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1973 Little League World Series
Tournament details
Dates	August 21–August 25
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Tainan City Little League; Tainan City, Taiwan
Runner-up	Cactus Little League; Tucson, Arizona
	← 1972 1974 →

The 1973 Little League World Series took place between August 21 and August 25 in South Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The Tainan City Little League of Tainan City, Taiwan, defeated the Cactus Little League of Tucson, Arizona, in the championship game of the 27th Little League World Series.

The champions from Taiwan did not allow a run or a hit in the entire tournament, registering no hitters in each of their three tournament games.^[1] That feat has yet to be equalled in any other Little League World Series.

Teams

United States	International
Birmingham, Michigan Central Region Federal Little League	Surrey, British Columbia Canada Region Whalley Little League
Colonie, New York East Region Colonie Little League	Bitburg Air Base, West Germany Europe Region Bitburg Air Base Little League
Tampa, Florida South Region Belmont Heights Little League	Tainan City, Taiwan Far East Region Tainan City Little League
Tucson, Arizona West Region Cactus Little League	Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico Latin America Region Mitras Little League

Winners Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

August 21

Taiwan	18
		August 23
Germany	0
		Taiwan	27
August 21
		Florida	0
Florida	11
				August 25
Canada	2
				Taiwan	12
August 22
				Arizona	0
Arizona	4
		August 23
New York	0
		Arizona	8
August 22
		Michigan	1	Third place
Michigan	8
				August 24 (F/7)
Mexico	1
				Florida	2

				Michigan	1

Consolation Bracket

Games A & B		Game D

August 22

Germany	0
		August 24
Canada	9
		Canada	2
August 23
		Mexico	0
New York	0

Mexico	4
		Game C

		August 24

		Germany	3

		New York	2

1973 Little League World Series Champions
Tainan City Little League Tainan City, Taiwan

Notable players

Ed Vosberg (Tucson, Arizona) - Won a College World Series Championship with the University of Arizona in 1980 and an MLB World Series title with the Florida Marlins in 1997. Pitched 10 seasons in the MLB for the San Diego Padres, San Francisco Giants, Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, Marlins, Arizona Diamondbacks, Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal Expos between 1986 and 2002.
George Crum (Tampa, Florida) - Drafted in the 23rd Round of the 1980 MLB Draft by the Texas Rangers. Played 7 seasons in the minor leagues.
Dwight Gooden (Tampa, Florida) was an integral part of the team that qualified for the LLWS but at 9 years old was too young to play at Williamsport.^[2]

References

^ Yeh, Joseph (July 21, 2009). "Age of Glory: Taiwan's Little League Hegemony of the '70s". culture.tw. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2011 – via Wayback Machine.
^ "SABR bio of Dwight Gooden".

External links

[1] Yeh, Joseph (July 21, 2009). "Age of Glory: Taiwan's Little League Hegemony of the '70s". culture.tw. Archived from the original on October 29, 2010. Retrieved August 10, 2011 – via Wayback Machine.

[2] "SABR bio of Dwight Gooden".

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