1965 European Baseball Championship
The 1965 European [Baseball Championship] was held in Madrid, Spain at La Elipa Stadium. Netherlands national [baseball team|The Netherlands] won their seventh consecutive European title. The Dutch run differential was 57–0 in the tournament and their all-time record in the tournament was 27–0. The Netherlands defeated second-place Italy 16–0 finished second and Germany national baseball team|Germany] finished the third place after defeating Spain for the first time. The largest blowout was Italy's 30–1 win over last-place Sweden.
Offensively, the Netherlands was led by three players from the Netherlands Antilles who played for domestic club Sparta:, who was named the most valuable player, Hudson John, and, who hit a home run against Italy that reportedly traveled. Richardson Batting [average (baseball)|batted].538 and John batted.500 in the tournament, though organizers said neither had enough at bats to qualify for the batting title.