Everything about Baseball At The 1912 Summer Olympics totally explained
Baseball had its first appearance at the
1912 Summer Olympics as an exhibition sport. A game was played between the
United States, the nation where the game was developed, and
Sweden, the host nation. The game was held on
15 July 1912 on the
Ostermalm Athletic Grounds in
Stockholm.
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. Two of the Americans played for Sweden, as the Swedish
pitchers and
catchers were inexperienced. Two Swedes eventually relieved Adams, the American pitcher.
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 League 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 Bonhag |
1B |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Axell |
CF |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Richard Byrd |
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 Davenport |
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 |
|
Nelson |
P |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| George Horine |
LF |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
Wesley Oler (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 Kiviat |
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 Whitney |
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 |
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