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International baseball tournament

1970 Amateur World Series
Tournament details
Country	Colombia
Teams	11
Final positions
Champions	Cuba
Runner-up	United States
Third place	Puerto Rico
Fourth place	Colombia
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The 1970 Amateur World Series was held in Cartagena, Colombia from November 18 through December 4, 1970. It was the first Amateur World Series in over 30 years to feature a European team and was the first to include two European teams, in the form of Italy and the Netherlands. It also marked the debut of Canada in Amateur World Series play.

The tournament was won by Cuba, for their second consecutive title and their sifth in the past eight editions. The United States finished in second, also for the second consecutive year.

Participants

The Italian and Dutch national teams were both fixtures of the European Baseball Championship, but neither had ever appeared in an Amateur World Series tournament until 1970. They would be the first European teams in the tournament since Great Britain defeated the United States in the inaugural Amateur World Series in 1938. While Italy and the Netherlands both won a game, the newcomers clearly struggled; nevertheless, within 35 years, both would make it to the medal round of the tournament.

This was the second year of competition for the United States national baseball team, which returned to the AWS after a near-three decade absence. Jack Stallings, head coach of Florida State University, managed the team.

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	12	1
	United States	10	3
	Puerto Rico	9	2
4	Colombia	8	3
5	Venezuela	7	4
6	Dominican Republic	6	5
7	Nicaragua	4	7
8	Netherlands Antilles	3	8
9	Italy	1	9
10	Canada	1	9
11	Netherlands	1	10

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

Batting leaders
Statistic	Name	Total
Batting average	Abel Leal	.477
Hits	Abel Leal	21
Runs	4 tied with	12
Home runs	Ramon Ortiz	3
Runs batted in	Félix Isasi	15
Stolen bases	Orlando Ramírez	8

Pitching leaders
Statistic	Name	Total
Wins	5 tied with	3
Earned run average	Burt Hooton	0.00
Strikeouts	Burt Hooton	44

Félix Isasi (CUB), Wilfredo Sánchez (CUB), Abel Leal (COL), Wilson Pérez (DOM)
Gaspar Legón (CUB), O. García (COL), Rich Troedson (USA), Mike Caldwell (USA), A. Córdova (VEN)

Awards

Award	Player	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Abel Leal

References

"Baseball Takes Another Step Towards Olympics". The Sporting News. 2 January 1971. Retrieved 30 September 2024.
^ "Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History XI-XX (1950-1972)". Baseball de Cuba (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.

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