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2013 World Baseball Classic#First round

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{{Short description|International baseball competition in 2013}}

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{{Infobox international baseball tournament

| image = 2013_World_Baseball_Classic_logo.png

| size = 300px

|country = {{JAP}}

|country2 = {{PUR}}

|country3 = {{TWN}}

|country4 = {{USA}}

|dates = March 2–19, 2013

|num_teams = 16

|medal_type = world baseball classic

|champion = Dominican Republic

|num_championships = 1

|second = Puerto Rico

|third = Japan

|fourth = Netherlands

|games = 39

|attendance = 781438

|mvp = {{flagicon|DOM}} Robinson Canó

|prevseason = 2009

|nextseason = 2017

}}

The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009.

Unlike the two previous WBCs, which consisted of the same sixteen countries, only the twelve countries that won at least one game in the 2009 WBC were guaranteed a berth in the main tournament.{{cite news|last=Belson|first=Ken|url=http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/israel-to-participate-in-2013-world-baseball-classic/#h[MLBIan]|title=Israel to Participate in 2013 World Baseball Classic|work=The New York Times|date=June 1, 2011|access-date=July 16, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110711192453/http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/01/israel-to-participate-in-2013-world-baseball-classic/|archive-date=July 11, 2011 |url-status=live}} The automatic qualifiers were Australia, China, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Puerto Rico, South Korea, the United States, and Venezuela. Four qualification brackets were held in late 2012 and respectively won by Canada, Taiwan, Spain, and Brazil, who joined the WBC as the final four teams (the latter two making their Classic debuts).

As in the 2006 tournament, the first round had a round-robin format, which led to South Korea being eliminated on a run difference tiebreaker. Venezuela also failed to advance out of a tough group. The fourth-place teams in each group – Brazil, Australia, Spain, and Mexico – had to participate in the qualifying round in order to return for the 2017 tournament.

The second round was a modified double-elimination format, as in the 2009 tournament, where the modification was that the final game of each bracket was winner-take-all, even if won by the team emerging from the loser's bracket, although that game only affected seeding as two teams advanced from each bracket. The Netherlands improved on its surprising 2009 run by advancing to the semifinal game, as did two-time defending champion Japan. However, the two-time defending champions Japan were eliminated in the semi-finals game against stunning Puerto Rico. In the final game, the Dominican Republic defeated Puerto Rico to become the first WBC champion from the Western Hemisphere, as well as the first team to complete the WBC with an undefeated record, and the only one to do so until Japan also finished with a perfect record in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. Robinson Canó was named the Most Valuable Player of the Classic.{{cite news|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130319&content_id=43006960&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|work=MLB.com|date=March 20, 2013|first=John|last=Schlegel|title=Torrid stretch earns Cano Classic MVP}}

Revenue-sharing dispute

The preparations for the third World Baseball Classic were complicated by a dispute between the Japanese Professional Baseball Players Association (JPBPA), the union for all Nippon Professional Baseball players, and MLB over revenue sharing. JPBPA demanded a larger share of advertising and merchandise sponsorship revenue for the tournament, a large chunk of which came from Japanese companies. MLB resisted the move in part due to the fact that the World Baseball Classic is a joint production of MLB and the MLB Player's Association, meaning that those two organizations bore the cost of the tournament.

In July 2012, the JPBPA voted unanimously to boycott the 2013 World Baseball Classic.{{cite web|last=Coskrey|first=Jason|title=JPBPA unanimously votes to boycott WBC|work=The Japan Times|date=July 21, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/sb20120721g1.html}}{{cite web|title=NPB players decide to sit out upcoming WBC|publisher=Daily Yomiuri Online|date=July 21, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012|url=http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/T120720005809.htm}} The move was interpreted by some news outlets as a non-final decision, aimed at raising the pressure on MLB.{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Alexander|title=Japanese Pros Threaten to Boycott World Baseball Classic|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2012/07/20/japanese-pros-threaten-to-boycott-world-baseball-classic/}}{{cite magazine|title=Japan threatens to boycott World Baseball Classic|magazine=Sports Illustrated|date=July 20, 2012|access-date=August 13, 2012|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/more/07/20/japan-wbc-boycott.ap/|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130119100254/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/baseball/more/07/20/japan-wbc-boycott.ap/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 19, 2013}} In September 2012, Japanese players agreed to take part after reaching a compromise with tournament organizers on sharing sponsorship and licensing revenue.{{cite news|title=Japan agrees to play in 2013 WBC|agency=Associated Press|publisher=ESPN|date=September 4, 2012|url=https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/8335634/japan-commits-2013-world-baseball-classic/}}

Qualification

{{main|2013 World Baseball Classic qualification}}

The top three teams from each pool of the first round of the 2009 World Baseball Classic automatically qualified.

