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 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.
Results + Results by game 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
Rosters MLB All-Stars roster Pitchers (Detroit Tigers) (Houston Astros) (Milwaukee Brewers) (California Angels) (Pittsburgh Pirates) (Montreal Expos) (Detroit Tigers) (Cincinnati Reds) (Texas Rangers) Catchers (Pittsburgh Pirates) (Boston Red Sox) Infielders (California Angels) (Houston Astros) (Chicago Cubs) (St. Louis Cardinals) (Baltimore Orioles) (Cleveland Indians) (Kansas City Royals) (Cincinnati Reds) Oufielders (San Diego Padres) (Atlanta Braves) (Toronto Blue Jays) (Oakland Athletics) (Philadelphia Phillies) Coaching Staff (New York Mets) (Texas Rangers) (New York Mets)
NPB All-Stars (All-Japan) roster Pitchers (Yomiuri Giants) (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) (Seibu Lions) (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) (Hanshin Tigers) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Chinuchi Dragons) (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Yomiuri Giants) (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) (Seibu Lions) (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) (Seibu Lions) (Yomiuri Giants) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Hanshin Tigers) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Chiba Lotte Orions) Catchers (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) (Yomiuri Giants) Infielders (Chiba Lotte Orions) (Hanshin Tigers) (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Seibu Lions) (Yomiuri Giants) (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) (Seibu Lions) (Yokohama Taiyo Whales) Oufielders (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) (Seibu Lions) (Fukuoka Nankai Hawks) (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff (Yokohama Taiyo Whales)
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