# 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the ninth edition of the championship, a best-of-eight series between the All-Star teams from Major League Baseball (MLB) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
MLB won the series by 5–3–0 and Vernon Wells was named MVP.

## Results

Championship
| Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
| 1 | MLB All-Stars | 07-02 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 2 | MLB All-Stars | 05-03 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 3 | MLB All-Stars | 07-03 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 4 | MLB All-Stars | 07-02 | NPB All-Stars | Fukuoka Dome |
| 5 | NPB All-Stars | 03-01 | MLB All-Stars | Osaka Dome |
| 6 | NPB All-Stars | 05-01 | MLB All-Stars | Sapporo Dome |
| 7 | NPB All-Stars | 03-02 | MLB All-Stars | Nagoya Dome |
| 8 | MLB All-Stars | 05-00 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |

## Rosters
### MLB All-Stars roster

| Pitchers 40 Kiko Calero (St. Louis Cardinals) 22 Roger Clemens (Houston Astros) 17 Kazuhisa Ishii (Los Angeles Dodgers) 56 Ray King (St. Louis Cardinals) 38 Scott Linebrink (San Diego Padres) 49 Kyle Lohse (Minnesota Twins) 21 Jason Marquis (St. Louis Cardinals) 16 Akinori Otsuka (San Diego Padres) 44 Jake Peavy (San Diego Padres) 18 Mark Redman (Oakland Athletics) 37 Chris Reitsma (Atlanta Braves) 57 Francisco Rodriguez (Anaheim Angels) 62 Scot Shields (Anaheim Angels) 35 Dontrelle Willis (Florida Marlins) | Catchers 23 Johnny Estrada (Atlanta Braves) 41 Victor Martinez (Cleveland Indians) Infielders 09 Hank Blalock (Texas Rangers) 13 Alex Cora (Los Angeles Dodgers) 22 Marcus Giles (Atlanta Braves) 34 David Ortiz (Boston Red Sox) 02 Jack Wilson (Pittsburgh Pirates) 10 Michael Young (Texas Rangers) | Oufielders 18 Moisés Alou (Chicago Cubs) 24 Miguel Cabrera (Florida Marlins) 13 Carl Crawford (Tampa Bay Devil Rays) 24 Manny Ramirez (Boston Red Sox) 10 Vernon Wells (Toronto Blue Jays) 06 Brad Wilkerson (Montreal Expos) Coaching Staff 15 Bruce Bochy (San Diego Padres) 48 Jim Colborn (Los Angeles Dodgers) 39 Pat Corrales (Atlanta Braves) 28 Bill Robinson (Florida Marlins) |

### NPB All-Stars roster

| Pitchers 18 Nagisa Arakaki (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 53 Ryota Igarashi (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 29 Kei Igawa (Hanshin Tigers) 61 Hirotoshi Ishii (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 17 Takeharu Kato (Yokohama BayStars) 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi (Chiba Lotte Marines) 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka (Seibu Lions) 57 Koji Mise (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 21 Hisashi Iwakuma (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 19 Koji Uehara (Yomiuri Giants) 31 Shunsuke Watanabe (Chiba Lotte Marines) 18 Kazuo Yamaguchi (Orix BlueWave) 99 Yukiya Yokoyama (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) | Catchers 10 Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri Giants) 27 Atsuya Furuta (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 02 Kenji Johjima (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) Infielders 09 Kazuya Fukuura (Chiba Lotte Marines) 06 Hirokazu Ibata (Chunichi Dragons) 07 Makoto Imaoka (Hanshin Tigers) 01 Akinori Iwamura (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 03 Hiroyuki Nakajima (Seibu Lions) 08 Toshihisa Nishi (Yomiuri Giants) 02 Michihiro Ogasawara (Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) | Outfielders 53 Norihiro Akahoshi (Hanshin Tigers) 26 Takahiro Saeki (Yokohama BayStars) 55 Shigenobu Shima (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 08 Hitoshi Tamura (Yokohama BayStars) 05 Kazuhiro Wada (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 80 Sadaharu Oh (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 87 Takao Obana (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 69 Hiromasa Arai (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) |