Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Baseball at the 1988 Summer Olympics was a demonstration sport for the seventh time. Eight teams competed in Jamsil Baseball Stadium in the baseball tournament. The format used was the same as the tournament of four years earlier. Five teams that had competed in the 1984 tournament returned.

Preliminary round

There were two pools for the preliminary round. Teams played each of the three other teams in their division.

• Blue Division
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Japan
  •  Netherlands
  •  Puerto Rico
• White Division
  •  Australia
  •  Canada
  •  South Korea
  •  United States

Blue Division

Round 1

•  Japan, 1-0
•  Netherlands, 1-0
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-1
•  Puerto Rico, 0-1

Game 1, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Netherlands	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2		6	10
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7

Game 6, 20 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4
Japan	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	x		7	14

Round 2

•  Japan, 2-0
•  Netherlands, 1-1
•  Puerto Rico, 1-1
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-2

Game 2, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12		R	H
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		3	9
Japan	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1		4	15

Game 5, 22 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	2	0		7	17
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0		4	12

Round 3

•  Japan, 3-0
•  Puerto Rico, 2-1
•  Netherlands, 1-2
•  Chinese Taipei, 0-3

Game 3, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Chinese Taipei	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			0	5
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0			2	4

Game 4, 24 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Japan	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		6	10
Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	6

White Division

Round 1

•  Australia, 1-0
•  United States, 1-0
•  Canada, 0-1
•  South Korea, 0-1

Game 1, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Canada	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0		6	12
Australia	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	x		7	10

Game 6, 19 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	0	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0		5	7
South Korea	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2		3	7

Round 2

•  Australia, 1-1
•  Canada, 1-1
•  South Korea, 1-1
•  United States, 1-1

Game 2, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		R	H
Australia	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	6
South Korea	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	7

Game 5, 23 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	3	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2		7	12
Canada	0	1	0	4	0	0	3	0	x		8	12

Round 3

•  United States, 2-1
•  South Korea, 2-1
•  Australia, 1-2
•  Canada, 1-2

Game 3, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Australia	0	0	0	0	0	0	2				2	3
United States	2	0	1	0	1	0	8				12	15

Game 4, 25 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
South Korea	2	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0		5	11
Canada	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		3	6

Semifinals

The semifinals pitted the first-place team of each division against the second-place team of the other division. Thus, Japan (3-0) played against Korea (2-1), which had a tied record with the United States (2-1) but had lost in head-to-head competition against them. The first-place Americans played against Puerto Rico (2-1).

Game 1, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
White #2	South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1	6
Blue #1	Japan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0		3	5

Game 2, 26 September

Rank	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Blue #2	Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		2	9
White #1	United States	4	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	x		7	8

Third-place final

The third-place final pitted the losers of the semifinals against each, with the winner taking third place and the loser taking fourth.

27 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
Puerto Rico	0	0	0	1	0	4	2	0	0		7	11
South Korea	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	4

First-place final

The winners of the semifinals played each other for first and second place. In a rematch of the 1984 final, the reigning champion Japanese team lost to the United States. Since baseball was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

27 September

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9		R	H
United States	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	0		5	11
Japan	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0		3	7

Rosters

United States

Source:[1]

• Jim Abbott, P
• Bret Barberie, IF
• Andy Benes, P
• Jeff Branson, IF
• Mike Fiore, OF
• Tom Goodwin, OF
• Ty Griffin, IF
• Andrew Kobliska, OF
• Tino Martinez, IF
• Bill Masse, OF
• Ben McDonald, P
• Mike Milchin, IF/P
• Mickey Morandini, OF
• Charles Nagy, P
• Doug Robbins, C
• Scott Servais, C
• Dave Silvestri, IF
• Joe Slusarski, P
• Ed Sprague, IF
• Robin Ventura, IF
• Ted Wood, OF
• Mark Marquess, head coach
• Skip Bertman, assistant coach
• Dave Bingham, assistant coach
• Ron Polk, assistant coach

Japan

Source:[2]

• 1 Masafumi Nishi, IF
• 2 Hiroki Katsuragi, IF
• 3 Kunji Yonezaki, IF
• 6 Kenjiro Nomura, IF
• 8 Terushi Nakajima, OF
• 9 Hirofumi Ogawa, IF
• 10 Daisuke Tsutsui, IF
• 11 Tetsuya Shiozaki, P
• 12 Tomio Watanabe, P
• 14 Tetsu Suzuki, P
• 15 So Kikuchi, P
• 16 Shuji Yoshida, P
• 18 Takehiro Ishii, P
• 19 Hideo Nomo, P
• 20 Atsuya Furuta, C
• 21 Makoto Maeda, OF
• 22 Atsuyoshi Otake, C
• 25 Yasushi Matsumoto, OF
• 27 Kenji Tomashino, OF
• 28 Tsuyoshi Omori, IF
• 30 Yoshinobu Suzuki, head coach
• 31 Katsuji Kawashima, assistant coach
• 32 Masatake Nakayama, assistant coach