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scope="col" |Team

!scope="col" width="170" |World ranking{{cite web |title=WBSC Rankings – Men's baseball on 12/31/2012 |url=https://rankings.wbsc.org/list/baseball/men/world/2012-12-31 |publisher=World Baseball Softball Confederation |access-date=May 2, 2021}}

!scope="col" width=200|Method of qualification

!scope="col"|Classic appearance

!scope="col"|Previous best position

scope="row"|{{bb|AUS}}

|10th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|CHN}}

|18th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|CUB}}

|1st

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="2"|Runners-up (2006)

scope="row"|{{bb|DOM}}

|13th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="4"|Fourth place (2006)

scope="row"|{{bb|ITA}}

|9th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|JPN}}

|3rd

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="1"|Champions (2006, 2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|MEX}}

|11th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="5"|Round 2 (2006, 2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|NED}}

|7th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="6"|Round 2 (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|PUR}}

|12th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="5"|Round 2 (2006, 2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|KOR}}

|4th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="2"|Runners-up (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|USA}}

|2nd

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="4"|Fourth place (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|VEN}}

|8th

|2009 World Baseball Classic

|3rd

|data-sort-value="3"|Third place (2009)

scope="row"|{{bb|ESP}}

|16th

|Qualifier 1

|1st

|data-sort-value="8"|—

scope="row"|{{bb|CAN}}

|6th

|Qualifier 2

|3rd

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 1

scope="row"|{{bb|BRA}}

|20th

|Qualifier 3

|1st

|data-sort-value="8"|—

scope="row"|{{bb|TPE}}

|5th

|Qualifier 4

|3rd

|data-sort-value="7"|Round 1

Format

In the first round, each team played the other three teams in its pool once. Teams were ranked by winning percentage in the first round, with the top two teams in each pool advancing to the second round. There, the teams from Pools A and B (in Pool 1) and the teams from Pools C and D (in Pool 2) competed in a double-elimination format.

The top two teams in each pool in the second round entered the four-team single-elimination semifinals. The four qualifying teams crossed over for the semifinals, with the winner of each pool playing against the runner-up from the other pool.

In the final, the team with the higher winning percentage of games in the tournament were to be the home team. If the teams competing in the final had identical winning percentages in the tournament, then World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI) would conduct a coin flip or draw to determine the home team.

In the first round, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:{{cite web|url=https://secure.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/about/rules.jsp|title=World Baseball Classic Tournament Rules and Regulations|publisher=Secure.worldbaseballclassic.com|access-date=March 12, 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130412043315/https://secure.worldbaseballclassic.com/wbc/2013/about/rules.jsp|archive-date=April 12, 2013|url-status=dead}}

  1. The winner of head-to-head games between the tied teams;
  2. The team with the highest Team's Quality Balance (TQB=(runs scored (RS)/innings batted (IPO))–(runs against (RA)/innings pitched (IPD))) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;
  3. The team with the highest Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance (ER–TQB=(earned runs scored (ERS)/IPO)–(earned runs against (ERA)/IPD)) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;
  4. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in head-to-head games between the tied teams;
  5. Drawing of lots, conducted by World Baseball Classic, Inc. (WBCI).

Rosters

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic rosters}}

The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. Many Major League Baseball (MLB) players participated. The United States provisional roster was made up entirely of players from MLB, and champions Dominican Republic provisional roster had only one player not signed to an MLB team in 2013. The Canadian team had 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012. Japan had none and two prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish and Ichiro Suzuki, chose not to play. Though five members who competed for the Cuban national team in the 2009 WBC have since defected, the Cuban team was considered strong despite its 2nd-round sacking. Three members of MLB.com's Top 100 prospect participated: Xander Bogaerts, Eddie Rosario, and Jameson Taillon.

