1982 Amateur World Series Explained

Country:South Korea
Num Teams:10
Continents:3
Prev Year:1980
Medal Type:world cup
Champion:South Korea
Champion-Flagvar:1949
Second:Japan
Second-Flagvar:1947
Third:United States
Fourth:Chinese Taipei
Prevseason:1980
Nextseason:1984

The 1982 Amateur World Series was the 27th 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 only time, in South Korea, from 4 September to 14 September, and was won by South Korea in its first AWS victory.

There were 10 participating countries.

Standings

PosTeamPWL
1 9 8 1
2 9 7 2
3 9 6 3
4 9 6 3
5 9 5 4
6 9 3 6
7 9 3 6
8 9 3 6
9 9 2 7
10 9 2 7

Awards

The IBAF announced the following awards at the completion of the tournament.

All Star Team! Position !! Player
Best right-handed pitcher Sun Dong-Yeol
Best left-hand pitcher Rob Heisler
Catcher Larry Downes
First Base Edolrdo Orrizzi
Second Base Charles Urbanus Jr.
Third Base Lin Fua-wei
Shortstop Kim Jae-bak
Outfield Jordan Berge
George Chao
Doug McPhail
Designated Hitter Kunio Takesue
Tournament Awards! Award !! Player
MVP Sun Dong-Yeol
Leading Batter George Chao
Best Earned Run Average (Pitcher) Lim Ho-Kyun
Most Wins (Pitcher) Sun Dong-Yeol
Most Runs Batted In Kunio Takesue
Most Home Runs Kunio Takesue
Most Stolen Bases Mitsugu Kobayashi
Most Runs Scored Robert Cobb

References