1940 Amateur World Series
Tournament details | |
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Country | Cuba |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 14 September – 6 October |
Teams | 7 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cuba (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Nicaragua |
Third place | United States |
Fourth place | Venezuela |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 42 |
MVP | Connie Marrero |
The 1940 Amateur World Series was the third Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the second consecutive time, in Cuba. It was contested by seven national teams playing twelve games each from September 14 through October 6 in Havana. Cuba won its second, and second consecutive, AWS title.
Results
Final standings
Pos. | Team | W | L | RS | RA | |
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1 | Cuba | 10 | 2 | |||
2 (tied) | Nicaragua | 9 | 3 | |||
2 (tied) | United States | 9 | 3 | |||
4 | Venezuela | 5 | 7 | |||
5 | Hawaii | 5 | 7 | |||
6 | Mexico | 2 | 10 | |||
7 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 10 |
Players
Some players of note who took part in the tournament include:
- Cuba
- Connie Marrero (3-2, 1.15 ERA), winner of the tournament most valuable player award
- Pedro Orta (.282), father of journeyman Jorge Orta
- Nap Reyes (.297), future major league player
- Segundo Rodriguez (.433), team batting leader
- Nicaragua
- Stanley Cayasso led the tournament in hits with 19
- Juan Manuel Vallecillo led the tournament in RBIs with 10, and tied for second with doubles 4
- Jose Melendez had a record of 3-0
- Jonathan Robinson (.444) led the tournament in batting average, as well as runs with 14
- United States
- Stubby Overmire, future major league player
- Hawaii
- L. Kunihisha led the tournament with 7 stolen bases
References
- Bjarkman, Peter, A History of Cuban Baseball
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- Great Britain 1938
- Cuba 1939
- Cuba 1940
- Cuba 1941
- Cuba 1942
- Cuba 1943
- Venezuela 1944
- Venezuela 1945
- Colombia 1947
- Nicaragua 1948
- Nicaragua 1950
- Mexico 1951
- Cuba 1952
- Venezuela 1953
- Costa Rica 1961
- Colombia 1965
- Dominican Republic 1969
- Colombia 1970
- Cuba 1971
- Nicaragua 1972
- Cuba 1973
- Nicaragua 1973
- United States 1974
- Colombia 1976
- Italy 1978
- Japan 1980
- South Korea 1982
- Cuba 1984
- Netherlands 1986
- Italy 1988
- Canada 1990
- Nicaragua 1994
- Italy 1998
- Taiwan 2001
- Cuba 2003
- Netherlands 2005
- Taiwan 2007
- Europe 2009
- Panama 2011
- (discontinued after 2011)