Venues

Eight stadiums were used during the main tournament:

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width=25%|Pool A

!width=25%|Pool B

!width=25%|Pool C

!width=25%|Pool D

{{flagicon|JPN}} Fukuoka, Japan

|{{flagicon|TWN}} Taichung, Taiwan

|{{flagicon|PUR}} San Juan, Puerto Rico

|{{flagicon|USA}} Phoenix, United States

Fukuoka Dome

|Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium

|Hiram Bithorn Stadium

|Chase Field

Capacity: 38,561

|Capacity: 20,000

|Capacity: 18,264

|Capacity: 48,633

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width=25%|Pool D

!width=25%|Pool 1

!width=25%|Pool 2

!width=25%|Championship

{{flagicon|USA}} Scottsdale, United States

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Tokyo, Japan

|{{flagicon|USA}} Miami, United States

|{{flagicon|USA}} San Francisco, United States

Salt River Fields at Talking Stick

|Tokyo Dome

|Marlins Park

|AT&T Park

Capacity: 11,000

|Capacity: 42,000

|Capacity: 36,742

|Capacity: 41,915

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Pools composition

The top 12 teams that participated in the 2009 World Baseball Classic were invited back for the 2013 tournament.{{cite web|title=International venues set for 2013 Classic|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120925&content_id=38996910&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|access-date=September 25, 2012}} Spain, Canada, Brazil, and Chinese Taipei won their pools of qualification.{{cite web|title=The 2013 World Baseball Classic is ready to go|url=http://www.ibaf.org/en/news/2012/12/02/the-2013-world-baseball-classic-is-ready-to-go/ff71001b-dc41-481c-974a-d7d80d6103b5|access-date=December 2, 2012}}

Note: Numbers in parentheses indicate positions in the WBSC World Rankings at the time of the tournament.

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width=25%|Pool A

!width=25%|Pool B

!width=25%|Pool C

!width=25%|Pool D

{{bb|JPN}} (3)

|{{bb|KOR}} (4)

|{{bb|VEN}} (8)

|{{bb|USA}} (2)

{{bb|CHN}} (18)

|{{bb|NED}} (7)

|{{bb|PUR}} (12)

|{{bb|MEX}} (11)

{{bb|CUB}} (1)

|{{bb|AUS}} (10)

|{{bb|DOM}} (13)

|{{bb|ITA}} (9)

{{bb|BRA}} (20)

|{{bb|TPE}} (5)

|{{bb|ESP}} (16)

|{{bb|CAN}} (6)

First round

=Pool A=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A|transcludesection=Standings}}

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{{bb res|Mar 2, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|JPN}}|5–3|{{bb|BRA}}||Fukuoka Dome|3:20|28,181|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_jpnint_braint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 3, 2013|12:30|{{bb-rt|CUB}}|5–2|{{bb|BRA}}||Fukuoka Dome|3:22|4,003|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_03_cubint_braint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 3, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|CHN}}|2–5|{{bb|JPN}}||Fukuoka Dome|2:57|13,891|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_03_chnint_jpnint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 4, 2013|16:30|{{bb-rt|CHN}}|0–12|{{bb|CUB}}|7|Fukuoka Dome|2:38|3,123|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_04_chnint_cubint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 5, 2013|17:00|{{bb-rt|BRA}}|2–5|{{bb|CHN}}||Fukuoka Dome|3:12|3,110|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_braint_chnint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 6, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|JPN}}|3–6|{{bb|CUB}}||Fukuoka Dome|3:39|26,860|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_06_jpnint_cubint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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=Pool B=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool B|transcludesection=Standings}}

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 2, 2013|12:30|{{bb-rt|AUS}}|1–4|{{bb|TPE}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|2:53|20,035|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_ausint_tpeint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 2, 2013|19:30|{{bb-rt|KOR}}|0–5|{{bb|NED}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|3:24|1,085|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_02_korint_nedint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 3, 2013|14:30|{{bb-rt|NED}}|3–8|{{bb|TPE}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|3:09|22,689|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_03_nedint_tpeint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 4, 2013|18:30|{{bb-rt|KOR}}|6–0|{{bb|AUS}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|3:31|1,481|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_04_korint_ausint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 5, 2013|12:30|{{bb-rt|AUS}}|1–4|{{bb|NED}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|2:50|1,113|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_ausint_nedint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 5, 2013|19:30|{{bb-rt|TPE}}|2–3|{{bb|KOR}}||Intercontinental Baseball Stadium|3:27|23,431|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_05_tpeint_korint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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=Pool C=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool C|transcludesection=Standings}}

