The 1997 IBAF Intercontinental Cup was held in Barcelona, Spain from August 1 through to August 10, 1997. Eight countries contested the tournament including Cuba, Australia, Italy, Nicaragua, Japan, France, United States of America and the host Spain.[1] The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation.[citation needed]
The tournament saw the Japan national baseball team stun the Cuba national baseball team in the final, 11-2, ending a 14-year tournament dominance which included 7 tournament golds. The tournament MVP was Australia's Paul Gonzalez.
All-Star team
edit- C: Gary White, Australia (.351/.368/.622)
- 1B: Orestes Kindelán, Cuba .344/.417/.938, 6 HR, 10 R, 15 RBI)
- 2B: Yosuke Takasu, Japan (.429/.478/.524)
- SS: Omar Linares, Cuba (.367/.444/.633, 9 RBI)
- 3B: Paul Gonzalez, Australia (.571/.684/1.25, 5 HR, 9 BB, 8 R, 18 RBI)
- OF: Luis Ulacia, Cuba (.343/.400/.514, 10 R, 3 SB)
- OF: Yoshinobu Takahashi, Japan (.419/.513/1.032, 3 3B, 4 HR, 7 BB, 13 R, 16 RBI)
- OF: Chris Magruder, USA (.343/.412/.400, 8 R)
- DH: Greg Jelks, Australia (.471/.538/1.088, 6 HR, 10 R, 12 RBI)
- P: Koji Uehara, Japan (2-0, 0.53)
- P: Akio Shimizu, Japan (2-0, 1.64)
References
edit- ^ "International Successes | Australian Baseball League History". Australian Baseball League. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26. Retrieved 2019-05-29.
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