1974 Little League World Series

The 1974 Little League World Series was the 28th Little League World Series. The teams were Esquimalt, BC, Kaohsiung, Athens (the only Greek entry through 2013), Coquivacoa, Maracaibo, Red Bluff, CA, New Haven, CT, Tallmadge, OH and Jackson, TN. Alfredo Urdaneta of Maracaibo had a 0.00 ERA in 13 IP but Taiwan put up the superb numbers. They set a record for team OBP (.540) which still until 1986, with an ERA of 0.33 and a .071 opponent average. Wen-Hsiung Lin went 8 for 10 with 5 homers, a new record which stood until two other Taiwanese players topped it in 1996; his 2.300 slugging percentage was second in Series history behind Lloyd McClendon in 1971. In the finale, Kaohsiung pounded Red Bluff, 12-1; Lin fanned 15 in a two-hit, one-walk gem. He also went 4 for 4 with two homers and 3 RBI. 1B Sun-Teh Kao and 3B Cheng-Chang Chen each homered and drove in 3. C Jung-Kwei Hsu was 0 for 3 with a walk and a run but later made it to the Taiwan national team. Chang-Gun Xiao was their head coach.

Participants[edit]

United States Teams			International Teams
Region	City	League	Region	City	League
Central	Tallmadge, OH	Tallmadge Little League	Canada	Esquimalt, BC	Esquimalt Little League
East	New Haven, CT	Walter "Pop" Smith Little League	Europe	Athens	Athenai Airport Little League
South	Jackson, TN	American Little League	Far East	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	Li-Te Little League
West	Red Bluff, CA	Red Bluff Little League	Latin America	Coquivacoa, Maracaibo	Coquivacoa Little League