International Amateur Baseball Tournament

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International Amateur Baseball Tournament
Tournament details
Country	Mexico
City	Mexico City
Venue(s)	Parque del Seguro Social [es]
Dates	November 2–10, 1968 (1968-11-02 – 1968-11-10)
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	United States
Runner-up	Cuba
Third place	Mexico
Fourth place	Puerto Rico
Tournament statistics
Games played	12

The International Amateur Baseball Tournament was held in Mexico City in 1968 between four different national baseball teams.^[1]^[2] The tournament occurred shortly after the 1968 Olympic Games, also in Mexico City, though it was not considered part of the Olympic program. It was billed as the first edition of the tournament, but the format was not continued; future international amateur tournaments, including the following year in Santo Domingo, would continue to bill themselves as the Amateur World Series.

The champion United States team was coached by veteran college coach Danny Litwhiler.^[3] It lost only one game, in a ten-inning shutout to Mexico.^[4]^[5] The U.S. team included several future major leaguers, namely Brent Strom, Larry Gura, Lenny Randle, and Steve Rogers. Other future major leaguers included Puerto Rico's Miguel Fuentes.^[6]

Standings

Pos	Team	W	L
1	United States	5	1
2	Cuba	4	2
3	Mexico	2	4
4	Puerto Rico	1	5

Results

November 2, 1968	Cuba	1 – 2	United States	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 3, 1968	Puerto Rico	8 – 21	Cuba	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 3, 1968	United States	0 – 1	Mexico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 4, 1968	United States	10 – 9	Puerto Rico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 5, 1968	Mexico	2 – 5	Cuba	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 6, 1968	Puerto Rico	2 – 15	Mexico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 7, 1968	Cuba	8 – 1	Mexico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 7, 1968	United States	9 – 2	Puerto Rico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 8, 1968	Cuba	12 – 4	Puerto Rico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 9, 1968	United States	9 – 4	Mexico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

November 10, 1968	Puerto Rico	2 – 4	Mexico	Parque del Seguro Social, Mexico City
		Boxscore

Final

November 10, 1968 at Parque del Seguro Social
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
United States	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	5	8	1
Cuba	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
WP: Brent Strom LP: Andres Leaño Home runs: USA: Gary Sanserino CUB: None Boxscore

References

^ "De los pocos que han ganado a EU" (in Spanish). Delicias, Chihuahua. El Diario de Delicias. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ Robert Wood (November 2022). "Olympic Baseball Demonstration Mexico 1968". Topend Sports.
^ "Danny Litwhiler". American Baseball Coaches Association.
^ Martin Ortiz Mares (3 June 2020). "Juan Palafox, El Pitcher Que Venció A Estados Unidos" (in Spanish). Delicias, Chihuahua. El Diario de Delicias. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
^ "En Diez Actos, Mexico Derroto a Estados Unidos una a cero" (in Spanish). El Informador. Nov 2, 1968. p. 19.
^ "Estados Unidos Derrotó a México y Empató en la Cima con Cuba" (in Spanish). El Informador. Nov 10, 1968. p. 21.

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