1995 European Baseball Championship

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1995 European Baseball Championship
Tournament details
CountryThe Netherlands
CityHaarlem
Dates7– 16 July 1995
Teams10
Defending championsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Final positions
ChampionsFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (15th title)
Runners-upFile:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
Third placeError creating thumbnail:  Belgium
Fourth placeFile:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
Tournament statistics
Most SBsNetherlands Johnny Balentina
Best ERASpain Carlos Ros
Awards
MVPNetherlands Johnny Balentina
← 1993
1997 →

The 1995 European Baseball Championship was won by the Netherlands. It was held in the Haarlem, the Netherlands. The tournament expanded from eight teams in the 1993 tournament to 10 teams. Few of the preliminary games were competitive, with the closest winning margin being a 3 runs and the winning team scoring at least 11 runs in 15 of the 20 games. Italy was the only team that kept the Dutch under 10 runs, beating the Netherlands twice, once in the round-robin playoff and again in the first game of the three-game championship series, before losing the final two games of the tournament.[1][2]

Standings

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Pos. Team Record
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 8–1
2 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 6–3
3 Error creating thumbnail:  Belgium 6–3
4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 5–5
5 Error creating thumbnail:  France 5–2
6 Error creating thumbnail:  Germany 4–3
7 Error creating thumbnail:  Sweden 3–4
8 Error creating thumbnail:  Russia 2–5
9 File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1–6
10 File:Flag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia 0–7

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Awards

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Individual awards

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Award Player Team
Most valuable player Johnny Balentina Netherlands
Best hitter
Most runs scored
Most stolen bases
Best pitcher (win–loss record) Frank Mathys Belgium
Best pitcher (earned run average) Carlos Ros Spain
Most runs batted in Edsel Martis Netherlands

All-Star team

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Position Player Team
Pitcher Massimilliano Masin Italy
Catcher Johnny Balentina Netherlands
First baseman Eric de Bruin (nl) Netherlands
Second baseman Stephan Jäger Germany
Third baseman Yevgeny Puchkov[5] Russia
Shortstop Andrea Evangelisti Italy
Outfield Oscar Rebolleda (pl) Spain
Roberto De Franceschi (it) Italy
Arnaud Fau France
Designated hitter Edsel Martis Netherlands

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References

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