1940 Amateur World Series

The 1940 Amateur World Series was the third Amateur World Series (AWS), an international men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation (which titled it the Baseball World Cup as of the 1988 tournament). The tournament took place, for the second consecutive time, in Cuba. It was contested by seven national teams playing twelve games each from September 14 through October 6 in Havana. Cuba won its second, and second consecutive, AWS title.

Participants
Though only three of the fourteen teams that had been invited to the second Amateur World Series in Havana managed to attend the previous year, many of them participated in the 1939 edition. Mexico, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico all made their debuts in international competition, as did Hawaii (which at the time was a U.S. territory), becoming the first team from Oceania to participate.

Invited teams
Caribbean (2) Oceania (1)
 * (hosts)

North America (3)

South America (1)

Highlights
Some players of note who took part in the tournament include:


 * Connie Marrero (3-2, 1.15 ERA), winner of the tournament most valuable player award
 * Pedro Orta (.282), father of journeyman Jorge Orta
 * Nap Reyes (.297), future major league player
 * Segundo Rodriguez (.433), team batting leader


 * Stanley Cayasso led the tournament in hits with 19
 * Juan Manuel Vallecillo led the tournament in RBIs with 10, and tied for second with doubles 4
 * Jose Melendez had a record of 3-0
 * Jonathan Robinson (.444) led the tournament in batting average, as well as runs with 14


 * Stubby Overmire, future major league player


 * Lawrence Kunihisha led the tournament with 7 stolen bases
 * Herb North was a former professional who played with the Nagoya Golden Dolphins in the first Japanese Baseball League game in 1936

All-Star team
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