The 1996 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the fifth 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 4–2–2 and Steve Finley was named MVP.
Results Championship Game Winning team Score Losing team Location 1 All-Japan 06-05 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 2 MLB All-Stars 06-01 All-Japan Tokyo Dome 3 MLB All-Stars 04-02 All-Japan Tokyo Dome 4 MLB All-Stars 02-01 All-Japan Seibu Lions Stadium 5 Tie 06-06 Tie Tokyo Dome 6 MLB All-Stars 11-08 All-Japan Koshien Stadium 7 All-Japan 06-04 MLB All-Stars Yokohama Stadium 8 Tie 08-08 Tie Tokyo Dome
Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers - (Toronto Blue Jays) - (Montreal Expos) - (Atlanta Braves) - (Los Angeles Dodgers) - (Houston Astros) - (Cincinnati Reds) - (New York Mets) - (Cleveland Indians) - (California Angels) Catchers - (Los Angeles Dodgers) - (Texas Rangers) - (St. Louis Cardinals) Infielders - (Colorado Rockies) - (Cleveland Indians) - (Minnesota Twins) - (Colorado Rockies) - (Seattle Mariners) - (Baltimore Orioles) - (Chicago White Sox) - (Milwaukee Brewers) Oufielders - (San Francisco Giants) - (Baltimore Orioles) - (Florida Marlins) - (Texas Rangers) - (Atlanta Braves) - (San Diego Padres) Coaching Staff - (San Francisco Giants) - (Oakland Athletics) - (Minnesota Twins) - (Colorado Rockies)
NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers - (Seibu Lions) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Hanshin Tigers) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) - (Orix BlueWave) - (Chiba Lotte Marines) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Chiba Lotte Marines) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Yakult Swallows) - (Yakult Swallows) - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Yokohama BayStars) Catchers - (Yakult Swallows) - (Seibu Lions) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) Infielders - (Seibu Lions) - (Seibu Lions) - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Hanshin Tigers) - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yakult Swallows) Oufielders - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Orix BlueWave) - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Hanshin Tigers) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yokohama BayStars) Coaching Staff
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