1955 Global World Series

International baseball competition held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Global World Series poster 1955.jpg 8 Colombia USA 1912 Hawaii Canada 1921 Colombia USA 1912 Daryl Spencer 1956 The 1955 Global World Series was the first Global World Series, an international baseball tournament organized by the International Baseball Congress in the mid-1950s. It was held in Milwaukee from September 23 to 28, 1955, and was the first worldwide baseball tournament hosted in the United States. Background At the time, the Amateur World Series (AWS), the internationally sanctioned baseball world championship, was on hiatus; it was last held in 1953, and would not be held again until 1961 Amateur World Series. Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History XI-XX (1950-1972) http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History1950-1972.html Baseball de Cuba https://web.archive.org/web/20131207185735/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History1950-1972.html 7 December 2013 es The AWS did not allow professional baseball players, excluding players active with Major League Baseball and its affiliates; on top of that, the United States had not participated in the AWS since 1942. Thus, the Global World Series emerged as an alternative tournament, organized by the semi-professional National Baseball Congress (NBC). NBC president Ray Dumont had begun discussing an international tournament that would feature multiple semipro teams from across the globe as early as 1948, supported by J. G. Taylor Spink, publisher of The Sporting News, and Alejandro Aguilar Reyes, founder and then-commissioner of the Mexican League.Buege Bob Spring 2012 Global World Series: 1955-57 https://sabr.org/journal/article/global-world-series-1955-57/ Baseball Research Journal Society for American Baseball Research These efforts were spearheaded by former MLB Commissioner Happy Chandler, in his role as head of the International Baseball Congress.USIS Features 1952 US Department of State 159 Baseball Interest Growing in Free World https://books.google.com/books?id=4e325LkBU_8C&dq=%22international%20baseball%20congress%22%20ibc%20global%20world%20series&pg=PP377 Chandler in particular sought to expand and existing two-nation series (most recently played between the United States and Japan) to a series involving four nations, or perhaps eight, in 1954. Despite the success of the two series in Japan, Chandler felt that, in order to increase the number and scope of the teams in the tournament, an American city would have to host. The organizers initially looked at Ebbets Field in New York City, put forth by Brooklyn Dodgers president Walter O'Malley, but Chandler instead selected Milwaukee County Stadium, the new home of the Milwaukee Braves. Chandler and Dumont initially sought to host the first Global World Series in 1954, but plans fell through and it was instead held in 1955. Participants Some national teams were made up of their country's professional or semi-pro club champions, including the United States, represented by the Boeing Bombers of Wichita, Kansas. Aside from Daryl Spencer and Les Layton, both former New York Giants players, the team was made up of Boeing factory workers with minor league baseball experience. Canada was represented by the Saskatoon Gems, which included Canadian hockey international Jackie McLeod.1955 Saskatoon Gems https://attheplate.com/wcbl/1955_1g2.html Western Canada Baseball 17 August 2024 Mexico was represented by a club from the Poza Rica League, and Hawaii by the Honolulu Red Sox.Buege identifies the Mexican team as the "Refinerias de Poza Rica." This was possibly the same club as the Petroleros de Poza Rica that won the Liga Invernal Veracruzana in 1954–55.LA LIGA DE LA COSTA DEL PACÍFICO - X Temporada (1954-1955) https://www.historiadehermosillo.com/htdocs/BASEBALLCOSTA/costa/1954-1955/inicio.htm Historia de Hermosille 14 April 2025 es The other national teams were true all-star selections. Puerto Rico included Luis Olmo, a former Major League outfielder and scout who had most recently played with the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the 1954–55 season.Costello Rory Luis Olmo https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/luis-olmo/ Society for American Baseball Research The Spanish national team classified by virtue of winning the 1955 European Baseball Championship.Pernas López Julio https://static.wbsc.org/uploads/federations/39/cms/documents/d3845820-6b5e-499f-256f-b5f063a2991e.pdf Strike Two: El Béisbol en la españa de la posguerra 1939-1960 y otras curiosidades del deporte español 2011 Federación Española de Beísbol 224–26 es 2 August 2024 World Baseball Softball Confederation Spain's participation was a coup for the tournament's organizers, as the rival International Baseball Federation had not yet been able to involve European countries in the Amateur World Series.Schiroli Riccardo https://static.wbsc.org/assets/files/2019_WBSC_The_Game_We_Love_SMALL.pdf The Game We Love 2019 World Baseball Softball Confederation 68 Venue Milwaukee, WisconsinUSA Wisconsin 280 center USA Wisconsin 43.03 -87.974 top Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Capacity: 15,000 300px Final standings RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournament1USA 19125118px2Hawaii4218pxThird place game3CAN 19213218pxEliminated after four games4COL23Eliminated after three games5MEX126JAP12Eliminated after two games7PRI 1952028SPA 194502 Honors and awards 200px|right|thumb|Les Layton was named the tournament's outstanding outfielder Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player USA Daryl Spencer Second annual Global World Series baseball scorecard https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A133034 Detroit Public Library 26 January 2025 7 1956 Most Outstanding Outfielder USA Les Layton Most Outstanding Infielder MEX Miguel Fernández All-Star team PositionNameCatchersUSA 1912 Dud CarsonHawaii Sol KaulukukuiInfieldersHawaii Shin YogiUSA 1912 Daryl SpencerMEX Miguel FernándezCAN 1921 Jim RyanCAN 1921 Cliff PembertonUSA 1912 Jim MitchellHawaii Taune WatanabeOutfieldersHawaii Jack LadraUSA 1912 Les LaytonMEX Juan GallarzaJAP Soichi Arakawa ja 荒川 宗一Hawaii Ernie CabralPitchersHawaii Len KasparovitchUSA 1912 Vern FrantzCOL Enrique HernandezJAP Sadao KawaiiUSA 1912 Jim MorrisManagerUSA 1912 Cy Eppler SourceScorecard, p. 22 See also 1955 World Series 1953 Amateur World Series Notes References External links Milwaukee's World Series https://archive.org/details/Sports-Illustrated-1955-10-10/page/n15/ live https://archive.today/20210420203108/https://vault.si.com/vault/1955/10/10/events-discoveries April 20, 2021 27 July 2024 15 Sports Illustrated 10 October 1955 Global World Series, 1955 1955 Global World Series Category:Baseball in Milwaukee