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 1988 Summer Olympics

1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad, were an all international multi-sport events celebrated from September 17 to October 2, 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. They were the second summer Olympic Games to be held in Asia and the first since the 1964 Summer Olympics...

was a demonstration sport

Demonstration sport

A demonstration sport is a sport which is played to promote itself, most commonly during the Olympic Games, but also at other sporting events.Demonstration sports were officially introduced in 1912 Summer Olympics, when Sweden decided to include glima, traditional Icelandic wrestling, in the...

 for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Seoul

Seoul

Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...

 in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1984 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport. Although single exhibition games had been played in conjunction with five previous Olympics, it was the first time that the sport was officially included in the program, and also the first time that the sport was played in Olympics...

 returned.

Preliminary round

There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.

• Blue Division

• White Division

Round 1

, 1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1

Game 1, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		6	10
	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7

Game 6, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4
	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	x		7	14

Round 2

, 2-0, 1-1, 1-1, 0-2

Game 2, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		R	H
	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	9
	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1		4	15

Game 5, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0		7	17
	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		4	12

Round 3

, 3-0, 2-1, 1-2, 0-3

Game 3, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5
	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			2	4

Game 4, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		6	10
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	6

Round 1

, 1-0, 1-0, 0-1, 0-1

Game 1, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0		6	12
	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	x		7	10

Game 6, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0		5	7
	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		3	7

Round 2

, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1, 1-1

Game 2, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H
	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6
	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	7

Game 5, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2		7	12
	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	0	x		8	12

Round 3

, 2-1, 2-1, 1-2, 1-2

Game 3, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	0	0	0	0	2				2	3
	2	0	1	0	1	0	8				12	15

Game 4, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		5	11
	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with the United States (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2-1).

Game 1, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
White #2		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	6
Blue #1		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		3	5

Game 2, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Blue #2		0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	9
White #1		4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	x		7	8

Third-place final

The third-place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth.

7 August

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0		7	11
	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4

First-place final

The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

7 August

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		5	11
	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		3	7

United States

Source:

• Jim Abbott
  Jim Abbott
  James Anthony Abbott is a former Major League Baseball pitcher, who played despite having been born without a right hand. He played for the California Angels, the New York Yankees, the Chicago White Sox, and the Milwaukee Brewers, from 1989 to 1999.He graduated from Flint Central High School and...
  
  , P
• Bret Barberie
  Bret Barberie
  Bret Edward Barberie is a former professional baseball infielder. He is an alumnus of the University of Southern California....
  
  , IF
• Andy Benes
  Andy Benes
  Andrew Charles Benes is a former Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. During a 14-year career from 1989-2002. Benes played for four different teams: the San Diego Padres, the Seattle Mariners, the St. Louis Cardinals and the Arizona Diamondbacks...
  
  , P
• Jeff Branson, IF
• Mike Fiore
  Mike Fiore (baseball, born 1966)
  Mike Fiore is a noted amateur and professional baseball player. An outfielder, first baseman, third baseman, and designated hitter, he batted from the right side and threw with his right hand.-Amateur:...
  
  , OF
• Tom Goodwin
  Tom Goodwin
  Thomas Jones Goodwin is a former Major League Baseball player. He attended Central High School in Fresno, and then went on to play for Fresno State University...
  
  , OF
• Ty Griffin, IF
• Tino Martinez
  Tino Martinez
  Constantino "Tino" Martinez is a former Major League Baseball first baseman.Martinez was the first round draft pick for the Seattle Mariners in out of the University of Tampa where he starred during his time on campus. He began his Major League career in and has played for the Mariners, New...
  
  , IF
• Billy Masse, OF
• Ben McDonald
  Ben McDonald
  Larry Benard McDonald is a former Major League Baseball pitcher.-High school:McDonald prepped at Denham Springs High School, which is about 10 minutes east of Baton Rouge, and was both a basketball and baseball standout.-College:A collegiate star at Louisiana State University in both basketball...
  
