Baseball was featured at the 1990 Goodwill Games. The tournament was contested from July 26 to 31 between eight national teams: hosts United States, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Cuba, Japan, Mexico, Puerto Rico and the Soviet Union.[1] All the games were played at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma.[2][3] This tournament marked the Soviet Union baseball team's first appearance in an international competition.[4]
Cuba won the gold medal by defeating Japan in the final, while the United States secured the bronze after defeating Canada. Puerto Rico finished fifth, followed by Chinese Taipei in sixth, Mexico in seventh, and the Soviet Union in eighth.[5][6]
This was the first and only occasion that baseball was included in the Goodwill Games program.
Venue
 Tacoma
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| Cheney Stadium | |
| Capacity: 8,027[7] | |
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Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's tournament |  CubaOmar Ajete Luis Casanova Osvaldo Fernández Lourdes Gourriel Alberto Hernández Orlando Hernández Orestes Kindelán Omar Linares Javier Méndez Germán Mesa Víctor Mesa Antonio Pacheco Juan Padilla Pedro Rodríguez Euclides Rojas Reynaldo Santana Luis Ulacia Ermidelio Urrutia Jorge Luis Valdés Lázaro Valle Manager: Servio Borges |
 JapanChihiro Hamana Shigetoshi Hasegawa Shigeo Kajita Shinichiro Kawabata Hideo Koike Kojiri Machidam Kengo Makamura Kazuhiko Miyakawa Yoshitaka Mizuo Kazuki Mochiyama Hiroshi Narahara Eiji Ochiai Shinichi Okumura Katsuhito Osaka Kazuya Saito Koichi Sekikawa Terunobu Seto Shingo Takatsu Akihiro Yano Takayuki Yokoi Manager: Toshio Uchida |
United States Jim Austin Doug Bennett Darren Bragg Roger Burnett Paul Byrd Joe Ciccarella Jorge Fábregas Brent Gates Chris Gomez Joey Hamilton Scott Hatteberg Mike Hostetler Damon Mashore David McCarty Darrin Paxton Aaron Sele Jo Jo Smith Phil Stidham Troy Tallman Pookie Wilson Manager: Jim Morris |
Round robin
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
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| 1 | Cuba
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3 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 11 | +20 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 |  Canada
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3 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 28 | −4 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Puerto Rico
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3 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 17 | +1 | .333 | 2 | Advance to Classification games |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei
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3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 33 | −17 | .000 | 3 |
Source: Goodwill Games
Results
| July 27, 1990 9:00 am (UTC–7) |
Puerto Rico
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4 – 6 | Canada
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 27, 1990 6:00 pm (UTC–7) |
Chinese Taipei
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1 – 11 | Cuba
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 28, 1990 5:30 pm (UTC–7) |
Cuba
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6 – 3 | Puerto Rico
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 28, 1990 9:00 pm (UTC–7) |
Canada
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11 – 10 | Chinese Taipei
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 29, 1990 5:30 pm (UTC–7) |
Puerto Rico
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11 – 5 | Chinese Taipei
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 29, 1990 9:00 pm (UTC–7) |
Cuba
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14 – 7 | Canada
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan
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3 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10 | +22 | 1.000 | — | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | United States (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 38 | 9 | +29 | .667 | 1 | |
| 3 |  Mexico
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3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 27 | −12 | .333 | 2 | Advance to Classification games |
| 4 |  Soviet Union
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3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 40 | −39 | .000 | 3 |
Results
| July 26, 1990 5:30 pm (UTC–7) |
Soviet Union
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0 – 17 (F/7) | United States
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 27, 1990 12:30 pm (UTC–7) |
Japan
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11 – 4 | Mexico
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 28, 1990 9:00 am (UTC–7) |
Soviet Union
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1 – 9 | Mexico
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 28, 1990 12:30 pm (UTC–7) |
United States
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6 – 7 | Japan
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 29, 1990 9:00 am (UTC–7) |
Japan
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14 – 0 | Soviet Union
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
| July 29, 1990 12:15 (UTC–7) |
Mexico
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2 – 15 (F/7) | United States
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Cheney Stadium, Tacoma |
Knockout stage
| Semifinals | Gold medal game | |||||
| Cuba | 16 | |||||
| United States | 2 | |||||
| Cuba | 6 | |||||
| Japan | 1 | |||||
| Japan | 15 | |||||
| Canada | 8 | |||||
| Bronze medal game | ||||||
| United States | 10 | |||||
| Canada | 4 | |||||
| Classification | Fifth place | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 13 | |||||
| Soviet Union | 0 | |||||
| Puerto Rico | 10 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | |||||
| Mexico | 7 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 9 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| Soviet Union | 4 | |||||
| Mexico | 14 | |||||
Final standings
| Pos | Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cuba |
5 | 0 |
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Japan |
4 | 1 |
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United States |
3 | 2 |
| 4 | Canada |
2 | 3 |
| 5 | Puerto Rico |
3 | 2 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei |
1 | 4 |
| 7 | Mexico |
2 | 3 |
| 8 | Soviet Union |
0 | 5 |
References
- ^ "1990 Goodwill Games Baseball Competition". Tacoma Sports Museum. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Cheney Stadium (Tacoma, WA)". Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "1990 Goodwill Games Day 11". Tacoma Sports Museum. p. 41. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ Penner, Mike (July 27, 1990). "GOODWILL GAMES : Score: U.S. 17, Soviet Union 0, Have Mercy : Baseball: As a kind gesture, the first international tournament game for the U.S.S.R. is halted after 6 1/2 innings". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Goodwill Games 1990 Baseball". goodwillgames.com. Archived from the original on November 4, 2006. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Goodwill Games Capsules". upi.com. United Press International Baseball. August 1, 1990. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "1990 Goodwill Games Day 7". Tacoma Sports Museum. p. 41. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
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