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]
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 . . . . . . |
Team | W | L | RS | RA |
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United States | 3 | 0 | 24 | 10 |
South Korea | 2 | 1 | 19 | 10 |
Australia | 1 | 2 | 13 | 26 |
Panama | 0 | 3 | 12 | 22 |
Tuesday, July 28, 1981:
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
United States | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | X | 9 | 12 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
WP: Todd Lamb LP: L Dominguez |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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:
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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United States | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
WP: ? LP: ? |
Thursday, July 30, 1981:
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Panama | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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South Korea | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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