Nippon Professional vs. Major League: Choose Your Warriors

This is it, folks, the day is approaching where Major League All-Stars will travel to Japan and take on the Nippon Professional All-Stars, an exhibition series that I'm looking forward to very much. I enjoyed keeping track of it back in 2004 and I plan to keep track of it again. :) The MLB All-Stars will play the Yomiuri Giants on Nov. 2, then play the NPB All-Stars Nov. 3-8.

(!) denotes All-Stars during regular season.
(W-L, ERA, SV, K) for pitchers
(AVG, HR, RBI) for batters

The NPB All-Stars:

Pitchers:

Yu Darvish, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (12-9, 2.85, 115)
Kazuo Fukumori, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (!) (0-3, 2.17, 21, 55)
Kei Igawa, Hanshin Tigers (14-9, 2.97, 194)
Hiroyuki Kobayashi, Chiba Lotte Marines (10-7, 2.78, 120)
Takahiro Mahara, Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (!) (0-4, 1.65, 29, 62
Koji Mitsui, Seibu Lions (4-1, 1, 1.73, 42)
Katsuhira Nagakawa, Hiroshima Toyo Carp (!) (5-6, 1.66, 27, 86)
Hisashi Ogura, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (6-7 2.18, 4, 51)
Tetsuya Utsumi, Yomiuri Giants (!) (12-13, 2.78, 179)
Tsuyoshi Wada, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (14-6, 2.98, 136)
Hidekai Wakui, Seibu Lions (12-8, 3.24, 136)
Tomoya Yagi, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (!) (12-8, 2.48, 108)

Catchers:
Shinnosuke Abe, Yomiuri Giants (!) (.291, 10, 56)
Takeshi Hidaka, Orix Buffaloes (!) (.240, 1, 29)
Tomoya Satozaki, Chiba Lotte Marines (!) (.264, 17, 56)

Infielders:
Takahiro Arai, Hiroshima Toyo Carp (.299, 25, 100)
Atsushi Fujimoto, Hanshin Tigers (!) (.237, 3, 30)
Kazuya Fukuura, Chiba Lotte Marines (!) (.312, 4, 52)
Munenori Kawasaki, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (!) (.312, 3, 27)
Shuichi Murata, Yokohama BayStars (!) (.266, 34, 114)
Tomohiro Nioka, Yomiuri Giants (!) (.289, 25, 79)
Michihiro Ogasawara, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (!) (.313, 32, 100)
Yosuke Takasu, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (.300, 1, 38)

Outfielders:
Norichika Aoki, Tokyo Yakult Swallows (!) (.321, 13, 62)
Naoyuki Omura, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (!) (.294, 6, 60)
Teppi Tsuchiya, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (.303, 2, 29)
Yuki Yoshimura, Yokohama BayStars (.311, 26, 66)

The MLB All-Stars:

Pitchers:
Bronson Arroyo, Cincinnati Reds (!) (14-11, 3.29, 184)
Erik Bedard, Baltimore Orioles (15-11, 3.76, 171)
Chris Capuano, Milwaukee Brewers (!) (11-12, 4.03, 174)
Brian Fuentes, Colorado Rockies (3-4, 3.44, 30, 73)
Clay Hensley, San Diego Padres (11-12, 3.71, 122)
Ray King, Colorado Rockies (1-4, 4.43, 1, 23)
John Lackey, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (13-11, 3.56, 190)
John Maine, New York Mets (6-5, 3.60, 71)
Mike Myers, New York Yankees (1-2, 3.23, 22)
Joe Nathan, Minnesota Twins (7-0, 1.58, 36, 95)
Scot Shields, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (7-7, 2,87, 2 84)
Chris Young, San Diego Padres (11-5, 3.46, 164)

Catchers:
Kenji Johjima, Seattle Mariners (.291, 18, 76)
Joe Mauer, Minnesota Twins (!) (.347, 13, 84)
Brian Schneider, Washington Nationals (.256, 4, 55)

Infielders:
Rafael Furcal, Los Angeles Dodgers (.300, 15, 63)
Ryan Howard, Philadelphia Phillies (!) (.313, 58, 149)
Tadahito Iguchi, Chicago White Sox (.281, 18, 67)
Lyle Overbay, Toronto Blue Jays (.312, 22, 92)
Jose Reyes, New York Mets (!) (.300, 19, 81)
Chase Utley, Philadelphia Phillies (!) (.309, 32, 102)
David Wright, New York Mets (!) (.311, 26, 116)

Outfielders:
Jermaine Dye, Chicago White Sox (!) (.315, 44, 120)
Chone Figgins, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (.267, 9, 62
Bill Hall, Milwaukee Brewers (.270, 35, 85)
Andruw Jones, Atlanta Braves (!) (.262, 41, 129)

It's going to be one hell of a six-game series. :D MLB has a lot of slugging and the NPB has the pitching. They say good pitching beats good hitting. But I still say the MLB takes the series four games to two and beats Yomiuri. The Giants may be Japan's most popular team, but they were in shambles in 2006, going 65-79 and finishing 23 1/2 games behind the Chunichi Dragons.

EDIT: Deleted a blank line in the NPB Pitchers list and organized and alphabetized MLB outfielders.