2004 Haarlem Baseball Week Explained

Country:Netherlands
City:Haarlem
Dates:23 July – 1 August
Num Teams:6
Medal Type:world minor
Champion:Netherlands
Num Championships:1
Second:Cuba
Third:Japan
Fourth:Chinese Taipei
Mvp: Johnny Balentina
Prevseason:2002
Nextseason:2006

The 2004 Haarlem Baseball Week was an international baseball competition held at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem, the Netherlands from July 23 to August 1, 2004. It was the 22nd edition of the tournament and featured teams from Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands and the United States.

In the end the team from the Netherlands won the tournament for the first time.[1]

Group stage

Standings

width=15px bgcolor="#98fb98"Qualified for the final
width=15px bgcolor=pinkDid not qualify for the final
width=20width=150Teamwidth=50Gameswidth=50Winswidth=50Losses
1541
2532
3532
4523
5523
6514

Chinese Taipei is the official IBAF designation for the team representing the state officially referred to as the Republic of China, more commonly known as Taiwan. (See also political status of Taiwan for details.)
The United States were represented by a semi-pro unaffiliated baseball team from Reno, Nevada named the Reno Astros.

Game results

Regarding a benefit game, the results didn't affect the standings.

Final standings

width=25Rkwidth=170Team
1
Lost in final
2
Failed to qualify for the Final
3
4
5
6

Tournament awards

Best Pitcher Calvin Maduro
Best Hitter Davide Dallospedale
Outstanding Defensive Player Ralph Milliard
Home run King Hsin-Ming Wang
Most Valuable Player Johnny Balentina
Most Popular Player Dirk van 't Klooster

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Netherlands won 22nd edition . https://web.archive.org/web/20080906161031/http://www.honkbalsite.com/events/hhw2004/wedstrijd16.html . 2008-09-06 . dead . 2009-07-29 .