Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Baseball at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Demonstration sport
Games played1
Date15 July 1912
VenueOstermalm Athletic Grounds
CityStockholm, Sweden
Baseball at the Summer Olympics
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Baseball had its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics as a demonstration sport.[a] A game was played between the United States, the nation where the game was developed, and Sweden, the host nation. The game was held on Monday, 15 July 1912 and started at 10 a.m. on the Ostermalm Athletic Grounds in Stockholm.

The Americans were represented by various members of the American Olympic track and field athletics delegation, while the Swedish team was the , which had been formed in 1910 as the first baseball club in Sweden. Four of the Americans played for Sweden, as the Swedish pitchers and catchers were inexperienced. One Swede eventually relieved Adams and Nelson, the American pitchers.

Six innings were played, with the Americans not batting in the sixth and allowing the Swedes to have six outs in their half of the inning.

The game was umpired by George Wright, a retired American National League baseball player.

Game result[]

Vaughn Blanchard at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E
United States 4 1 0 0 8 x 13 10 2
Sweden 0 0 0 2 0 1 3 7 5

Box score[]

United States Pos. AB H 2B 3B SB R E vs. Sweden Pos. AB H 2B 3B SB R E
Vaughn Blanchard 1B 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 Benjamin Adams (USA) P 3 1 0 0 0 0 1
George Bonhag 1B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 C. Axell CF 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
Richard Byrd P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Harlan Holden (USA) P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
J. Ira Courtney 3B 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 E. Johansson LF 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
Ira Davenport C 3 2 0 0 2 2 0 Landahl 2B 3 1 0 0 0 0 2
Howard Drew RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Y. Larson RF 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
Carroll Haff P 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 Frank Nelson (USA) P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
George Horine LF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 Wesley Oler (USA) C 4 1 0 0 0 0 0
Frank Irons LF 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 Sapery SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
John Paul Jones 2B 3 1 0 0 2 1 0 Torsleff LF 2 1 0 0 0 1 0
Fred Kelly CF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 Welin 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
Abel Kiviat SS 4 2 0 1 1 2 0 Wikman 3B 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
Walter McClure P 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Norman Patterson CF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
Lawrence Whitney RF 1 0 0 0 0 1 0
United States 27 10 1 1 5 13 2 Total Sweden 30 7 1 0 1 3 5

Second match[]

On the next day Tuesday, 16 July 1912 in the evening, two American teams played a second exhibition match.

Box score[]

US East "Olympics" Pos. AB R H PO A E vs. US West "Finland" Pos. AB R H PO A E
Benjamin Adams CF 2 0 0 1 0 0 Richard Byrd P/RF 3 0 0 1 1 0
Platt Adams P 4 1 0 1 2 0 J. Ira Courtney SS 3 0 0 1 1 0
George Bonhag 1B 4 0 0 8 0 1 Ira Davenport LF 4 0 1 1 0 1
Charles Brickley C 3 0 0 14 2 0 Carroll Haff LB 4 0 0 7 0 0
Howard Drew RF 3 1 1 0 0 0 George Horine CF 4 1 1 3 0 0
Harlan Holden LF 4 1 0 2 0 1 Frank Irons 2B 4 0 1 0 4 1
John Paul Jones 2B 2 0 1 0 1 0 Fred Kelly 3B 3 2 2 2 1 3
Abel Kiviat SS 3 1 2 1 2 2 Edward Lindberg C 4 0 0 12 2 1
Eugene Mercer 3B 4 1 1 0 1 0 Walter McClure RF/P 4 0 2 0 1 0
Wesley Oler CF 2 1 1 0 0 0
Jim Thorpe RF 2 0 1 0 0 0
US East "Olympics" 33 6 7 27 8 4 Total US West "Finland" 33 3 7 27 10 6

Notes[]

  1. ^ Baseball was one of various sports appearing on schedules for the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis; records or results of baseball games played during that Olympiad are lacking.

References[]

  • Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
  • Official Report. 1912 Stockholm Olympic Games. 1912.
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