1988 Baseball World Cup

1988 Baseball World Cup logo.png 125px 23 August – 7 September 12 Cuba 19 United States Chinese Taipei Japan 1947 70 1986 1990 The 1988 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 30th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cubaits 19th overall victory (their first under the BWC name). There were 12 participating countries. The next nine competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12. First round Standings Pos Team W L RS RA 1 CUB 11 0 112 35 2 USA 10 1 120 22 3 TPE 8 3 77 32 4 JPN 1947 7 4 65 29 5 CAN 7 4 73 72 6 PUR 1952 6 5 77 46 7 NCA 5 6 46 61 8 KOR 1984 5 6 59 47 9 ITA 4 7 51 70 10 NED 2 9 49 93 11 Netherlands Antilles 1 10 44 115 12 ESP 0 11 9 160 Final round no Third place Semifinals Final CUB 7 JPN 1947 3 USA 6 TPE 3 CUB 4 USA 3 JPN 1947 2 TPE 4 Final standings Pos Team W L File:Med 1.png CUB 13 0 File:Med 2.png USA 11 2 File:Med 3.png TPE 9 4 4 JPN 1947 7 6 5 CAN 7 4 6 PUR 1952 6 5 7 NCA 5 6 8 KOR 1984 5 6 9 ITA 4 7 10 NED 2 9 11 Netherlands Antilles 1 10 12 ESP 0 11 Awards + Tournament Awards Award Player Leading hitter CUB Antonio Pacheco Pitcher with best ERA USA Ben McDonald Pitcher with best win/loss average JPN 1947 Takehiro Ishii Most Runs batted in USA Robin Ventura Most Home runs CUB Luis Casanova Most Stolen bases NIC Julio Medina JPN 1947 Kenji Tomashino Most Runs scored USA Ty Griffin CUB Omar Linares 1em + All Star TeamXXX Baseball World Cup - XXX Copa del Mundo de Béisbol http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw988.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20071222030636/http://www.baseball.ch/2003/T/WC/wcaw988.htm 22 December 2007 28 July 2022 Position Player Pitchers JPN 1947 Takehiro Ishii USA Jim Abbott Catcher CUB Pedro Rodríguez First base USA Tino Martinez Second base CUB Antonio Pacheco Third base USA Robin Ventura Shortstop CAN Matt Stairs Outfield CUB Luis Casanova CUB Lourdes Gourriel JPN 1947 Daisuke Tsutsui Designated hitter USA Mike Fiore References External links XXX Baseball World Cup - XXX Copa del Mundo de Béisbol Archives 1988 nl World Cup Baseball World Cup Category:Baseball World Cup 1988 Category:August 1988 sports events in Europe Category:September 1988 sports events in Europe