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Baseball (Game #1), Men

Date11 October 1964
StatusOlympic (non-medal)
LocationMeiji Jingu Yakyujo, Shinjuku, Tokyo / Meiji Jingu Yakyujo, Shinjuku, Tokyo
Participants39 from 2 countries

Baseball is one of the most popular games in Japan and two demonstration games were played during the 1964 Olympics. Both games were played in the Meiji Jingu Baseball Stadium on Sunday, 11 October, the day after the Opening Ceremony. The first game matched an American team against the Japanese Students Team, with the match ending in a 2-2 tie.

PosTeamNOC
=1United StatesUSA
Joe Bosworth
Bill Brasher
Al Closter
Chuck Dobson
Brian Edgerly
Mike Epstein
Shaun Fitzmaurice
Jim Hibbs
Bud Hollowell
Dick Joyce
Bob Karlblom
Tommy Keyes
Don Novick
Walt Peterson
Larry Sandel
Ken Suarez
Gary Sutherland
Jim Vopicka
Keith Weber
=1Japanese Students TeamJPN
Akihito Kobayashi
Yukichi Maeda
Masahiko Morita
Hisatoshi Ito
Yoshitaka Kihara
Taisuke Watanabe
Hiroshi Shintaku
Fumio Sato
Shigezo Shintani
Isao Hirono
Takeo Shimizu
Shiro Takegami
Kazuaki Goto
Shozi Doi
Tsuyoshi Oshita
Kichiro Takeno
Tamio Suetugu
Takao Ota
Toshihiko Fujita
Tokuji Nagaike