1973 Little League World Series

Children's baseball tournament August 2023 August 21–August 25 8 TWN Tainan City Little LeagueTainan City, Taiwan USAArizona Cactus Little LeagueTucson, Arizona 1972 1974 The 1973 Little League World Series took place between August 21 and August 25 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan City Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Cactus Little League of Tucson, Arizona, in the championship game of the 27th Little League World Series. The champions from Taiwan did not allow a run or a hit in the entire tournament, registering no hitters in each of their three tournament games.http://culture.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1314&Itemid=157 Age of Glory: Taiwan’s Little League Hegemony of the ‘70s Yeh Joseph July 21, 2009 culture.tw August 10, 2011 https://web.archive.org/web/20101029105040/http://culture.tw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1314&Itemid=157 October 29, 2010 Wayback Machine That feat has yet to be equalled in any other Little League World Series. Teams United States International Michigan Birmingham, MichiganCentral RegionFederal Little League British Columbia Surrey, British ColumbiaCAN Canada RegionWhalley Little League New York Colonie, New YorkEast RegionColonie Little League GER Bitburg Air Base, West GermanyEurope RegionBitburg Air Base Little League Florida 1900 Tampa, FloridaSouth RegionBelmont Heights Little League TWN Tainan City, TaiwanFar East RegionTainan City Little League Arizona Tucson, ArizonaWest RegionCactus Little League MEX Monterrey, Nuevo León, MexicoLatin America RegionMitras Little League Winners bracket August 21 TWN Taiwan 18 GER Germany 0 August 21 Florida 1900 Florida 11 CAN Canada 2 August 22 Arizona Arizona 4 New York New York 0 August 22 Michigan Michigan 8 MEX Mexico 1 August 23 TWN Taiwan 27 Florida 1900 Florida 0 August 23 Arizona Arizona 8 Michigan Michigan 1 August 25 TWN Taiwan 12 Arizona Arizona 0 August 24 (F/7) Florida Florida 2 Michigan Michigan 1 Consolation bracket Games A & B Game D Game C August 22 GER Germany 0 CAN Canada 9 August 23 New York New York 0 MEX Mexico 4 August 24 CAN Canada 2 MEX Mexico 0 August 24 GER Germany 3 New York New York 2 1973 Little League World Series Champions100pxTainan City Little LeagueTainan City, Taiwan Notable players Ed Vosberg (Tucson, Arizona) - Won a College World Series Championship with the University of Arizona in 1980 and an MLB World Series title with the Florida Marlins in 1997. Pitched 10 seasons in the MLB for the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal Expos between 1986 and 2002. George Crum (Tampa, Florida) - Drafted in the 23rd Round of the 1980 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers. Played 7 seasons in the minor leagues. Dwight Gooden (Tampa, Florida) was an integral part of the team that qualified for the LLWS but at 9 years old was too young to play at Williamsport.https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/dwight-gooden/ SABR bio of Dwight Gooden References External links 1973 Little League World Series Line scores for the 1973 LLWS Category:Little League World Series Little League World Series Little League World Series