Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Baseball at the 1912 Summer Olympics

BaseballBaseball

Baseball is a team sport popular in North America, parts of Latin America, the Caribbean, and East Asia....
had its first appearance at the 1912 Summer Olympics1912 Summer Olympics

The 1912 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the V Olympiad, were held in 1912 in Stockholm, Sweden....
as an exhibition sport. A game was played between the United StatesUnited States Overview

The United States of America, also known as the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America, is...
, the nation where the game was developed, and SwedenSweden

The Kingdom of Sweden is a Nordic country in Scandinavia....
, the host nation. The game was held on 15 July 1912 on the Ostermalm Athletic Grounds in StockholmStockholm

Stockholm is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of ...
.

The Americans were represented by various members of the American Olympic track & field athletics delegation, while the Swedish team was the Vesterås Baseball Club, which had been formed in 1910 as the first baseball club in Sweden. Three of the Americans played for Sweden, as the Swedish pitcherPitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each pla...
s and catcherCatcher

Catcher is a position played in baseball....
s were inexperienced. One Swede eventually relieved Adams and Nelson, the American pitchers.

Six innings were played, with the Americans not batting in the sixth and allowing the Swedes to have six outs in their half of the inning.

The game was umpired by George Wright, a retired American National LeagueNational League

The National League of Professional Base Ball Clubs, or simply the National League, is the older of two leagues consti...
baseball player.

Game result

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	R	H	E
United States	4	1	0	0	8	x	13	10	2
Sweden	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	7	5

Box score

United States	Pos.	AB	H	2B	3B	SB	R	E	vs.	Sweden	Pos.	AB	H	2B	3B	SB	R	E
Blanchard	1B	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		Ben Adams (USA)	P	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
George BonhagGeorge Bonhag Overview George V. Bonhag was an American athlete who competed in distance events both racewalking and running....	1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		Axell	CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Richard ByrdRichard Byrd (athlete) Richard "Dick" Leslie Byrd was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		Holden	P	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ira Courtney	3B	3	2	1	0	0	2	0		Johansson	LF	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
Ira DavenportIra Davenport Ira Nelson Davenport was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics....	C	3	2	0	0	2	2	0		Landahl	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	2
Drew	RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		Larson	RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0
Haff	P	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		Frank NelsonFrank Nelson (athlete) Frank Thayer Nelson was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.... (USA)	P	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
George HorineGeorge Horine Summary George Leslie Horine was an American athlete who mainly competed in the high jump....	LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		Wesley OlerWesley Oler Wesley Marion Oler, Jr. was an American baseball player and track and field athlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics... (USA)	C	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
Irons	LF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		Sapery	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jones	2B	3	1	0	0	2	1	0		Torsleff	LF	2	1	0	0	0	1	0
Fred Kelly	CF	3	1	0	0	0	1	1		Welin	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
Abel KiviatAbel Kiviat Abel Richard Kiviat was an American middle distance runner who set a 1500 m world record of 3:55.8 min in Cambridge, Massach...	SS	4	2	0	1	1	2	0		Wikman	3B	3	1	1	0	0	0	0
McClure	P	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Patterson	CF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Lawrence WhitneyLawrence Whitney Lawrence Atwood Whitney was an American athlete and baseball player who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockh...	RF	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
United States		27	10	1	1	5	13	2	Total	Sweden		30	7	1	0	1	3	5