The 1988 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 30th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cubaits 19th overall victory (their first under the BWC name).
There were 12 participating countries.
The next nine competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.
First round Standings Pos Team W L RS RA 1 11 0 112 35 2 10 1 120 22 3 8 3 77 32 4 7 4 65 29 5 7 4 73 72 6 6 5 77 46 7 5 6 46 61 8 5 6 59 47 9 4 7 51 70 10 2 9 49 93 11 1 10 44 115 12 0 11 9 160
Final round
Final standings Pos Team W L 13 0 11 2 9 4 4 7 6 5 7 4 6 6 5 7 5 6 8 5 6 9 4 7 10 2 9 11 1 10 12 0 11
Awards
+ Tournament Awards Award Player Leading hitter Antonio Pacheco Pitcher with best ERA Ben McDonald Pitcher with best win/loss average Takehiro Ishii Most Runs batted in Robin Ventura Most Home runs Luis Casanova Most Stolen bases Julio Medina Kenji Tomashino Most Runs scored Ty Griffin Omar Linares
+ All Star Team Position Player Pitchers Takehiro Ishii Jim Abbott Catcher Pedro Rodríguez First base Tino Martinez Second base Antonio Pacheco Third base Robin Ventura Shortstop Matt Stairs Outfield Luis Casanova Lourdes Gourriel Daisuke Tsutsui Designated hitter Mike Fiore
References
External links XXX Baseball World Cup - XXX Copa del Mundo de Béisbol Archives 1988