  , P
• Mike Milchin
  Mike Milchin
  Michael Wayne Milchin is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for one season. He played for the Minnesota Twins for 26 games during the 1996 Minnesota Twins season and the Baltimore Orioles for 13 games during the 1996 Baltimore Orioles season.-External links:...
  
  , IF
• Mickey Morandini
  Mickey Morandini
  Michael Robert "Mickey" Morandini is a former All-Star second baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs, and Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball, and the current manager of the A-level Williamsport Crosscutters...
  
  , OF
• Charles Nagy
  Charles Nagy
  Charles Harrison Nagy is an American former Major League Baseball All-Star right-handed pitcher who played for 14 seasons in the major leagues from to , mostly with the Cleveland Indians, and currently serves as the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks.-Early life and amateur career:Nagy...
  
  , P
• Doug Robbins, C
• Scott Servais
  Scott Servais
  Scott Daniel Servais is the current director of player development for the Texas Rangers, and a former Major League Baseball player...
  
  , C
• Dave Silvestri
  Dave Silvestri
  David Joseph Silvestri was an infielder in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 1999. He also played on the United States Baseball team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.- External links :...
  
  , IF
• Joe Slusarski
  Joe Slusarski
  Joseph Andrew Slusarski was a pitcher for the Oakland Athletics , Milwaukee Brewers , Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves ....
  
  , P
• Ed Sprague, IF
• Robin Ventura
  Robin Ventura
  Robin Mark Ventura is the current manager of the Chicago White Sox. He is a former professional baseball player, a third baseman who played for four major league teams, most notably for the Chicago White Sox...
  
  , IF
• Ted Wood
  Ted Wood
  Edward Robert "Ted" Wood is an American former professional baseball player. An outfielder, Wood played in Major League Baseball for the San Francisco Giants and Montreal Expos from 1991-93...
  
  , OF

• Mark Marquess
  Mark Marquess
  Mark Marquess is the head coach of the Stanford Cardinal baseball team.In his 34 years at Stanford , he has compiled a record of 1,387–619–7 . His teams have made the postseason 23 times, and have had a record of 109–50 there. In the NCAA Regionals, his teams have a 65–25 record...
  
  , Head Coach
• Skip Bertman, Assistant Coach
• Dave Bingham, Assistant Coach
• Ron Polk
  Ron Polk
  Ronald Polk was a long-time head baseball coach at Mississippi State and is considered the "Father of SEC Baseball". He is by far the winningest coach in school and SEC history in all sports. In 28 seasons as the coach, he has to date compiled a 1139-590-2 record. His career record stands at...
  
  , Assistant Coach

Japan

Source:

• 1 Masafumi Nishi
  Masafumi Nishi
  is a Japanese baseball player. He won a bronze medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  , IF
• 2 Hiroki Katsuragi, IF
• 3 Kunji Yonezaki, IF
• 6 Kenjiro Nomura
  Kenjiro Nomura
  , is a retired Japanese baseball player. He was with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.He was born in Saiki, Ōita.He led his team into League Champion ....
  
  , IF
• 8 Terushi Nakajima, OF
• 9 Hirofumi Ogawa, IF
• 10 Daisuke Tsutsui, IF
• 11 Tetsuya Shiozaki, P
• 12 Tomio Watanabe, P
• 14 Tetsu Suzuki, P
• 15 So Kikuchi, P
• 16 Shuji Yoshida, P
• 18 Takehiro Ishii, P
• 19 Hideo Nomo
  Hideo Nomo
  is a former right-handed pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball from Japan. He achieved early success in Japan, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from to...
  
  , P
• 20 Atsuya Furuta
  Atsuya Furuta
  Atsuya Furuta is a Japanese former baseball player and player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League...
  
