1947 Amateur World Series

9 Cartagena, Colombia Colombia Puerto Rico 1895 Nicaragua 1908 Mexico 1934 PRI 1895 Nino Escalera 1945 1948 The 1947 Amateur World Series was the ninth edition of the Amateur World Series, an international baseball tournament held from November 29 through December 20 in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia. Colombia won its first world championship title, defeating Puerto Rico in the final game.Bjarkman Peter C. https://books.google.com/books?id=ASSUFP8rxhMC Diamonds Around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball 2005 Greenwood Publishing Group 978-0-313-32268-6 321 enPuerto Rico perdió el juego decisivo de IX Serie https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/elmundo/newspapers/mndo19471222-01.1.21 13 October 2025 El Mundo 22 December 2024 East View Global Press Archive 21 It was also Puerto Rico's first podium finish in an international baseball tournament; Puerto Rican first baseman Saturnino Escalera was selected as the tournament's most valuable player.Nino Escalera https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/nino-escalera/ SABR Society for American Baseball Research 19 April 2026Uriarte González Carlos La Doble A en Puerto Rico: 1940 a 2013, Vol. 1 2014 Editorial Deportiva CAIN 9780983626367 64Escalera, clasificado el mejor pelotero de la IX Serie https://gpa.eastview.com/crl/elmundo/newspapers/mndo19471226-01.1.19 19 April 2026 El Mundo 26 December 1947 19 Participants Venezuela, champions of the previous Amateur World Series held in Caracas in 1945, were once again managed by Manuel Malpica, who had earlier steered the "Heroes of 1941" to a world championship in Cuba.En el 5 partido hubo empate entre Venezuela y Nicaragua - Juego de Venezuela https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19471202&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 19 April 2026 El Tiempo 2 December 1947 13 Puerto Rico was managed by veteran Cesár "Coca" González, and included future major leaguers Valmy Thomas (a Virgin Islander born in Puerto Rico), Nino Escalera, and Roberto Vargas.Uriarte González, pp. 62–65 The Cuban national team sat out the tournament, due to a dispute over the eligibility of Colombian pitcher Carlos "Petaca" Rodríguez, who the Cuban Amateur Athletic Union alleged had played professional baseball and was thus ineligible.EN CARTAGENA SE PROFESIONALIZO LA FEDERACION INT. DE BASEBALL https://prensacr.info/data/5e90b739445c2c4a6d23ff8a 13 October 2025 La Prensa Libre 19 December 1947 6 Shortly before the start of the tournament, a committee ruled that the amateur regulations imposed in 1945 were not retroactive, making Rodríguez eligible to play.Petaca Rodriguez no es profesional https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=N2osnxbUuuUC&dat=19471129&printsec=frontpage&hl=en 19 April 2026 El Tiempo 29 November 1947 1 Results Colombia, Nicaragua, and Puerto Rico finished the group stage with identical 6–2 records. Colombia was awarded a bye for the tiebreaker, a Puerto Rico defeated Nicaragua to advance to the gold medal game. Puerto Rico's Nino Escalera, fresh off his 18th birthday, was selected as the tournament's most valuable player. Though he had already signed a professional contract with the Senadores de San Juan team, he was permitted on the Puerto Rican team due to a rule that you could continue playing amateur ball for two weeks after signing. Final standings RkTeamW Total wins in the tournamentL Total losses in the tournament1Colombia7218px2Puerto Rico 18956218px3Nicaragua 19086218px4Mexico 1934535Venezuela 1930536Panama357El Salvador268Costa Rica269Guatemala17 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 VEN Fausto Fuenmayor .483Hits VEN Ramón Fernández 21Runs NIC Eduardo Green 14 NIC J. HernándezHome runs PAN H. Pessuey 2Runs batted in NIC Stanley Cayasso 12Stolen bases COL Armando Crizón 6 +Pitching leadersStatisticNameTotalWins NIC Timothy Mena 3Strikeouts PRI 1895 Roberto Vargas 41 Awards Award Player Ref. Best Batters COL Carlos BustosPRI 1895 Saturnino EscaleraNIC Eduardo Green Best Pitchers MEX Patón GonzálezPRI 1895 Roberto VargasCOL Manuel PeñarandaCOL Petaca RodríguezCOL Andres FlorezNIC Timoteo MenaCRC Secundino Bonilla Most Valuable Player PRI 1895 Saturnino Escalera References Amateur World Series Category:Baseball World Cup 1947 Amateur World Series Category:Sports competitions in Barranquilla Category:20th century in Barranquilla