1951 Amateur World Series

1951 Amateur World SeriesTournament details

Teams| 11
Final positions
Champions|  United States
Runner-up|  Venezuela
Third place|  Cuba
Fourth place|  Dominican Republic

The 1951 Amateur World Series was the twelfth 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 Mexico, from November 1 to 19.

Cuba fared well in the preliminary round, going 9-1 with a one-run loss to Puerto Rico. Venezuela also was 9-1, followed by Puerto Rico (7-3) and the Dominican Republic (7-3). Failing to advance to round two were Nicaragua (6-4), Costa Rica (5-5), Panama (5-5), Colombia (4-6), Mexico (2-8), Guatemala (1-9), and El Salvador (0-10).

In the final round, Puerto Rico went 3-0 to win the gold medal. Venezuela claimed the silver with a 2-1 mark, while Cuba was a disappointing 1-2; both losses were by 7-6 scores. The Dominican Republic was 0-3 in the medal round.

Bert Bradford of Nicaragua led the tourney with a .481 average and 25 hits, while the Dominicans had the top home run threat, Walter James, with 3. Puerto Rico's Sotero Ortiz led in runs (21) and stolen bases (10) while teammate Ramon Maldonado hit 8 doubles, the most.

## Final standings[edit]

| Place  | Team

|

|  Puerto Rico
|  Venezuela
|  Cuba
4  |  Dominican Republic
5  |  Nicaragua
6  |  Costa Rica
7  |  Panama
8  |  Colombia
9  |  Mexico
10  |  Guatemala
11  |  El Salvador
|  1951 Amateur World Series champions

Puerto Rico
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Baseball World Cup

* Great Britain 1938
* Cuba 1939
* Cuba 1940
* Cuba 1941
* Cuba 1942
* Cuba 1943
* Venezuela 1944
* Venezuela 1945
* Colombia 1947
* Nicaragua 1948
* Nicaragua 1950
* Mexico 1951
* Cuba 1952
* Venezuela 1953
* Costa Rica 1961
* Colombia 1965
* Dominican Republic 1969
* Colombia 1970
* Cuba 1971
* Nicaragua 1972
* Cuba 1973
* Nicaragua 1973
* United States 1974
* Colombia 1976
* Italy 1978
* Japan 1980
* South Korea 1982
* Cuba 1984
* Netherlands 1986
* Italy 1988
* Canada 1990
* Nicaragua 1994
* Italy 1998
* Taiwan 2001
* Cuba 2003
* Netherlands 2005
* Taiwan 2007
* Europe 2009
* Panama 2011
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