Dates November 10–20 Result Samurai Japan wins 3–2–0 | Date November 2014 | |
Format Best-of-5 seriesplus 3 exhibition games Locations Japan (Nishinomiya, Osaka, Tokyo, Sapporo, Okinawa) Teams Similar 2014 Major League Baseball, 2006 Major League Baseball, 2012 Major League Baseball, 2013 Major League Baseball | ||
The 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of the championship, a best-of-five series between the All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and, for the first time in series history, the national team Samurai Japan. The then-new Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) saw in this championship a big opportunity for their Japanese team to gain hugely useful experience for the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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The series also celebrated the 80th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's professional baseball by holding an exhibition game of a joint team of Hanshin Tigers and Yomiuri Giants against the MLB All-Stars at the Koshien Stadium on November 11, 2014.
Samurai Japan won the series by 3–2–0 and Yuki Yanagita was named MVP.
Results
Exhibition (1)
Championship
Exhibition (2)