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The 1940 Amateur World Series was the third Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the second consecutive time, in Cuba. It was contested by seven national teams playing twelve games each from September 14 through October 6 in Havana. Cuba won its second, and second consecutive, AWS title.
Tournament details | |
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Country | Cuba |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 14 September – 6 October |
Teams | 7 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cuba (2nd title) |
Runner-up | Nicaragua |
Third place | United States |
Fourth place | Venezuela |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 42 |
MVP | Connie Marrero |
Though only three of the fourteen teams that had been invited to the second Amateur World Series in Havana managed to attend the previous year, many of them participated in the 1939 edition. Mexico, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico all made their debuts in international competition, as did Hawaii (which at the time was a U.S. territory), becoming the first team from Oceania to participate.
Caribbean (2)
Oceania (1) |
North America (3) |
South America (1)
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Havana, Cuba | |
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Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical | |
Capacity: 15,000 | |
Pos. | Team | W | L | RS | RA |
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1 | Cuba | 10 | 2 | ||
2 | Nicaragua | 9 | 3 | ||
United States | 9 | 3 | |||
4 | Venezuela | 5 | 7 | ||
5 | Hawaii | 5 | 7 | ||
6 | Mexico | 2 | 10 | ||
7 | Puerto Rico | 2 | 10 |
Some players of note who took part in the tournament include:
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Award | Player | Ref. |
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Most Valuable Player | Conrado Marrero | [1] |
Position | Player |
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C | Bill Krywicki Carlos Colás |
1B | Virgilio Arteaga |
2B | Joe McDonough |
3B | David K. Richards |
SS | Lawrence Kunihisa |
OF | Héctor Benítez |
Antonio Ruiz | |
Jonathan Robinson | |
DH | Shohei Ohtani |
P | Stubby Overmire |
Cliff McClanahan | |
Conrado Marrero | |
Tomás Hechevarría | |
José Ángel Meléndez | |
Al Nalua |
Source: [2]
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