Worlds 2004

Las Vegas

Finals

Mark Van Klaveren (33-18) of Phoenix Arizona defeated defending world champion Eric Wayne (28-22) of Southfield Michigan  four games to none in the world series.  Both Van Klaveren and Wayne advanced through the wild card shootouts for the second place finishers.

Van Klaveren's winning  lineup

vs left

vs right

Bench

Starters

Relievers

Abreu cf

Payton lf

C. Lee

Lowe

Mota

Dunn lf

Bagwell 1b

Huff

Miller

Rivera

Loretta 3b

Abreu cf

Hammonds

Dall

Groom

Bagwell 1b

Guerrero rf

Fullmer

K.Wells

Benitez

Guerrero rf

Vidro 2b

Durham

 

Speier

Vidro 2b

Garciaparra ss

 

 

Vizcaino

Kendall c

Loretta 3b

 

 

 

Garciaparra ss

Marrero c

 

 

 

 

Semi-finals

Van Klaveren defeated Mick Van Valkenburg (27-21) of San Jose California four games to three.  Van Valkenburg  battled back from a 3-0 deficit only to lose the seventh game.

Wayne defeated Randy Davidson (30-18) of La Habra California four games to three.  Davidson led three games to two in the series.  In game six Tejada hit a 1-4 shot in the ninth to tie the game and Wayne won the game on a Pujols error in the tenth.  In the seventh game, Rafael Soriano hit a diamond to one in the eighth to win it.

Quarter-finals

Van Klaveren defeated Pete Nelson (33-14) of Renton Washington four games to three.  Van Klaveren won game seven with Jeff Hammonds pitching the tenth to save it.

Wayne defeated Carl Bible (27-12) of Stewart Florida four games to two.  Bible was the top seeded division winner entering the quarter-finals.

Davidson defeated Ed Killmer (25-17) of Tampa Florida four games to two.

Van Valkenburg defeated Bruce Layton (28-16) of Ithaca New York four games to two.

 

Final Points Champion

Eric Wayne

209

Vic Horvath

179

Errol Dennis

168

Jim Jasper

165

Don Leong

154

Ben Leong

152

Mark Van Klaveren

151

 

 

Division Winners

Carl Bible

Bruce Layton

Pete Nelson

Randy Davidson

Ed Killmer

Mick Van Valkenburg

 

Second Place Shootouts

Bill Fenlon of Chicago Illinois defeated Vic Horvath of Detroit Michigan in the first round

Jim Jasper of Chicago Illinois defeated Mark Delpopolo of Tampa Florida in the first round

Eric Wayne and Mark Van Klaveren earned byes in the first round.

Van Klaveren defeated Fenlon in the shootout finals to advance to the final eight and win the tournament.

Wayne defeated Jasper in the shootout finals to advance to the final eight and finish as runner up to Van Klaveren.

 

Prize Money

1st Mark Van Klaveren $5000
2nd Eric Wayne $2500
3rd (tie) Willy Dominguez $875
3rd (tie) Pete Nelson $875
5th (tie) Randy Davidson $375
5th (tie) Ed Killmer $375
7th (tie) Bruce Layton $150
7th (tie) Mick Van Valkenburg $150
9th Gus Keil $100
9th Bryan Lewis $100

 

 

Third Place Bracket

Willy Dominguez went 14-4 in the third place bracket to advance from the Saturday third place bracket to win the bracket.  Bryan Lewis went 9-4 in the third place bracket to capture 9th place.

 

Divisions

Division A

Ben Leong division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Ben Leong 12-15   12-17
2 Dave Little 13-14   13-16
3 Mark Whitely 11-16   11-18
4 Bill Katona 15-12 17-16 17-18
5 Craig Elsten / Jake Kline 11-16   12-18
6 Bill Meinhardt 17-10 19-14 20-16
7 Mark Delpopolo 17-10 19-14 20-16
8 Stan Suderman 12-15   13-17
9 Mick Van Valkenburg 14-13 20-13 27-21
10 Larry Bellar 13-14   14-16

 

Division B

Jim Jasper division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Willy Dominguez 13-14   27-18
2 Dan Martin 14-13 18-15 20-17
3 Kevin Heth 8-19   8-21
4 Jim Jasper 17-10 20-13 21-15
5 Vince Velten 13-14   18-17
6 Steve Davidson 14-13   20-16
7 Sean Riley 16-11 17-16 22-19
8 Gene Abood 9-18   11-20
9 Carl Bible 21-6 25-8 27-12
10 Mike Sherrill 10-17   15-19

 

Division C

Eric Wayne division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Ed Daley 12-15   13-17
2 Fred Meier 13-14   13-14
3 Paul Brownlee 10-17   14-20
4 John Perez 16-11 17-16 22-19
5 Bruce Layton 20-7 24-9 28-16
6 Gus Keil 13-14 16-17 23-22
7 Steve Baldeaux 10-17   11-19
8 Marshall Palmer 11-16   11-18
9 Eric Wayne 16-11 20-13 28-22
10 Shawn Sherrill 13-14   15-17

 

Division D

Vic Horvath division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Ed Killmer 18-9 22-11 25-17
2 Bryan Lewis 12-15   21-19
3 Tom Anderson 13-14   14-16
4 Sal Caridi 10-14   10-14
5 John Werner 15-12 17-15 17-15
6 Mark Giddings 11-16   11-16
7 Jerry Shaw 8-16   8-16
8 Vic Horvath 18-9 20-13 22-15
9 Jerry DiBartolo 15-12 18-14 18-16
10 Jim Galloway 12-15   16-17

 

Division E

Don Leong division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Pete Nelson 19-8 24-9 33-14
2 Don Leong 12-15   12-17
3 Mike Meszaros 13-14   13-16
4 Mike Kman 14-13 16-17 16-19
5 Bill Fenlon 17-10 20-13 25-16
6 Rick Finch 9-18   12-21
7 Brian Smith 13-14   15-17
8 Craig Schneider 13-14   17-16
9 Brett Van Klaveren 11-16   13-19
10 Dave Suderman 14-13 16-17 16-19

 

Division F

Errol Dennis division selector

Draft Position Player Round Robin Position Round Final
1 Randy Davidson 19-8 22-11 30-18
2 Bob Scofield 7-20   7-20
3 Chris Moon 13-14   16-16
4 Hank Smith 12-15   13-17
5 Mark Van Klaveren 17-10 21-12 33-18
6 Kirk Tallant 15-12 17-16 18-18
7 Errol Dennis 13-14   15-17
8 Will Roberts 15-12 18-15 21-17
9 Mike Cohen 10-17   11-19
10 Peter Waterstreet 13-14   16-17