2016
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2016.
Events[edit]
Professional[edit]
Asia and Australia[edit]
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Korea Baseball Organization: Doosan Bears defeated NC Dinos, 4-0 (Details)
- Chinese Professional Baseball League: EDA Rhinos defeated Chinatrust Brothers, 4-2 (Details)
- China Baseball League: Tianjin Lions
- Australian Baseball League: Brisbane Bandits defeated the Adelaide Bite in the final, 2-0 (Details)
Europe[edit]
- European Cup: L&D Amsterdam Pirates (Details)
- French Division I: Rouen Huskies
- Baseball-Bundesliga: Mainz Athletics
- Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Curaçao Neptunus
- Holland Series: Curaçao Neptunus defeated L&D Amsterdam Pirates, 4 games to 2 (Details)
- Italian Baseball League: Unipol Bologna defeated Rimini in the Italian Series, 4 games to 2 (Details)
North America[edit]
- Major League Baseball
- World Series: Chicago Cubs (NL) over Cleveland Indians (AL), 4-3 (Details)
- Minor League Baseball
- Liga Mexicana de Béisbol: Pericos de Puebla defeated the Toros de Tijuana in the finals, 4 - 2
- Cuban Serie Nacional: Ciego de Ávila over Pinar del Rio, 4-3 (Details)
Winter Leagues[edit]
- Serie del Caribe: in the Dominican Republic: Venados de Mazatlán (Mexico) (Details)
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana: Leones del Escogido defeated the Tigres del Licey in the finals, 5-1
- Liga Mexicana del Pacífico: Venados de Mazatlán defeated the Águilas de Mexicali in the finals, 4-1
- Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico: Cangrejeros de Santurce defeated the Indios de Mayagüez in the finals, 4-2
- Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional: Tigres de Aragua defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes 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: Santa Rosa Junior College (Details)
- Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: Yakima Valley Community College (Details)
- National Club Baseball Association: University of Nevada
- National Baseball Congress World Series: Santa Barbara Foresters (Details)
- Japan High School Baseball Federation
- National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Chiben Gakuen High School (Nara) defeat Takamatsu Commercial High School (Kagawa), 2 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- National High School Baseball Championship: Sakushin Gakuin High School (Tochigi) defeat Hokkai High School (South Hokkaido), 7 - 1 in the championship (Details)
- Little League
- Little League World Series: Endwell, NY defeats Seoul, 2-1, in the championship (Details)
International competitions[edit]
- 2017 World Baseball Classic Qualifiers:
- Pool A in Sydney, New South Wales: Australia
- Pool B in Mexicali, Baja California: Mexico
- Pool C in Panama City, Panama: Colombia
- Pool D in Brooklyn, NY: Israel
- European Championship in Hoofddorp, Netherlands (Details)
- Netherlands (Gold); Spain (Silver); Italy (Bronze)
- Women's Baseball World Cup in Busan South Korea (Details)
- South American Championship in Buenos Aires Argentina (Details)
Culture[edit]
Literature[edit]
- The Arm, by Jeff Passan
- The Baseball Whisperer, by Michael Tackett
- Bucky F*cking Dent, by David Duchovny
- Cuba's Baseball Defectors, by Peter C. Bjarkman
- Home Game, by Bret Boone and Kevin Cook
- I'm Fascinated by Sacrifice Flies, by Tim Kurkjian
- The Eighth Wonder of the World, by Robert C. Trumpbour and Kenneth Womack
- The Field Guide to Sports Metaphors, by Josh Chetwynd
- Kill the Ámpaya!, by Dick Cluster
- Playing with Tigers, by George Gmelch
- Terror in the City of Champions, by Tom Stanton
- The Utility of Boredom: Baseball Essays, by Andrew Forbes
Song[edit]
Film[edit]
- Everybody Wants Some!!
- Fastball
- The Founder
- The Phenom
- Spaceman
Births[edit]
- Further information: Births in 2016
Deaths[edit]
- Further information: Deaths in 2016
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