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 7, 2013|19:30|{{bb-rt|VEN}}|3–9|{{bb|DOM}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:55|15,055|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_07_venint_domint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 8, 2013|18:30|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|0–3|{{bb|PUR}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:05|14,974|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_08_espint_purint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 9, 2013|12:00|{{bb-rt|DOM}}|6–3|{{bb|ESP}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:47|13,421|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_09_domint_espint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 9, 2013|18:30|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|6–3|{{bb|VEN}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:35|18,800|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_09_purint_venint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 10, 2013|12:30|{{bb-rt|ESP}}|6–11|{{bb|VEN}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:59|13,395|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_10_espint_venint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 10, 2013|19:30|{{bb-rt|DOM}}|4–2|{{bb|PUR}}||Hiram Bithorn Stadium|3:41|19,413|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_10_domint_purint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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=Pool D=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool D|transcludesection=Standings}}

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 7, 2013|13:00|{{bb-rt|ITA}}|6–5|{{bb|MEX}}||Salt River Fields at Talking Stick|3:41|4,478|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_07_itaint_mexint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 8, 2013|12:00|{{bb-rt|CAN}}|4–14|{{bb|ITA}}|8|Chase FieldThe game was originally scheduled to be played at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, but was moved due to potential inclement weather.|3:27|5,140|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_08_canint_itaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 8, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|MEX}}|5–2|{{bb|USA}}||Chase Field|3:29|44,256|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_08_mexint_usaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 9, 2013|12:30|{{bb-rt|CAN}}|10–3|{{bb|MEX}}||Chase Field|3:44|19,581|10=[https://www.espn.com/world-baseball-classic/boxscore/_/gameId/401500668 Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 9, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|USA}}|6–2|{{bb|ITA}}||Chase Field|3:21|19,303|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_09_usaint_itaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 10, 2013|13:00|{{bb-rt|USA}}|9–4|{{bb|CAN}}||Chase Field|3:18|22,425|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_10_usaint_canint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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Second round

=Pool 1=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 1}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 1|translcudesection=Bracket}}

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 8, 2013|12:00|{{bb-rt|NED}}|6–2|{{bb|CUB}}||Tokyo Dome|3:38|38,588|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_08_nedint_cubint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 8, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|JPN}}|4–3|{{bb|TPE}}|10|Tokyo Dome|4:47|43,527|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_08_jpnint_tpeint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 9, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|TPE}}|0–14|{{bb|CUB}}|7|Tokyo Dome|2:43|12,884|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_09_tpeint_cubint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 10, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|JPN}}|16–4|{{bb|NED}}|7|Tokyo Dome|2:53|37,745|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_10_jpnint_nedint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 11, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|CUB}}|6–7|{{bb|NED}}||Tokyo Dome|3:52|7,613|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_11_cubint_nedint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 12, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|NED}}|6–10|{{bb|JPN}}||Tokyo Dome|3:30|30,301|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_12_nedint_jpnint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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=Pool 2=

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic Pool 2|transcludesection=Bracket}}

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 12, 2013|13:00|{{bb-rt|ITA}}|4–5|{{bb|DOM}}||Marlins Park|3:17|14,482|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_12_itaint_domint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 12, 2013|20:00|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|1–7|{{bb|USA}}||Marlins Park|3:22|32,872|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_12_purint_usaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 13, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|ITA}}|3–4|{{bb|PUR}}||Marlins Park|3:46|27,296|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_13_itaint_purint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 14, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|DOM}}|3–1|{{bb|USA}}||Marlins Park|3:17|34,366|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_14_domint_usaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 15, 2013|19:00|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|4–3|{{bb|USA}}||Marlins Park|3:24|19,762|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_15_purint_usaint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 16, 2013|13:00|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|0–2|{{bb|DOM}}||Marlins Park|2:58|25,846|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_16_purint_domint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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Championship round

{{Main|2013 World Baseball Classic championship}}

{{:2013 World Baseball Classic championship|transcludesection=bracket}}

=Semifinals=

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 17, 2013|18:00|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|3–1|{{bb|JPN}}||AT&T Park|3:27|33,683|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_17_purint_jpnint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

{{bb res|Mar 18, 2013|18:00|{{bb-rt|NED}}|1–4|{{bb|DOM}}||AT&T Park|3:09|27,527|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_18_nedint_domint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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=Final=

{{bb res start}}

{{bb res|Mar 19, 2013|17:00|{{bb-rt|PUR}}|0–3|{{bb|DOM}}||AT&T Park|3:06|35,703|10=[http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2013/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2013_03_19_purint_domint_1&mode=box Boxscore]}}

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Final standings

Organizer WBCI has no interest in the final standings and did not compute. So, it was calculated by IBAF for the IBAF Men's Baseball World Rankings.

