Japan	Lions Stadium
3	MLB All-Stars	3–0	All-Japan	Korakuen Stadium
4	MLB All-Stars	13–3	All-Japan	Heiwadai Stadium
5	All-Japan	6–4	MLB All-Stars	Osaka Stadium
6	MLB All-Stars	15–3	All-Japan	Korakuen Stadium
7	MLB All-Stars	9–4	All-Japan	Korakuen Stadium

1986 MLB Japan All-Star Series

Results

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster

References

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