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:
rank | team | Points |
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1 |
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785.18 |
2 |
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766.02 |
3 |
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662.98 |
4th |
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605.48 |
5 |
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433.50 |
6th |
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379.18 |
7th |
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353.52 |
8th |
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340.90 |
9 |
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291.50 |
10 |
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269.00 |
11 |
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196.18 |
12 |
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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 |
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Douliu Baseball Stadium | Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium | Tianmu Baseball Stadium |
Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 10,500 |
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Group B and quarter finals | Group B | Semifinals and finals |
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Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium | Sapporo Dome | Tokyo Dome |
Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 40,467 | Capacity: 46,000 |
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Player awards
All-world team
position | player |
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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 |
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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
rank | team | W. | L. |
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1 |
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6th | 2 |
2 |
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5 | 3 |
3 |
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7th | 1 |
4th |
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3 | 5 |
5 |
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5 | 1 |
6th |
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3 | 3 |
7th |
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3 | 3 |
8th |
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2 | 4th |
9 |
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2 | 3 |
10 |
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2 | 3 |
11 |
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0 | 5 |
11 |
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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
- ↑ 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]).
- ^ S Korea win Premier 12 - Taipei Times. Retrieved July 10, 2018 .
- ↑ 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]).
- ↑ Rankings - WBSC . In: WBSC . ( wbsc.org [accessed July 10, 2018]).
- ↑ 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]).
- ↑ Baseball America: US unveils Premier 12 roster. October 21, 2015, accessed July 10, 2018 .
- ^ Tournaments - WBSC . In: WBSC . ( wbsc.org [accessed July 10, 2018]).
- ↑ WBSC announces $ 4 Million Prize Money for # Premier12 "Mister Baseball. Retrieved October 23, 2018 (American English).