Baseball at the 1981 World Games

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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

Pat Clements






Tony Mack
Oddibe McDowell
Spike Owen
Jim Paciorek
John Russell
Augie Schmidt


Franklin Stubbs

Ed Vosberg

  South Korea


Choi Dong-won



Jang Hyo-jo


Kim Jae-bak


Kim Si-jin
Kim Yong-hee





  Australia


Peter Gahan










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Standing[]

Team W L RS RA
 United States 3 0 24 10
 South Korea 2 1 19 10
 Australia 1 2 13 26
 Panama 0 3 12 22

Details[]

Tuesday, July 28, 1981:

United States 9, Panama 1
South Korea 10, Australia 0
July 28 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Panama Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 6 3
United States United States 2 0 2 0 2 0 1 2 X 9 12 1
WP:   LP:
July 28 20:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
Australia Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
South Korea South Korea 0 1 1 0 3 1 4 0 X 10 11
WP: Choi Dong-won   LP: ?
Home runs:
AUS: None
KOR: None

Wednesday, July 29, 1981:

United States 11, Australia 7
South Korea 7, Panama 6
July 29 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
United States United States 0 0 2 2 4 3 0 0 0 11 12 2
Australia Australia 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0 7 13 6
WP:   LP:
Home runs:
USA: John Russell in 6th, 2 on
AUS: None
July 29 20:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Panama Panama 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 6
South Korea South Korea 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 7
WP: ?   LP: ?


Thursday, July 30, 1981:

Australia 6, Panama 5
United States 4, South Korea 2
July 30 17:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R
Panama Panama 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5
Australia Australia 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 6
WP:   LP:
Home runs:
PAN: None
AUS: Peter Gahan in 9th, 1 on
July 30 20:00
San Jose Municipal Stadium
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
South Korea South Korea 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 3
United States United States 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 X 4 8 0
WP: Ed Vosberg   LP: Choi Dong-won
Home runs:
KOR: None
USA: Oddibe McDowell


Other known individual participants: PAN – , ,

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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