In the final standings, ties were to be broken in the following order of priority:

  1. The team with the highest Team's Quality Balance (TQB=(RS/IPO)–(RA/IPD)) in all games;
  2. The team with the highest Earned Runs Team's Quality Balance (ER–TQB=(ERS/IPO)–(ERA/IPD)) in all games;
  3. The team with the highest batting average (AVG) in all games;

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width=25|Rk

!width=170|Team

!width=25|W

!width=25|L

!width=150|Tiebreaker

1

|align=left|{{bb|DOM}}

|8

0–
colspan="6"|Lost in Final
2

|align=left|{{bb|PUR}}

|5

4–
colspan="6"|Lost in Semifinals
3

|align=left|{{bb|JPN}}

|5

2–
4

|align=left|{{bb|NED}}

|4

4–
colspan="6"|Eliminated in Second Round
5

|align=left|{{bb|CUB}}

|4

2–
6

|align=left|{{bb|USA}}

|3

3–
7

|align=left|{{bb|ITA}}

|2

30.103 TQB
8

|align=left|{{bb|TPE}}

|2

3−0.190 TQB
colspan="6"|Eliminated in First Round
9

|align=left|{{bb|KOR}}

|2

1–
10

|align=left|{{bb|VEN}}

|1

2−0.154 TQB
11

|align=left|{{bb|MEX}}

|1

2−0.185 TQB
12

|align=left|{{bb|CAN}}

|1

2−0.308 TQB
13

|align=left|{{bb|CHN}}

|1

2−0.534 TQB
14

|align=left|{{bb|BRA}}

|0

3−0.318 TQB
15

|align=left|{{bb|ESP}}

|0

3−0.467 TQB
16

|align=left|{{bb|AUS}}

|0

3−0.486 TQB

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{{winners|bb|2013 World Baseball Classic champions|DOM|First}}

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Attendance

781,438 (avg. 20,037; pct. 59.5%)

=First round=

359,243 (avg. 14,968; pct. 50.2%)

  • Pool A – 79,168 (avg. 13,195; pct. 34.2%)
  • Pool B – 69,834 (avg. 11,639; pct. 58.2%)
  • Pool C – 95,058 (avg. 15,843; pct. 86.7%)
  • Pool D – 115,183 (avg. 19,197; pct. 45.3%)
  • Chase Field – 110,705 (avg. 22,141; pct. 45.5%)
  • Salt River Fields at Talking Stick – 4,478 (avg. 4,478; pct. 40.7%)

=Second round=

325,282 (avg. 27,107; pct. 68.8%)

  • Pool 1 – 170,658 (avg. 28,443; pct. 67.7%)
  • Pool 2 – 154,624 (avg. 25,771; pct. 70.1%)

=Championship round=

96,913 (avg. 32,304; pct. 77.1%)

  • Semifinals – 61,210 (avg. 30,605; pct. 73.0%)
  • Final – 35,703 (avg. 35,703; pct. 85.2%)

2013 All-World Baseball Classic team

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|image2=Robinson Canó on on April 13, 2010 (1).jpg

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|footer=Players named to the All-WBC Team (from left to right);
Catcher – Yadier Molina of Puerto Rico
Second baseman – Robinson Canó of the Dominican Republic
Third baseman – David Wright of the United States
Outfielder – Ángel Pagán of Puerto Rico
Pitcher – Kenta Maeda of Japan
Pitcher – Fernando Rodney of the Dominican Republic

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:Note: The tournament Most Valuable Player was Robinson Canó.See: 2013 World Baseball Classic – Championship#Final – Dominican Republic 3, Puerto Rico 0.

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PositionPlayer
C

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Yadier Molina

1B

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Edwin Encarnación

2B

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Robinson Canó

3B

|{{flagicon|USA}} David Wright

SS

|{{flagicon|DOM}} José Reyes

rowspan=3|OF

|{{flagicon|DOM}} Nelson Cruz

{{flagicon|PUR}} Ángel Pagán
{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Saunders
DH

|{{flagicon|JPN}} Hirokazu Ibata

rowspan=3|P

|{{flagicon|PUR}} Nelson Figueroa

{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Maeda
{{flagicon|DOM}} Fernando Rodney

