Baseball at the 1981 World Games
Appearance
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The World Games I baseball competition was held on July 27-30, 1981, at San Jose Municipal Stadium in San Jose, California. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in California's Santa Clara Valley. Teams from the United States, Australia, South Korea and Panama participated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]
Medalists
Standing
Team | W | L | RS | RA |
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3 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
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2 | 1 | 19 | 10 |
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1 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
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0 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
Details
Tuesday, July 28, 1981:
- United States 9, Panama 1
South Korea 10, Australia 0
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Todd Lamb LP: L Dominguez |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | X | 10 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Choi Dong-won LP: ? Home runs: AUS: None KOR: None |
Wednesday, July 29, 1981:
- United States 11, Australia 7
South Korea 7, Panama 6
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Bruce Johnson LP: Orford Home runs: USA: John Russell in 6th, 2 on AUS: None |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: ? LP: ? |
Thursday, July 30, 1981:
- Australia 6, Panama 5
United States 4, South Korea 2
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ray Mitchell LP: Ronaldo Montero Home runs: PAN: None AUS: Peter Gahan in 9th, 1 on |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 4 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Ed Vosberg LP: Choi Dong-won Home runs: KOR: None USA: Oddibe McDowell |
Other known individual participants: PAN – R Dominguez, de Leon, Proveda
References
- ^ "World Games Results". United Press International. July 30, 1981.
- ^ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 12E.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
- ^ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p. 4E.
- ^ Payne, Dave (July 23, 1981). "Future baseball stars on display in World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 6E.
- ^ "U.S. roller skaters take early lead". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 9D.
- ^ "U.S. ties Brazil, maintains top spot in roller hockey". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 11E.
- ^ Finch, Peter (July 31, 1981). "Pinch homer keys Aussies". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 1E.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 29, 1981). "For the Republic of China, the climb back into..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Not to anyone's surprise, World Games I is beginning..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Darrell Hanegan of Montreal scored the biggest upset of..." United Press International.
- ^ SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.