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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

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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
Bae Dae-woong
Cheon Bo-seong
Choi Dong-won
Ha Ki-ryong
Hwang Kyu-bong
Im Ho-kyun
Jang Hyo-jo
Kim Bong-yeon
Kim Il-kwon
Kim Jae-bak
Kim Jeong-soo
Kim Jin-woo
Kim Si-jin
Kim Yong-hee
Lee Hae-chang
Lee Seon-heui
Oh Dae-suk
Ryu Du-yeol
Sim Jae-won
Sunwoo Dae-yeong
 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

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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

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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: Todd Lamb   LP: L Dominguez
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: Bruce Johnson   LP:        Orford
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: Ray Mitchell   LP: Ronaldo Montero
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 – R Dominguez, de Leon, Proveda

References

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  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.