1956 Global World Series

International baseball competition held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin 1956 Global World Series poster.jpg 8 USA USA 1912 Hawaii Japan Mexico 1955 1957 The 1956 Global World Series was the second edition of the Global World Series, an international baseball tournament organized by the International Baseball Congress in the mid-1950s. It was held in Milwaukee from September 7 to 13, 1956. Background The Global World Series emerged as an alternative tournament to the Amateur World Series (AWS), the internationally sanctioned baseball world championship, which was last held in 1953, and would not be held again until 1961.THE NETHERLANDS https://static.wbsc.org/assets/documents/201909_WBSC_premier12_magazine_WEB.pdf Premier12.WBSC.org World Baseball Softball Confederation 27 January 2025 19 2019 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 While the AWS was strictly for amateurs and did not allow professional baseball players, the Global World Series was organized by the semi-professional National Baseball Congress (NBC), under the auspices of NBC President Ray Dumont and former Major League Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler.Buege, 2012USIS 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 The first edition of the tournament was held in 1955, with the United States (represented by a semi-pro club from Wichita, Kansas) taking the gold medal. Participants The 1956 United States squad was represented by the Allen Dairymen, a semi-pro team from Fort Wayne, Indiana. The team included two players with Negro league experience: John Kennedy, who would soon become the first African American to play for the Philadelphia Phillies, and Wilmer Fields, an all-star with the Homestead Grays. It also included Don Pavletich, a future catcher for the Cincinnati Reds.Wilmer Fields https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/wilmer-fields/ SABR Society for American Baseball Research Japan was represented by the Yokohama Nippon Oil club, which won the 1956 intercity baseball tournament. The team, managed by Keiichiro Masuyama, was captained by outfielder Tokichiro Ishii and included pitcher Motoshi Fujita, a future player and manager of the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball.Second annual Global World Series baseball scorecard https://digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org/islandora/object/islandora%3A133034 National Baseball Congress Detroit Public Library 26 January 2025 13 1956 Yu Hanai ja 花井悠, billed in American media as "the Babe Ruth of Japan", would go on to play with the Nishitetsu Lions of NPB.Yu Hanai https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=hanai-000yu- Baseball Reference (minors) The Canadian representatives were the North Battleford Beavers, champions of the Western Canada League; the team was led by player-manager Emile Francis, best known as a professional ice hockey coach and former player.1956 North Battleford Beavers https://attheplate.com/wcbl/1956_1g.html Western Canada Baseball 26 January 2025Scorecard, p. 30Remembering the 1956 NB Beavers, the team Emile Francis built https://www.sasktoday.ca/north/local-sports/remembering-the-1956-nb-beavers-the-team-emile-francis-built-4091971 26 January 2025 SaskToday 27 May 2016 Hawaii was again represented by the Honolulu Red Sox, managed by Lawrence Kunihisa. One pitcher, John Sardinha, would later play two seasons in Japan with the Nankai Hawks.John Sardinha https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=sardin000joh Baseball Reference (minors) The other national teams were true all-star selections. Carlos "Petaca" Rodríguez was on the Colombian team.Derrotaron a Senadores Dos por Una https://hndm.iib.unam.mx/consulta/publicacion/visualizar/558075be7d1e63c9fea1a303?pagina=558a36da7d1ed64f16cf126c 15 February 2025 El Informador 10 September 1956 es The Netherlands national team, winners of the 1956 European Baseball Championship, were managed by Henk Keulemans and headlined by pitchers Jan Smidt and Han Urbanus.National Baseball Congress, pp. 18–19 Puerto Rico included Félix Torres, recently of the Reds system, who would later play with the Los Angeles Angels.Scorecard, p. 31 Venue Milwaukee, WisconsinUSA Wisconsin 280 center USA Wisconsin 43.03 -87.974 top Milwaukee County Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium Capacity: 15,000 300px Results main WL runs percentage no complete USA, HAW, JAP, MEX, PRI, COL, CAN, NED W S B 4 1 29 12 H 3 2 19 18 4 2 27 13 2 2 13 26 1 2 19 12 1 2 14 12 0 2 3 21 0 2 5 15 USA 1912 JAP Hawaii NED MEX COL PRI 1952 CAN 1921 gold silver #cc9965 September 7, 1956 8:00 (UTC-6) CAN 1921 4–5 JAP Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 8, 1956 13:00 (UTC-6) Hawaii 3–5 USA Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 8, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) NED 2–14 7 PRI 1952 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 8, 1956 MEX 8–5 COL Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 9, 1956 13:00 (UTC-6) COL 7–1 NED Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 9, 1956 Hawaii 10–1 8 CAN 1921 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 9, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) USA 6–2 PRI 1952 Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 9, 1956 JAP 5–0 MEX Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 10, 1956 12:30 (UTC-6) JAP 6–3 USA Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 10, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) PRI 1952 3–4 MEX Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 10, 1956 COL 2–3 Hawaii Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 11, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) MEX 1–13 6 USA Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 11, 1956 Hawaii 2–0 JAP Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 11, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) JAP 3–9 Hawaii Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee September 11, 1956 18:00 (UTC-6) USA 1912 2–0 Hawaii Milwaukee County Stadium, Milwaukee Final standings RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournament1USA 19124118px2Hawaii4218px3JAP3218pxEliminated after four games4MEX22Eliminated after three games5PRI 1952126COL12Eliminated after two games7CAN 1921028NED02 Honors and awards All-Star team PositionNameCatchersUSA 1912 Pete StammenHawaii Minoru MiyaharaInfieldersUSA 1912 Olin SmithMEX Miguel FernándezHawaii Shin YogiCAN 1921 Art StoneUSA 1912 John KennedyHawaii Tsune WatanabePRI 1952 Ace RobinsonOutfieldersHawaii Larry KamishimaUSA 1912 Charles HuwerUSA 1912 Wilmer FieldsJAP Yasusuke ObuchiCOL Carlos BustosPitchersUSA 1912 Pete OlsonJAP Motoji FujitaHawaii John SardinhaUSA 1912 Walter WherryHawaii Len KasparovitchManagerUSA 1912 John Braden Source: Fort Wayne Hurler Shuts Out Hawaii https://www.newspapers.com/image/249519865/ 1 February 2026 Muncie Evening Press 14 September 1956 Newspapers.com See also 1956 World Series 1953 Amateur World Series References Bibliography Buege Bob Global World Series: 1955-57 https://sabr.org/journal/article/global-world-series-1955-57/ SABR Society for American Baseball Research Spring 2012 Global World Series, 1956 1956 Global World Series Category:Baseball in Milwaukee