Statistics leaders

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=Batting=

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StatisticNameTotal/Avg
Batting average*{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Saundersalign=center| .727
Hits{{flagicon|DOM}} Robinson Canóalign=center| 15
Runs{{flagicon|NED}} Andrelton Simmonsalign=center| 10
Home runs{{flagicon|CUB}} José Abreu
{{flagicon|CUB}} Alfredo Despaigne		align=center| 3
RBI{{flagicon|USA}} David Wrightalign=center| 10
Walks{{flagicon|DOM}} Carlos Santanaalign=center| 9
Strikeouts{{flagicon|DOM}} Alejandro De Aza
{{flagicon|DOM}} Edwin Encarnación
{{flagicon|NED}} Jonathan Schoop		align=center| 8
Stolen bases{{flagicon|NED}} Randolph Oduberalign=center| 3
On-base percentage*{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Saundersalign=center| .769
Slugging percentage*{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Saundersalign=center| 1.273
OPS*{{flagicon|CAN}} Michael Saundersalign=center| 2.042

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per game

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=Pitching=

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StatisticNameTotal/Avg
Wins{{flagicon|DOM}} Pedro Stropalign=center| 3
Losses39 Playersalign=center| 1
Saves{{flagicon|DOM}} Fernando Rodneyalign=center| 7
Innings pitched{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Maedaalign=center| 15.0
Hits allowed{{flagicon|NED}} Diego Markwellalign=center| 17
Runs allowed{{flagicon|NED}} Tom Stuifbergenalign=center| 9
Earned runs allowed{{flagicon|NED}} David Bergman
{{flagicon|NED}} Tom Stuifbergen		align=center| 8
ERA*{{flagicon|TPE}} Chien-Ming Wangalign=center| 0.00**
Walks{{flagicon|DOM}} Edinson Vólquezalign=center| 6
Strikeouts{{flagicon|JPN}} Kenta Maedaalign=center| 18
WHIP*{{flagicon|KOR}} Seung-hwan Ohalign=center| 0.00

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per game

** Wang is tied with 14 others with a 0.00 ERA but he pitched the most innings with 12.0

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Additional rules

Once again there were limits on the number of pitches thrown in a game, though the limits themselves were changed from the previous tournament:

  • 65 pitches in First Round (down from 70 in 2009)
  • 80 pitches in Second Round (down from 85 in 2009)
  • 95 pitches in Championship Round (down from 100 in 2009)

If a pitcher reached his limit during an at bat, he was allowed to finish pitching to the batter, but was removed from the game at the end of the at bat.

A pitcher must:

  • Not pitch until a minimum of four days have passed since he last pitched, if he threw 50 or more pitches when he last pitched;
  • Not pitch until a minimum of one day has passed since he last pitched, if he threw 30 or more pitches when he last pitched;
  • Not pitch until a minimum of one day has passed since any second consecutive day on which the pitcher pitched;

For purposes of the pitcher use limitation rules, both semifinal games were to be deemed to have been played on the day of the latest semifinal game.

A mercy rule came into effect when one team led by either fifteen runs after five innings, or ten runs after seven innings in the first two rounds.

Instant replay was also available to umpires during the tournament. As was introduced in Major League Baseball during the 2008 season, replays were only used to adjudicate on home run decisions, to determine whether the ball was fair or foul, over the fence or not, and the impact of fan interference.

An alternative version of the IBAF's extra inning rule was also used. If after 12 innings the score was still tied, each half inning thereafter would have started with runners on second and first base. The runners would have been the eighth and ninth hitters due in that inning respectively. For example, if the number five hitter was due to lead off the inning, the number three hitter would have been on second base, and the number four hitter on first base. However, this rule was never actually employed in this year's Classic, as the only extra-inning game in the tournament ended prior to a 13th inning.

Media coverage

MLB Network has been announced as the English-language broadcaster of the 2013 and 2017 tournaments.{{cite web|url=http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/2013/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121023&content_id=40001966&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|title=MLB Network to air all Classic games in '13, '17|first=Bobbie|last=Dittmeier|date=October 23, 2012|work=MLB.com|access-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102054959/http://web.worldbaseballclassic.com/2013/news/article.jsp?ymd=20121023&content_id=40001966&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|archive-date=November 2, 2012|url-status=dead}} ESPN Deportes provided Spanish-language coverage, and ESPN Radio had audio rights.{{cite web|author=gabriela nunez on |url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2013/01/wbc/|title=ESPN Selected to Present Spanish-Language Multimedia Coverage of 2013 and 2017 World Baseball Classic « ESPN MediaZone|publisher=Espnmediazone.com|date=January 13, 2013|access-date=March 12, 2013}}

Sportsnet was the broadcaster in Canada and ESPN America in United Kingdom, Ireland and other parts of Europe.

Notes

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References

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External links

  • [https://www.mlb.com/world-baseball-classic Official website]

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