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1944 Amateur World Series

Field	Value
country
image	1944 AWS stamp.jpg
image_size	150px
dates	12 October – 18 November
num_teams	8
venues	Estadio Cerveza Caracas
defending_champion	Cuba
champion	Venezuela
champion-flagvar	1930
num_championships	2
second	Mexico
second-flagvar	1934
third	Cuba
fourth	Panama
games	40*
prevseason	[1943](1943-amateur-world-series)
nextseason	[1945](1945-amateur-world-series)

| champion-flagvar = 1930 | second-flagvar = 1934 The 1944 Amateur World Series was the seventh 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 first time, in Venezuela. It was contested by four national teams playing twelve games each from October 12 through November 18 in Caracas. Venezuela won their second AWS title, though in controversial fashion.

Tournament summary

Controversy surrounded the tournament with umpiring decisions. The Dominican Republic led Venezuela going into the 9th. In the top of the inning, Venezuela rallied to take the lead. In the bottom of the inning, the umpire called the game early due to bad light, reverting the 9th inning and making the Dominican Republic the winner.

More controversial umpiring played a role in a Cuba–Venezuela game in the final phase of the event. After a Venezuelan errored the ball during a close play at first, a photographer came over and threw the ball to one of the Venezuelan players, which led to an out. The Cuban manager protested the call and was told by the umpires that photographers were allowed to intervene in play. Due to this, Cuba withdrew from the Cup and their remaining game was forfeited; they were credited with a third-place finish nonetheless.

Cuba's withdrawal was closely followed by that of Mexico, who also withdrew from the tournament after more controversial umpiring decisions in favour of Venezuela, forfeiting the final round and finishing second. Mexico manager Chile Gómez declared the umpiring in Venezuela "the worst I've seen."

Standings

First round

Team	W	L
	6	1
	5	2
	5	2
	4	3
	4	3
	2	5
	1	6
	1	6

Second round

Team	W	L
	2	1
	2	1
	2	1
	0	3

Final round

Team	W	L
*	2	0
	0	2

Venezuela won by forfeit.

Honors and awards

Statistical leaders

Statistic	Name	Total	Batting average	Hits	Runs	Home runs	Runs batted in	Stolen bases
Leonard Roberts	.478
Antonio Briñez	19
Guillermo Vento	14
Adolfredo González
J. Diaz
B. López	2
Dalmiro Finol	15
José Araújo	4

Statistic	Name	Total	Wins	Earned run average	Strikeouts
F. Alcaraz
Luis Castro
Luis Zuloaga	3
Luis Zuloaga	0.94
Julio Moreno	23

References

Bibliography

Bjarkman, P. A History of Cuban Baseball
Cup History

References

(30 November 1944). "Umpire Hero to Venezuelans".
"Historia de la Copa Mundial/World Cup History I-X (1938-1948)".

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