  , C
• 21 Makoto Maeda, OF
• 22 Atsuyoshi Otake, C
• 25 Yasushi Matsumoto, OF
• 27 Kenji Tomashino, OF
• 28 Tsuyoshi Omori, IF

• 30 Yoshinobu Suzuki, Head Coach
• 31 Katsuji Kawashima, Assistant Coach
• 32 Masatake Nakayama, Assistant Coach

Canada

Source:

• Rob Butler
• Bill Byckowski
• Rheal Cormier
  Rheal Cormier
  Rhéal Paul Cormier is a Canadian former Major League Baseball pitcher.He attended Community College of Rhode Island in Warwick, Rhode Island, and was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 6th round of the 1988 amateur draft...
  
  
• Randy Curran
• Gregory Duce
• Mark Griffin
• Stewart Hillman
• Peter Hoy
• Lome Franklin Humber
• Rick Johnston
• James Kotkas
• Alan Mauthe
• Thomas Nelson
• Greg O'Halloran
• Barry Parisotto
• Greg Roth
• David Rypien
• Warren Sawkiw
• Matt Stairs
  Matt Stairs
  Matthew Wade Stairs is a former Canadian professional Major League baseball outfielder, first baseman, designated hitter, and pinch hitter. He played for 12 different teams, a major league record he shares with Octavio Dotel, Mike Morgan and Ron Villone...
  
  
• Dave Wainhouse

Australia

Source:

• Anthony Adamson
• Barrie Bahnert
• David Buckthorpe
• Scott Cameron
• David Clarkson
• Jon Deeble
• Malcolm Gregg
• Shaun Harbar
• Gregory Harvey
• Kim Jessop
• Geoffrey Martin
• Parris Mitchell
• Michael Nind
• Matthew Sheldon-Collins
• Peter Tartas
• Tony Thomson
• Peter Vogler
• Grant Weir
• Darren Welch
• Peter Wood

Chinese Taipei

Source:

• Chin-Mou Chen
• Yi-Hsin Chen
• Tai-Chuan Chiang
• Cheng-Chin Hong
• I-Chung Hong
• Chiung-Lung Huang
• Ping-Yang Huang
• Cheng-Cherng Kuo
• Chien-Fu Kuo Lee
• Chu-Ming Lee
• I-Tseng Lin
• Tzung-Chiu Lin
• Chen-Jung Lo
• Kuo-Chong Lo
• Chi-Chen Tseng
• Hung-Chin Tu
• Kuang-Huei Wang
• Fu-Lien Wu
• Shih-Hsin Wu
• Chieh-Jen Yang

The Netherlands

Source:

• Frank Bos
• Eric de Bruin
• Peter Callenbach
• Robert Eenhoorn
• Rikkert Faneyte
• Ron Giroldi
• Bill Groot
• Gerlach Halderman
• Jacky Jacoba
• Marcel Joost
• Robert Knol
• Frank Koot
• Harry Koster
• Marcel Kruyt
• Alfred de Leeuw
• Hans van Renselaar
• Ronald Stoovelaar
• Bart Volkerijk
• Eric de Vries
• Haitze de Vries

Puerto Rico

Source:

• Albert Bracero
• Elliot Cianchini
• Luis O. Davila
• Jesus I. Feliciano
• James C. Figueroa
• Anthony Garcia
• Efrain Garcia
• Eddie Horrio
• Jose Lorenzana
• Victor L. Martinez
• Roberto Mateo
• Jose V. Melendez
• Angel A. Morales
• Benedicto Poupart
• Mariano Quinones
• Luis Ramos
• Jorge Robles
• Abimael Rosario
• Roberto Santana
• Wilfredo Velez

South Korea

Source:

• Jae-Woo Baek
• Ho-Ick Chang
• Kye-Yun Cho
• Hae-Myoung Choi
• Hoo-Jae Choi
• Dae-Yeon Hwang
• Ki-Woong Kang
• Young-Soo Kang
• Dong-Soo Kim
• Ki-Bum Kim
• Kyung-Ki Kim
• Tae-Hyung Kim
• Taek-Jae Kwon
• Kang-Chul Lee
• Kwang-Woo Lee
• Suk-Jae Lee
• Dong-Hee Park
• Chan-Yup Roh
• Gu-Hong Song
• Jin-Woo Song

Final standings

Place	Team
4
5
6
7
8