2017
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2017.
Events[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Series: Softbank Hawks defeated the Yokohama BayStars in the Nippon Series, 4-2 (Details)
- Korea Baseball Organization: KIA Tigers defeated the Doosan Bears in the Korean Series, 4-1 (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: Lamigo Monkeys defeated the Chinatrust Brothers, 4-1 (Details)
- China Baseball League:
- Australian Baseball League: Brisbane Bandits defeated the Melbourne Aces in the final, 2-0 (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: Curaçao Neptunus (Details)
- French Division I: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Heidenheim Heideköpfe
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: L&D Amsterdam Pirates
- Holland Series: Curaçao Neptunus defeated the L&D Amsterdam Pirates, 4 games to 1 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: ASD Rimini defeated T&A San Marino in the Italian Series, 3 games to 0 (Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Houston Astros (AL) over Los Angeles Dodgers (NL), 4-3 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Triple-A National Championship: Durham Bulls (IL) over the Memphis Redbirds (PCL), 5-3
- International League: Durham Bulls
- Pacific Coast League: Memphis Redbirds
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Toros de Tijuana
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Granma over Ciego de Ávila in the finals, 4-0 (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in Culiacán, Sinaloa: Criollos de Caguas (Puerto Rico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Tigres del Licey defeated the Aguilas Cibaeñas in the finals, 5-4
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Águilas de Mexicali defeated the Cañeros de Los Mochis in the finals, 4-2
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Criollos de Caguas defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the finals, 5-3
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Águilas del Zulia defeated the Cardenales de Lara in the finals, 4-1
Amateur[edit]
- Canadian Intercollegiate Baseball Association/Association de Baseball Inter-Universitaire Canadienne: McGill University
- All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series:
- National Collegiate Athletic Association
- NAIA College World Series: Lewis-Clark State College (Details)
- National Junior College Athletic Association
- Community College League of California: Grossmont College (Details)
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: Lower Columbia College (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association: East Carolina University
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Kansas Stars (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Osaka Toin High School (Osaka) defeat Riseisha High School (Osaka), 8 - 3 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Hanasaki Tokuei High School (Saitama) defeat Koryo High School (Hiroshima), 14 - 4 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Tokyo defeats Lufkin, TX, 12-2, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- World Baseball Classic in four countries (Details)
- USA (1st); Puerto Rico (2nd); Japan (3rd)
- Asian Championship in New Taipei City Taiwan (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- Asia Professional Baseball Championship (Details)
- Japan (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Chinese Taipei (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball Asian Cup in Hong Kong (Details)
- Japan (Gold); Chinese Taipei (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
- Bolivarian Games in Santa Marta, Magdalena Colombia (Details)
- Central American Games in Managua Nicaragua (Details)
- Nicaragua (Gold); Panama (Silver); El Salvador and Guatemala (Bronze)
- U-18 Baseball World Cup in Thunder Bay, ON Canada (Details)
- USA (Gold); South Korea (Silver); Japan (Bronze)
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- The Backwards K, by J.J. Hebert
- Banned, by Hal Bock
- Big Chair, by Ned Colletti and Joseph A. Reaves
- Casey Stengel: Baseball's Greatest Character, by Marty Appel
- City of Dreams, by Jerald Podair
- The Cooperstown Casebook, by Jay Jaffe
- The Cubs Way, by Tom Verducci
- A Deadly Game, by Gary M. Lepper
- Leo Durocher: Baseball's Prodigal Son, by Paul Dickson
- Smart Baseball, by Keith Law
Song[edit]
- The Summer King, by Daniel Sonenberg (opera)
Film[edit]
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2017
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2017
Further Reading[edit]
- Evan Drellich: Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess, HarperCollins, New York, NY, 2023. ISBN 978-0063049048
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