2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series explained

The 2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the tenth edition of the championship, a best-of-five series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). After the 2006 championship, the series became defunct.^[1]

MLB won the series by 5–0–0^[2] and Ryan Howard was named MVP.

Results

Championship

Game	Winning Team	Score	Losing Team	Location
1	MLB All-Stars	03-02	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
2	MLB All-Stars	08-06	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
3	MLB All-Stars	11-04	NPB All-Stars	Tokyo Dome
4	MLB All-Stars	07-02	NPB All-Stars	Osaka Dome
5	MLB All-Stars	05-03	NPB All-Stars	Fukuoka Dome

Rosters

MLB All-Stars roster

MLB All-Stars roster
Active roster				Coaches/Other
Pitchers (CIN) (BAL) (MIL) (COL) (SD) (COL) (LAA) (NYM) (NYY) (MIN) (LAA) (SD)		Catchers (SEA) (MIN) (WSH) Infielders (LAD) (PHI) (CWS) (TOR) (NYM) (PHI) (NYM) Outfielders (CWS) (LAA) (MIL) (ATL) (CHC)		Manager (SD) Coaches (NYM) (NYM) (PHI) (OAK)

NPB All-Stars roster

Pitchers (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) (Chiba Lotte Marines) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Yomiuri Giants) (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) (Hanshin Tigers) (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Seibu Lions) (Seibu Lions) (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)

Catchers (Yomiuri Giants) (Chiba Lotte Marines) (Orix Buffaloes) Infielders (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Hanshin Tigers) (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) (Yomiuri Giants) (Yomiuri Giants) (Chiba Lotte Marines) (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)

Outfielders (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) (Yokohama BayStars) (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) (Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) Coaching Staff (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles) (Chunichi Dragons) (Yomiuri Giants) (Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles)

External links

• Web site: イオン日米野球2006 . NPB.jp 日本野球機構 . Japanese .

Notes and References

1. Web site: かつては隔年開催も…日米野球は"不要"なのか . Baseball King . Japanese . November 16, 2006. December 4, 2016.
2. Web site: 2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series (in japanese). NPB.or.jp. January 1, 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140108101125/http://www.npb.or.jp/japanus/index.html. January 8, 2014. dead. mdy-all.