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 and Sammy Sosa was named MVP.
Results Exhibition
Game Date Home team Score Away team Location 1 November 6 Yomiuri Giants 1-4 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome
Championship Game Date Home team Score Away team Location 1 November 7 All-Japan 1-8MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome 2 November 8 MLB All-Stars 10–7All-Japan Tokyo Dome 3 November 10 All-Japan 6-2MLB All-Stars Fukuoka Dome 4 November 11 MLB All-Stars 0-1 All-Japan Osaka Dome 5 November 12 All-Japan 0-2 MLB All-Stars Osaka Dome 6 November 14MLB All-Stars 9-0 All-Japan Tokyo Dome 7 November 15 All-Japan 8-9 MLB All-Stars Tokyo Dome
Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers - (Texas Rangers) - (New York Mets) - (Atlanta Braves) - (Seattle Mariners) - (Cincinnati Reds) - (Philadelphia Phillies) - (Boston Red Sox) - (San Diego Padres) - (Cleveland Indians) - (Toronto Blue Jays) - (Montreal Expos) - (Houston Astros) Catchers - (Pittsburgh Pirates) - (Atlanta Braves) Infielders - (Oakland Athletics) - (Toronto Blue Jays) - (Detroit Tigers) - (Milwaukee Brewers) - (Boston Red Sox) - (New York Mets) - (Colorado Rockies) - (Baltimore Orioles) Oufielders - (Chicago Cubs) - (Cleveland Indians) - (San Diego Padres) - (Atlanta Braves) - (Arizona Diamondbacks) - (Anaheim Angels) Coaching Staff - (Cleveland Indians) - (Kansas City Royals) - (Atlanta Braves) - (New York Mets)
NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Yakult Swallows) - (Hanshin Tigers) - (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) - (Yakult Swallows) - (Chunichi Dragons) - (Seibu Lions) - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) - (Chiba Lotte Marines) Catchers - (Yakult Swallows) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) Infielders - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Nippon-Ham Fighters) - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) - (Seibu Lions) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Hanshin Tigers) Oufielders - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Yokohama BayStars) - (Kintetsu Buffaloes) - (Orix BlueWave) - (Chiba Lotte Marines) Coaching Staff - (Yomiuri Giants) - (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks)
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