United States national under-18 baseball team

USA national U-18 baseball team
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Country United States
FederationUSA Baseball
ConfederationWBSC Americas
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Home
Away
Alternate
Medal record
U-18 World Cup
1982 Knoxville
1988 Sydney
1989 Trois-Rivières
1995 Cape Cod
1999 Kaohsiung
2012 Seoul
2013 Taichung
2015 Osaka
2017 Thunder Bay
2022 Sarasota & Bradenton
2025 Okinawa
1981 Newark
1983 Johnstown
1984 Saskatoon
1985 Albany
1987 Windsor
1992 Monterrey
1993 Windsor
1994 Brandon
2000 Edmonton
2006 Sancti Spíritus
2008 Edmonton
2019 Gijang
1986 Windsor
1990 Cuba
1991 Brandon
1996 Sancti Spíritus
2002 Sherbrooke

The United States national under-18 baseball team is the national under-18 baseball team of United States in international baseball competitions.

The U.S. national U-18 team debuted their international team in the Friendship Series, in 1983.[1] The team has won the U-18 Baseball World Cup and its predecessor tournaments a total of 11 times, recently in 2025.

Current roster

The full roster for the 2025 18U National Team is as follows:[2]

2025 18U National Team roster
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 8 Carson Bolemon
  • 24 Coleman Borthwick
  • 15 Brody Crane
  • 18 Jared Grindlinger
  • 23 Cole Koeninger
  • 11 Trey Rangel
  • 12 Giovanni Rojas
  • 25 Matthew Sharman
  • 6 Kaden Waechter
 Catchers
  • 16 Will Brick
  • 2 Andrew Costello

Infielders

Outfielders

  • 13 Jorvorskie Lane Jr.
  • 14 Anthony Murphy


 Manager

Coaches


Competitive record

U-18 World Cup

U-18 Baseball World Cup record
Year Result Position Pld W L % RS RA
1981 Runners-up 2nd
1982 Champions 1st
1983 Runners-up 2nd
1984 Runners-up 2nd
1985 Runners-up 2nd
1986 Third place 3rd
1987 Runners-up 2nd 7 4 3 .571
1988 Champions 1st 8 6 2 .750
1989 Champions 1st 7 7 0 1.000
1990 Third place 3rd
1991 Third place 3rd 10 8 2 .800
1992 Runners-up 2nd 13 9 4 .692
1993 Runners-up 2nd 9 8 1 .889
1994 Runners-up 2nd 11 7 4 .636
1995 Champions 1st 9 8 1 .889
1996 Third place 3rd 6 5 1 .833
1997 Fourth Place 4th 6 4 2 .667
1999 Champions 1st 7 6 1 .857
2000 Runners-up 2nd 8 6 2 .750
2002 Third place 3rd 8 7 1 .875
2004 Fourth Place 4th 6 4 2 .667
2006 Runners-up 2nd 8 5 3 .625
2008 Runners-up 2nd 8 7 1 .875
2010 Fifth place 5th 8 7 1 .875 78 18
2012 Champions 1st 9 7 2 .778 60 22
2013 Champions 1st 9 8 1 .889 63 29
2015 Champions 1st 9 8 1 .889 56 23
2017 Champions 1st 9 9 0 1.000 61 5
2019 Runners-up 2nd 9 7 2 .778 60 31
2022[R 1] Champions 1st 9 8 1 .889 68 27
2023 Fourth Place 4th 9 5 4 .556 30 24
2025 Champions 1st 9 8 1 .889 55 10
Total 11 Titles —

Source[3][4]

Notes
  1. ^ Originally scheduled to be held in 2021, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, postponed to September 2022.

Record by team

Team
 Main tournament
GP
 W
 L
 RF
 RA
 Canada 3 3 0 16 7
 Italy 1 1 0 8 0
 Colombia 2 2 0 23 7
 Czech Republic 1 1 0 11 1
 Netherlands 1 1 0 17 0
 Brazil 1 1 0 5 2
 Australia 3 2 1 17 4
 Japan 5 4 1 25 15
 Mexico 1 1 0 5 1
 Venezuela 2 2 0 18 7
 Cuba 2 2 0 12 10
 Chinese Taipei 2 2 0 12 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 11 13
Total 28 16 12

See also

References

  1. ^ "1983 Friendship Series Team Roster" (PDF). USA Baseball. 8 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2017.
  2. ^ "USA Baseball Finalizes 2025 18U National Team Roster". USA Baseball. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  3. ^ "18U National Team History". USA Baseball. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
  4. ^ "USA shut out Japan to win WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 2025-12-09.
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