United States national under-18 baseball team

The United States national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 baseball team of United States in international-level baseball competitions. The organization is currently ranked 2nd in the world by the International Baseball Federation.[1] They have won the U-18 Baseball World Cup 8 times.[2]

USA Baseball 18U
Information
Country United States of America
FederationUSA Baseball
ConfederationCOPABE
WBSC World Rank2nd
Uniforms

Home

Away

World Cup
Appearances27 (First in 1981 U-18)
Best result 1st (8 times, most recent in 2015 U-18)
Pan American Games
Appearances9 (First in 1997 U-18)
Best result 1st (4 times, most recent in 2016 U-18)

The U.S. national 18U team debuted their international team in the Friendship Series, in 1983.[3]

Current roster
2017 18U National Team roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  • 23 Mason Denaburg
  • 7 Brandon Dieter
  • 3 JT Ginn
  • 31 Ethan Hankins
  • 10 Jarred Kelenic
  • 21 Matthew Liberatore
  • 4 Landon Marceaux
  • 18 Joseph Menefee
  • 22 Kumar Rocker
  • 12 Anthony Seigler
  • 6 Michael Siani
  • 24 Cole Wilcox
 Catchers
  • 11 William Banfield V

Infielders

  • 26 Triston Casas
  • 15 Raynel Delgado
  • 9 Nolan Gorman
  • 1 Brice Turang

Outfielders

  • 5 Alek Thomas
  • 2 Carter Young
 Manager

Coaches

  • 30 Ricky Meinhold
  • 14 Bill Mosiello
  • 27 Chris Carter
  • 28 Gregg Ritchie

Primary National Team Tournament Records

World Baseball Classic
U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Year Round Position W L RS RA
1981 Final 2nd
1982 Final 1st
1983 Final 2nd
1984 Final 2nd
1985 Final 2nd
1986 Semifinal 3rd
1987 Final 2nd
1988 Final 1st
1989 Final 1st
1990 Semifinal 3rd
1991 Semifinal 3rd
1992 Final 2nd
1993 Final 2nd
1994 Final 2nd
1995 Final 1st
1996 Semifinal 3rd
1997 Semifinal 3rd
1999 Final 1st
2000 Final 2nd
2002 Semifinal 3rd
2004 Semifinal 4th
2006 Final 2nd
2008 Final 2nd
2010 Quarterfinal 5th
2012 Final 1st 8 1 67 22
2013 Final 1st 9 1 56 24
2015 Final 1st 8 1 56 23
2017
Total

Record by team
Team
 Main tournament
GP
 W
 L
 RF
 RA
 Canada 3 3 0 16 7
Italy 1 1 0 8 0
 Colombia 2 2 0 23 7
Czech Republic 1 1 0 11 1
Netherlands 1 1 0 17 0
Brazil 1 1 0 5 2
Australia 3 2 1 17 4
 Japan 5 4 1 25 15
 Mexico 1 1 0 5 1
 Venezuela 2 2 0 18 7
Cuba 2 2 0 12 10
Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 12 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 11 13
Total 28 16 12

See also

Notes
  1. "Rankings". WBSC. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. "U-18 Baseball World Cup". www.wbsc.org. WBSC. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  3. "1983 Friendship Series Team Roster". usabaseball.com. USA Baseball. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
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