Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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Baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

 at the 1964 Summer Olympics
1964 Summer Olympics
The 1964 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. Tokyo had been awarded with the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subsequently passed to Helsinki because of Japan's...

was a demonstration sport and consisted of a single game. It was the fifth time that a baseball exhibition had been held, and was the last time that only one game would be played. Approximately 50,000 fans watched the game.

The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 team of college baseball
College baseball
College baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...

 players, including eight future major league players and coached by Rod Dedeaux
Rod Dedeaux
Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux was an American college baseball coach who compiled what is arguably the greatest record of any coach in the sport's amateur history....

, defeated a Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese amateur all-star team in Tokyo
Tokyo
, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, 6-2.

The American future major leaguers included pitchers Alan Closter, Dick Joyce, and Chuck Dobson
Chuck Dobson
Charles Thomas Dobson is a retired professional baseball player who played 9 seasons for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics, and the California Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:...

; catchers Jim Hibbs
Jim Hibbs
James Kerr Hibbs is a former professional baseball player who played 1 season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at Stanford University.-References:...

 and Ken Suarez
Ken Suarez
Kenneth Raymond Suarez is a former right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1966 to 1973 for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. He was 5'9" tall and he weighed 175 pounds....

; outfielder Shaun Fitzmaurice
Shaun Fitzmaurice
Shaun Earle Fitzmaurice is a former Major League Baseball player.Fitzmaurice played for New York Mets in the season. In nine career games, he had two hits in 13 at-bats with two runs scored....

; first baseman Mike Epstein
Mike Epstein
Michael Peter Epstein , nicknamed SuperJew, is a former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and California Angels from –....

; and second baseman Gary Sutherland
Gary Sutherland
Gary Lynn Sutherland was a Major League Second Baseman and Shortstop for 13 seasons from 1966-1978....

.

Fitzmaurice hit a home run on the first pitch of the game.

US Team Roster

Coaches
  • Rod Dedeaux
    Rod Dedeaux
    Raoul Martial "Rod" Dedeaux was an American college baseball coach who compiled what is arguably the greatest record of any coach in the sport's amateur history....

     - Head Coach (USC)
  • Dutch Fehring
    Dutch Fehring
    William Paul "Dutch" Fehring was an American football and baseball player and coach in the United States. He served as the head baseball coach at Purdue University from 1936 to 1942 and at Stanford University from 1956 to 1967, compiling a career college baseball record of...

     - Assistant Coach (Stanford)
  • Lee Eilbracht - Assistant Coach (Illinois)


Pitchers
  • George Bosworth (Hope)
  • Bill Brasher (UCLA)
  • Alan Closter (Iowa State)
  • Chuck Dobson
    Chuck Dobson
    Charles Thomas Dobson is a retired professional baseball player who played 9 seasons for the Kansas City and Oakland Athletics, and the California Angels of Major League Baseball.-References:...

     (Kansas)
  • Dick Joyce (Holy Cross)
  • Walter Peterson (USC)
  • Keith Weber (Missouri)


Catchers
  • Jim Hibbs
    Jim Hibbs
    James Kerr Hibbs is a former professional baseball player who played 1 season for the California Angels of Major League Baseball. He played college baseball at Stanford University.-References:...

     (Stanford)
  • Bud Hollowell
    Bud Hollowell
    Buddy Ryan Hollowell was a baseball catcher who is notable for multiple reasons. He won the 1963 College World Series Most Outstanding Player award while a junior at University of Southern California after hitting .350 in the Series, he participated in the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, he was a minor...

     (USC)
  • Ken Suarez
    Ken Suarez
    Kenneth Raymond Suarez is a former right-handed Major League Baseball catcher who played from 1966 to 1973 for the Kansas City Athletics, Cleveland Indians and Texas Rangers. He was 5'9" tall and he weighed 175 pounds....

     (Florida State)


Infielders
  • Tommy Keyes (Mississippi)
  • Larry Sandel (USC)
  • Gary Sutherland
    Gary Sutherland
    Gary Lynn Sutherland was a Major League Second Baseman and Shortstop for 13 seasons from 1966-1978....

     (USC)
  • Jim Vopieka (Illinois)


Outfielders
  • Brian Edgerly (Colgate)
  • Mike Epstein
    Mike Epstein
    Michael Peter Epstein , nicknamed SuperJew, is a former Major League Baseball player for the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Senators, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and California Angels from –....

     (California)
  • Shaun Fitzmaurice
    Shaun Fitzmaurice
    Shaun Earle Fitzmaurice is a former Major League Baseball player.Fitzmaurice played for New York Mets in the season. In nine career games, he had two hits in 13 at-bats with two runs scored....

     (Notre Dame)
  • Herbert Hamlett  {Syracuse}
  • Bob Karlblom (Augustana)
  • Don Novick (NYU)
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