1940 Amateur World Series

14 September – 6 October 7 1 1 Cuba Cuba 2 84 CUB Connie Marrero 1939 1941 The 1940 Amateur World Series was the third Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the second consecutive time, in Cuba. It was contested by seven national teams playing twelve games each from September 14 through October 6 in Havana. Cuba won its second, and second consecutive, Amateur World Series title. The runners-up were, also for the second consecutive year, Nicaragua and the United States; though the U.S. had finished in third place in 1939, the 1940 tournament saw a marked improvement as it tied with Nicaragua for the silver medal. Participants Though only three of the fourteen teams that had been invited to the second Amateur World Series in Havana managed to attend the previous year, many of them participated in the 1940 edition, leading to a robust field of seven teams. Mexico, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico all made their debuts at the Amateur World Series, as did Hawaii (which at the time was a U.S. territory), becoming the first team from Oceania to participate. However, all of those nations had previously participated in regional competitions; Mexico at the 1926 Central American and Caribbean Games, Venezuela and Puerto Rico at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games, and Hawaii at the tri-national tournament held in Paris during the 1937 World's Exhibition. Invited teams Caribbean (2) CUB (hosts) PRI 1895 Oceania (1) HAW North America (3) USA 1912 NIC 1908 MEX 1916 South America (1) VEN 1930 Venue Havana, CubaCuba 500 center Cuba 23.107251 -82.412918 right La Tropical Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical Capacity: 15,000 250px Results main WL runs perc true complete yes yes yes CUB, NCA, USA, HWI, VEN, MEX, PUR W S S 10 2 84 31 H 9 3 71 38 9 3 51 20 5 7 33 53 5 7 51 49 2 10 30 69 2 10 31 91 CUB USA 1912 NCA 1908 VEN 1930 Hawaii MEX 1934 PUR 1895 gold silver y FBR grey 2 8–5 1–2 11–1 3–1 6–0 10–4 4–5 3–2 7–1 6–5 6–2 19–3 5–8 5–7 5–0 8–6 9–0 13–0 5–4 1–0 8–2 1–10 4–0 7-1 2–1 7–5 4–0 2–0 3–2 4–2 2–3 0–1 0–3 3–2 9–1 15–0 1–11 0–5 0–4 3–6 6–1 3–1 1–7 2–8 3–0 5–1 6–5 3–4 1–3 6–8 0–2 6–3 3–8 7–4 5–6 10–1 2–3 1–5 7–4 3–2 0–6 0–9 2–3 1–6 8–3 4–3 2–6 0–4 1–9 5–6 4–7 6–7 4–10 0–13 2–4 1–3 4–7 3–4 3–19 1–7 0–15 4–3 2–3 2–3 Baseball.ch (archived) Highlights Some players of note who took part in the tournament include: CUB Connie Marrero (3-2, 1.15 ERA), winner of the tournament most valuable player award Pedro Orta (.282), father of journeyman Jorge Orta Nap Reyes (.297), future major league player Segundo Rodriguez (.433), team batting leader NIC 1908 Stanley Cayasso led the tournament in hits with 19 Juan Manuel Vallecillo led the tournament in RBIs with 10, and tied for second with doubles 4 José "Chino" Meléndez had a record of 3-0 Jonathan Robinson (.444) led the tournament in batting average, as well as runs with 14 USA 1912 Stubby Overmire, future major league player Hawaii Lawrence Kunihisha led the tournament with 7 stolen bases Herb North was a former professional who played with the Nagoya Golden Dolphins in the first Japanese Baseball League game in 1936 Final standings Pos. Position in final standings Team W Wins L Losses CUB 10 2 NIC 1908 9 3 USA 1912 9 3 4 Venezuela 1930 5 7 Hawaii 5 7 6 Mexico 1934 2 10 7 Puerto Rico 1895 2 10 Honors and awards Statistical leaders + Batting leadersHistoria de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History I-X (1938-1948) http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History.html Baseball de Cuba https://web.archive.org/web/20111212001843/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History.html 12 December 2011 esStatisticNameTotalBatting average NIC 1908 Jonathan Robinson .444Hits NIC 1908 Stanley Cayasso 19Runs NIC 1908 Jonathan Robinson 14Home runs NIC 1908 Jonathan Robinson 1Runs batted in NIC 1908 Juan Manuel Vallecillo 10Stolen bases Hawaii Lawrence Kunihisha 7 +Pitching leadersStatisticNameTotalWins NIC 1908 L. Sinclair 3Earned run average NIC 1908 Jonathan Robinson 0.00Strikeouts USA 1912 Cliff McClanahan 29 Awards Award Player Ref. Most Valuable Player CUB Conrado Marrero All-Star team PositionPlayerCUSA 1912 Bill KrywickiCUB Carlos Colás1BCUB Virgilio Arteaga2BUSA 1912 Joe McDonough3BHawaii David K. RichardsSSHawaii Lawrence KunihisaOFVEN 1930 Héctor BenítezCUB Antonio RuizNIC 1908 Jonathan RobinsonPUSA 1912 Stubby OvermireUSA 1912 Cliff McClanahanCUB Conrado MarreroCUB Tomás HechevarríaNIC 1908 José "Chino" MeléndezHawaii Al Nalua Source: "Hoy" selecciona su Team Estelar correspondiente a la Serie Mundial Amateur https://dloc.com/AA00022089/01056/images/8 14 July 2024 Noticias de Hoy 9 8 October 1940 Digital Library of the Caribbean es References Bjarkman, Peter, A History of Cuban Baseball Amateur World Series Category:Baseball World Cup 1940 Amateur World Series Amateur World Series Amateur World Series