Canada

Source:[3]

• Rob Butler
• Bill Byckowski
• Rheal Cormier
• Randy Curran
• Gregory Duce
• Mark Griffin
• Stewart Hillman
• Peter Hoy
• Lome Franklin Humber
• Rick Johnston
• James Kotkas
• Alan Mauthe
• Thomas Nelson
• Greg O'Halloran
• Barry Parisotto
• Greg Roth
• David Rypien
• Warren Sawkiw
• Matt Stairs
• Dave Wainhouse

Australia

Source:[4]

• Anthony Adamson
• Barrie Bahnert
• David Buckthorpe
• Scott Cameron
• David Clarkson
• Jon Deeble
• Malcolm Gregg
• Shaun Harbar
• Gregory Harvey
• Kim Jessop
• Geoffrey Martin
• Parris Mitchell
• Michael Nind
• Matthew Sheldon-Collins
• Peter Hartas
• Tony Thomson
• Peter Vogler
• Grant Weir
• Darren Welch
• Peter Wood

Chinese Taipei

Source:[5]

• Chin-Mou Chen
• Yi-Hsin Chen
• Tai-Chuan Chiang
• Cheng-Chin Hong
• I-Chung Hong
• Chiung-Lung Huang
• Ping-Yang Huang
• Cheng-Cherng Kuo
• Chien-Fu Kuo Lee
• Chu-Ming Lee
• I-Tseng Lin
• Tzung-Chiu Lin
• Chen-Jung Lo
• Kuo-Chong Lo
• Chi-Chen Tseng
• Hung-Chin Tu
• Kuang-Huei Wang
• Fu-Lien Wu
• Shih-Hsin Wu
• Chieh-Jen Yang

The Netherlands

Source:[6]

• Frank Bos
• Eric de Bruin
• Peter Callenbach
• Robert Eenhoorn
• Rikkert Faneyte
• Ron Giroldi
• Bill Groot
• Gerlach Halderman
• Jacky Jacoba
• Marcel Joost
• Robert Knol
• Frank Koot
• Harry Koster
• Marcel Kruyt
• Alfred de Leeuw
• Hans van Renselaar
• Ronald Stoovelaar
• Bart Volkerijk
• Eric de Vries
• Haitze de Vries

Puerto Rico

Source:[7]

• Albert Bracero
• Elliot Cianchini
• Luis O. Davila
• Jesus I. Feliciano
• James C. Figueroa
• Anthony Garcia
• Efrain Garcia
• Eddie Horrio
• Jose Lorenzana
• Victor L. Martinez
• Roberto Mateo
• Jose V. Melendez
• Angel A. Morales
• Benedicto Poupart
• Mariano Quinones
• Luis Ramos
• Jorge Robles
• Abimael Rosario
• Roberto Santana
• Wilfredo Velez

South Korea

Source:[8]

• Baek Jae-woo
• Chang Ho-ick
• Cho Kye-yun
• Choi Hae-myoung
• Choi Hoo-jae
• Hwang Dae-yeon
• Kang Ki-woong
• Kang Young-soo
• Kim Dong-soo
• Kim Ki-bum
• Kim Kyung-ki
• Kim Tae-hyoung
• Kwon Taek-jae
• Lee Kang-chul
• Lee Kwang-woo
• Lee Suk-jae
• Park Dong-hee
• Roh Chan-yup
• Song Gu-hong
• Song Jin-woo

Final standings

Place Team  United States  Japan  Puerto Rico 4  South Korea 5  Netherlands 6  Australia 7  Canada 8  Chinese Taipei

1988 Olympic Champions  United States Demonstration Sport title

References

• Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the Olympics" (PDF). Citius, Altius, Fortius. 1 (1): 7–15.
• Official Report. Official Report Volume 2: Competition Summary and Results. 1988.

1. "1988 United States Olympic Team Roster Archived 2009-02-02 at the Wayback Machine", USABaseball.com, accessed December 29, 2008.
2. 1988 Japan Olympic Team Roster (Japanese) Archived August 30, 2009, at the Wayback Machine