From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Baseball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Baseball at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Baseball returned as a demonstration sport for the third
time at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.
Worker’s Athletic Federation
The game played was actually a variant of the sport roster
called Finnish baseball or "pesäpallo".
• Aimo Paavola, pitcher
The ceremonial first feed, or pitch, was thrown at 6
• Osmo Juntto, 1st baseman
p.m. on 31 July by Lauri Pihkala, who had created the
• Onni Sallinen, left fielder
sport. The teams playing were the Finnish Baseball Fed-
• Jorma Harlin, 2nd baseman
eration and the Worker’s Athletic Federation. In a match
• Reino Hakkarainen, catcher
with a shortened schedule, the Finnish Baseball Federa-
• Veikko Auersalmi, 3rd baseman
tion won 8-4.
• Pauli Kilpiä, right shortstop
• Paavo Reiju, left shortstop
Finnish Baseball League roster • Lasse Heikkilä, right fielder
• Eino Kaakkolahti, pitcher • Pauli Lahtinen, substitute
• Leo Hannula, 1st baseman • Pauli Vainio, substitute
• Viljo Niemi, left fielder • Oiva Huuskonen, substitute
• Olli Hanski, 2nd baseman
• Antti Elomaa, catcher References
• Pertti Ahonen, 3rd baseman
• Cava, Pete (Summer 1992). "Baseball in the
• Eero Vuorio, right shortstop
Olympics". Citius, Altius, Fortius 1 (1): 7–15.
• Toivo Ilola, left shortstop
http://www.aafla.org/SportsLibrary/JOH/JOHv1n1/
• Taisto Lehto, fight fielder
JOHv1n1e.pdf.
• Viljo Kokkonen, substitute
• Official Report. XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952.
• Pertti Jaakkola, substitute
• Eero Vilevaara, substitute
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• Baseball in Finland
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