# 2002 MLB Japan All-Star Series

The 2002 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eighth 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 Torii Hunter was named MVP.

## Results

Championship
| Game | Winning Team | Score | Losing Team | Location |
| 1 | MLB All-Stars | 8-1 | NPB Giants | Tokyo Dome |
| 2 | NPB All-Stars | 8-4 | MLB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 3 | NPB All-Stars | 8-2 | MLB All-Stars | Fukuoka Dome |
| 4 | NPB All-Stars | 8-6 | MLB All-Stars | Osaka Dome |
| 5 | MLB All-Stars | 6-5 | NPB All-Stars | Sapporo Dome |
| 6 | MLB All-Stars | 4-0 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 7 | MLB All-Stars | 12-7 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |
| 8 | MLB All-Stars | 4-2 | NPB All-Stars | Tokyo Dome |

## Rosters
### MLB All-Stars roster

| Pitchers 43 Miguel Batista (Arizona Diamondbacks) 56 Mark Buehrle (Chicago White Sox) 40 Bartolo Colón (Montreal Expos) 39 Mike Fetters (Arizona Diamondbacks) 38 Éric Gagné (Los Angeles Dodgers) 50 Brian Lawrence (San Diego Padres) 13 Rodrigo López (Baltimore Orioles) 24 Tomo Ohka (Montreal Expos) 31 Brad Penny (Florida Marlins) 33 J. C. Romero (Minnesota Twins) 60 Scott Schoeneweis (Anaheim Angels) 43 Randy Wolf (Philadelphia Phillies) | Catchers 16 Paul Lo Duca (Los Angeles Dodgers) 26 A. J. Pierzynski (Minnesota Twins) Infielders 12 Roberto Alomar (New York Mets) 03 Eric Chávez (Oakland Athletics) 22 David Eckstein (Anaheim Angels) 25 Jason Giambi (New York Yankees) 11 Eric Hinske (Toronto Blue Jays) 25 Derrek Lee (Florida Marlins) 11 Jimmy Rollins (Philadelphia Phillies) 37 Junior Spivey (Arizona Diamondbacks) | Oufielders 25 Barry Bonds (San Francisco Giants) 05 Pat Burrell (Philadelphia Phillies) 48 Torii Hunter (Minnesota Twins) 11 Jacque Jones (Minnesota Twins) 51 Ichiro Suzuki (Seattle Mariners) 51 Bernie Williams (New York Yankees) Coaching Staff 18 Art Howe (New York Mets) 02 Sandy Alomar Sr. (Colorado Rockies) 08 Rudy Jaramillo (Texas Rangers) 36 Rick Peterson (Oakland Athletics) |

### NPB All-Stars roster

| Pitchers 99 Chang Chih-Chia (Seibu Lions) 18 Shugo Fujii (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 53 Ryota Igarashi (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 29 Kei Igawa (Hanshin Tigers) 61 Hirotoshi Ishii (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 48 Hisashi Iwakuma (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 11 Kenshin Kawakami (Chunichi Dragons) 30 Masahide Kobayashi (Chiba Lotte Marines) 29 Koji Mitsui (Seibu Lions) 19 Shinji Mori (Seibu Lions) 39 Yasuhiro Oyamada (Hiroshima Toyo Carp) 19 Koji Uehara (Yomiuri Giants) | Catchers 10 Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri Giants) 08 Masaumi Shimizu (Chiba Lotte Marines) 07 Motonobu Tanishige (Chunichi Dragons) Infielders 42 Alex Cabrera (Seibu Lions) 07 Makoto Imaoka (Hanshin Tigers) 05 Takuro Ishii (Yokohama BayStars) 01 Akinori Iwamura (Tokyo Yakult Swallows) 09 Hiroki Kokubo (Fukuoka Daiei Hawks) 07 Kazuo Matsui (Seibu Lions) 05 Norihiro Nakamura (Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes) 02 Michihiro Ogasawara (Nippon-Ham Fighters) | Outfielders 01 Kosuke Fukudome (Chunichi Dragons) 55 Hideki Matsui (Yomiuri Giants) 09 Takayuki Shimizu (Yomiuri Giants) 10 Yoshitomo Tani (Orix Bluewave) 05 Kazuhiro Wada (Seibu Lions) Coaching Staff 83 Tatsunori Hara (Yomiuri Giants) 73 Haruki Ihara (Seibu Lions) |