The Thailand national baseball team is the national baseball team of Thailand. They have competed in numerous international competitions, including the
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
, the
Asian Games
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, and the
Baseball World Cup
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. The team is organized by the
Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand The Amateur Baseball Association of Thailand (ABAT) is the national governing body for amateur baseball in Thailand
Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, loc ...
.
In 2007 the Thailand national baseball team won the
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
and they finished third in the 2011
Southeast Asian Games
The Southeast Asian Games, also known as the SEA Games, is a biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current 11 countries of Southeast Asia. The games are under the regulation of the Southeast Asian Games Federation with supe ...
. The Thailand national team competed in the
World Baseball Classic
The World Baseball Classic (WBC) is an international baseball tournament sanctioned from 2006 to 2013 by the International Baseball Federation (IBAF) and after 2013 by World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC) in partnership with Major Leagu ...
qualifiers in the fall of 2012.
Johnny Damon
Johnny David Damon (born November 5, 1973) is an American former professional baseball outfielder who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1995 to 2012. During his MLB career, Damon played for the Kansas City Royals (1995–2000), Oakland ...
, active until 2012, was the only player in
major league baseball
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with a connection to Thailand. His mother is Thai.
As of September 2016, Thailand's men's team was ranked No. 26 by the
World Baseball Softball Confederation
World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC; french: Confédération internationale de baseball et softball) is the world governing body for the sports of baseball, softball, and Baseball5. It was established in 2013 by the merger of the Inter ...
. In
women's baseball
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, Thailand is unranked.
International tournament results
World Baseball Classic
References
National baseball teams in Asia
Baseball
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Baseball in Thailand
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