Baseball at the 1981 World Games

Australia's baseball team at World Games I in 1981 at San Jose Municipal Stadium
Korean baseball fans cheer for their team at World Games I.

The World Games I baseball competition was held on July 27-30, 1981, at San Jose Municipal Stadium in San Jose, California. The 1981 Games were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were held in California's Santa Clara Valley. Teams from the United States, Australia, South Korea and Panama participated.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 United States
Bob Batesole
Pat Clements
Mike Dotterer
Burk Goldthorn
Bruce Johnson
Dan Jones Jr.
Todd Lamb
Gregg Lomnicky
Tony Mack
Oddibe McDowell
Spike Owen
Jim Paciorek
John Russell
Augie Schmidt
Howard Simmons
Dave Stenhouse Jr.
Franklin Stubbs
Mike Toothman
Ed Vosberg
Brian Wolcott
  South Korea
Dong-Won Choi
J.W. Kim
S. Kim
      Jang
others
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  Australia
Neil Burke
      Elkson
Peter Gahan
John Galloway
      Hendy
      Home
Mark Linger
      Mazelian
      McIntyre
Ray Mitchell
      Orford
Graham Ward
Alan Wignall
others
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Standing

Team W L RS RA
 United States 302410
 South Korea 211910
 Australia 121326
 Panama 031222

Details

Tuesday, July 28, 1981:

United States 9, Panama 1
South Korea 10, Australia 0
July 28 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team123456789RHE
Panama Panama000000001163
United States United States20202012X9121
WP: Todd Lamb   LP: L Dominguez

Wednesday, July 29, 1981:

United States 11, Australia 7
South Korea 7, Panama 6
July 29 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team123456789RHE
United States United States00224300011122
Australia Australia0000031307136
WP: Bruce Johnson   LP:        Orford
Home runs:
USA: John Russell in 6th, 2 on
AUS: None


Thursday, July 30, 1981:

Australia 6, Panama 5
United States 4, South Korea 2
July 30 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team123456789R
Panama Panama2100020005
Australia Australia1000003026
WP: Ray Mitchell   LP: Ronaldo Montero
Home runs:
PAN: None
AUS: Peter Gahan in 9th, 1 on
July 30 20:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team123456789RHE
South Korea South Korea200000000243
United States United States02000110X480
WP: Ed Vosberg   LP: Dong-Won Choi
Home runs:
KOR: None
USA: Oddibe McDowell


Other known individual participants: PAN – R Dominguez, de Leon, Proveda

References

  1. ↑ "World Games Results". United Press International. July 30, 1981.
  2. ↑ "Santa Clara, USA 1981 Calendar & Results". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  3. ↑ "Results of the World Games". International World Games Association. Retrieved 2015-10-25.
  4. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 10D.
  5. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 12E.
  6. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 31, 1981. p. 10E.
  7. ↑ "World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. August 1, 1981. p. 4E.
  8. ↑ Payne, Dave (July 23, 1981). "Future baseball stars on display in World Games". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 6E.
  9. ↑ "U.S. roller skaters take early lead". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 29, 1981. p. 9D.
  10. ↑ "U.S. ties Brazil, maintains top spot in roller hockey". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. July 30, 1981. p. 11E.
  11. ↑ Finch, Peter (July 31, 1981). "Pinch homer keys Aussies". San Jose Mercury-News. San Jose, California. p. 1E.
  12. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 29, 1981). "For the Republic of China, the climb back into..." United Press International.
  13. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Not to anyone's surprise, World Games I is beginning..." United Press International.
  14. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 30, 1981). "Darrell Hanegan of Montreal scored the biggest upset of..." United Press International.
  15. ↑ SARGIS, JOE (July 31, 1981). "It's a long way from Olympic ice hockey to..." United Press International.
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