WBSC Premier12 2015

The 2015 WBSC Premier 12 was the inaugural season of the WBSC Premier 12 , an international baseball tournament hosted by the World Baseball Softball Confederation . The tournament took place in Taiwan and Japan from November 8-21, 2015 . It was won by the South Korean national baseball team, which won the final against the USA 8-0.

Participating teams

The 12 national baseball teams with the highest number of points in the WBSC World Rankings qualified to participate . At the time of selection, these were the following:

WBSC World Rankings on November 22, 2014

rank	team	Points
1	Japan	785.18
2	United States	766.02
3	Cuba	662.98
4th	Taiwan	605.48
5	Netherlands	433.50
6th	Dominican Republic	379.18
7th	Canada	353.52
8th	South Korea	340.90
9	Puerto Rico	291.50
10	Venezuela	269.00
11	Italy	196.18
12	Mexico	136.78

Participating players

Since the U.S. Baseball Association's Major League Baseball refused to allow MLB players to join its 40-man roster , only up-and-coming MLB players like Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Brett Phillips took on former MLB players like Andruw Jones from the Texas Rangers and stars from other professional baseball leagues such as Japanese pitcher Shohei Ohtani and South Korean infielder Park Byung-ho took part in the tournament.

Venues

Group A	Group A and quarter finals	Group B
Douliu , Taiwan	Taichung , Taiwan	Taipei , Taiwan
Douliu Baseball Stadium	Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium	Tianmu Baseball Stadium
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 10,500

Group B and quarter finals	Group B	Semifinals and finals
Taoyuan , Taiwan	Sapporo , Japan	Tokyo , Japan
Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium	Sapporo Dome	Tokyo Dome
Capacity: 20,000	Capacity: 40,467	Capacity: 46,000

Player awards

All-world team

position	player
Starting pitcher	Shohei Ohtani
Relief pitcher	Dustin Molleken
Catcher	Humberto Sosa
First baseman	Sho Nakata
Second baseman	Adam Frazier
Third baseman	Hwang Jae-gyun
Shortstop	Carlton Daal
Outfielder	Randolph Oduber Matt McBride Kim Hyun-soo
Designated hitter	Lee Dae-ho

Individual awards

Award	player	value
Most Valuable Player	Kim Hyun-soo
Leading hitter	Matt McBride	.526
Pitcher with the best ERA	Shohei Ohtani	0.00
Pitcher with the best W / L	Chris Leroux	2–0
Most runs batted in	Sho Nakata	13
Most home runs	Lin Chih-sheng	4th
Most stole bases	Randolph Oduber	3
Most runs	Tyler O'Neill	8th
Best defensive player	Hayato Sakamoto

Final score

Final score Premier 12 2015

rank	team	W.	L.
1	South Korea	6th	2
2	United States	5	3
3	Japan	7th	1
4th	Mexico	3	5
5	Canada	5	1
6th	Cuba	3	3
7th	Netherlands	3	3
8th	Puerto Rico	2	4th
9	Taiwan	2	3
10	Venezuela	2	3
11	Italy	0	5
11	Dominican Republic	0	5

W = victories, L = defeats

Prize money

The World Baseball Softball Confederation awarded a total of 3,800,000 million US dollars in prize money for the tournament:

• Winner: US $ 1,000,000
• Second place: US $ 600,000
• Third place: US $ 400,000
• Fourth place: US $ 300,000
• 5th to 8th place: US $ 225,000 each
• 9th to 12th place: US $ 150,000 each

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jason Coskrey: Japan to co-host Premier 12 baseball world tourney . In: The Japan Times Online . January 19, 2015, ISSN  0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed July 10, 2018]).
2. ^ S Korea win Premier 12 - Taipei Times. Retrieved July 10, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Jason Coskrey: South Korea crushes US to win Premier 12 title . In: The Japan Times Online . November 21, 2015, ISSN  0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed July 10, 2018]).
4. ↑ Rankings - WBSC . In: WBSC . ( wbsc.org [accessed July 10, 2018]).
5. ↑ MLB players won't be at Premier 12 . In: The Japan Times Online . September 4, 2015, ISSN  0447-5763 ( japantimes.co.jp [accessed July 10, 2018]).
6. ↑ Baseball America: US unveils Premier 12 roster. October 21, 2015, accessed July 10, 2018 . 
7. ^ Tournaments - WBSC . In: WBSC . ( wbsc.org [accessed July 10, 2018]).
8. ↑ WBSC announces $ 4 Million Prize Money for # Premier12 "Mister Baseball. Retrieved October 23, 2018 (American English).