1971 Amateur World Series

10 Cuba Cuba 11 Colombia Nicaragua Puerto Rico 1952 1970 1972 The 1971 Amateur World Series was the 19th 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 seventh time, in Cuba, and was won by the host Cuba national baseball team, their 11th title. They finished with an undefeated record of 9–0, recording six shutouts and scoring 60 runs while allowing only four.https://www.newspapers.com/image/623896969/?terms=Amateur%20World%20Series%20Cuba&match=1&clipping_id=112546254 Cuba Wins Amateur World Series Miami Herald December 6, 1971 November 4, 2022 38 Newspapers.comhttps://www.newspapers.com/image/623898662/?terms=Amateur%20World%20Series%20Cuba&match=1&clipping_id=112546511 Cuba Leaving Mark in 'Amateur' Sports Miami Herald Ike Flores December 8, 1971 November 4, 2022 89 Newspapers.com Participants There were 10 participating countries. The United States, which had returned to the international baseball scene just two years prior after a 27-year-absence, declined to take part in the tournament. The U.S. delegation to the 1970 FIBA Congress reportedly pledged that they would boycott the competition due to political differences with the regime of Fidel Castro. This decision was confirmed by United States Baseball Federation in June 1971, though USBF president Dutch Fehring claimed it was due to financial reasons.Turner Justin W.R. Baseball Diplomacy, Baseball Deployment: The National Pastime in U.S.-Cuba Relations 2012 University of Alabama https://ir-api.ua.edu/api/core/bitstreams/3418d229-1e20-4704-8d2b-bb6a4e0818cb/content Colombia notably protested that the Mexican team illegally used three professional players.https://www.newspapers.com/image/624144525/?terms=Amateur%20World%20Series%20Cuba&match=1&clipping_id=112545993 Protest Key to Colombia Hopes Miami Herald December 4, 1971 November 4, 2022 52 Newspapers.com Mexico were later stripped of several victories, dropping them to ninth place in the standings. Final standings Pos Team W LCuba 9 0Colombia 7 2Nicaragua 6 34Puerto Rico 1952 6 35Panama 5 46Canada 4 57Dominican Republic 4 48Italy 2 79Mexico 2 710Netherlands Antilles 0 9 Honors and awards Statistical leaders + Batting leadersHistoria 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/20111122013419/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/WCup2011/History1950-1972.html 22 November 2011 esStatisticNameTotalBatting average CUB Rodolfo Puente .429Hits PAN Ruperto Cooper 14Runs CUB Elpidio Mancebo 12Home runs COL Luis EscobarCAN Rick Cruise 7Runs batted in PAN Ruperto Cooper 11Stolen bases COL Orlando Ramírez 7 +Pitching leadersStatisticNameTotalWins PRI 1952 Carlos Lowell 3Earned run average CUB Santiago Mederos 0.00Strikeouts PRI 1952 Carlos Lowell 32 All-Star team PositionPlayerCCUB Lázaro Pérez1BCUB Elpidio Mancebo2BNIC Rafael Obando3BCOL Abel LealSSCUB Rodolfo PuenteOFCOL Luis EscobarPRI 1952 Luis MercadoCUB Wilfredo SanchezPPRI 1952 Carlos Lowell (LHP)CUB Santiago Mederos (RHP) References External links World Cup Cuba https://web.archive.org/web/20150923182446/http://www.baseball-worldcup.com/worldcup-history/1971-cuba/ 2015-09-23 World Cup Category:Baseball World Cup 1971 1