2000 Olympic Baseball Tournament Recap

Originally published on Feb. 24, 2021

By Zane Miller

On Wednesday, September 27th, 2000, the United States defeated Cuba 4-0 to win the third gold medal in Olympic baseball history. It was the first gold medal for the United States in Olympic baseball. Cuba picked up the silver medal, as South Korea took bronze with a 3-1 victory over Japan. The tournament was held in the United States, with Atlanta as the host city.

2000 Final Standings

1. United States (8-1, .889) (Gold)

2. Cuba (7-2, .778) (Silver)

3. South Korea (6-3, .667) (Bronze)

4. Japan (5-4, .556)

5. Netherlands (3-4, .429)

6. Italy (2-5, .286)

7. Australia (2-5, .286)

8. South Africa (1-6, .143)

Game Results

United States starting lineup

1. #5 Brent Abernathy- 2B

2. #12 Brad Wilkerson- CF

3. #17 Mike Neill- LF

4. #19 Ernie Young- RF

5. #22 John Cotton- DH

6. #18 Mike Kinkade- 3B

7. #16 Doug Mientkiewicz- 1B

8. #14 Pat Borders- C

9. #8 Adam Everett- SS

    #28 Ben Sheets- P

Cuba starting lineup

1. #1 Luis Ulacia- LF

2. #5 Yasser Gomez- CF

3. #10 Omar Linares- 3B

4. #46 Orestes Kindelan- 1B

5. #6 Antonio Pacheco- DH

6. #38 Oscar Macias- 2B

7. #18 Miguel Caldes- RF

8. #13 Ariel Pestano- C

9. #11 German Mesa- SS

    #99 Pedro Luis Lazo- P

South Korea starting lineup

1. #9 Byung-Kyu Lee- RF

2. #31 Jong-Ho Park- 2B

3. #36 Seung-Yuop Lee- 1B

4. #18 Dong-Joo Kim- 3B

5. #11 Ki-Tai Kim- DH

6. #22 Sung-Heon Hong- C

7. #1 Sung-Ho Jang- LF

8. #7 Jin-Man Park- SS

9. #8 Soo-Keun Jung- CF

    #15 Dae-Sung Koo- P

Link to stats database: https://digital.la84.org/digital/collection/p17103coll8/id/50110/rec/