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Thailand national baseball team | |
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Information | |
Country | Thailand |
Federation | Baseball Association of Thailand |
Confederation | Baseball Federation of Asia |
Manager | Masao Tokunaga |
WBSC ranking | |
Current | 42 1 (18 November 2024)[1] |
Highest | 23 (December 31, 2012) |
Lowest | 79 (March 28, 2023) |
Asian Games | |
Appearances | 5 (first in 1994) |
Best result | 5th (4 times, most recent in 2014) |
Asian Championship | |
Appearances | 3 (first in 1997) |
Best result | 5th (in 2007) |
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 Asian Games, and the Baseball World Cup. The team is organized by the Baseball Association of Thailand (BBAT).
In 2007 the Thailand national baseball team won the Southeast Asian Games and they finished third in the 2011 Southeast Asian Games. The Thailand national team competed in the World Baseball Classic qualifiers in the fall of 2012.
Johnny Damon, active until 2012, was the only Major League Baseball player to play for the Thailand national team, appearing in the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers.[2] His mother is Thai.
As of September 2016, Thailand's men's team was ranked No. 26 by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. In women's baseball, Thailand is unranked.[3]