Muhammad Hussain (baseball)
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| Born: 5 December 1997 Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muhammad Amjad Hussain (born 5 December 1997) is a Pakistani baseball player who plays for the Pakistan national team.[1] He also plays for the "Army" club of the Pakistan Men's National Baseball Championship.[2]
Hussain played for the national team at the 2018 Asian Games.[3] At the 2023 World Baseball Classic qualifiers, he went 2–for-2 at the plate.[4] At the 2023 West Asia Baseball Cup, he scored two runs in the championship win over Palestine.[5] At the 2023 Asian Baseball Championship, he went 1-for-17 with one walk.
At the inaugural 2024 Baseball United Arab Classic in Dubai, Hussain hit the first home run in the tournament’s history.[6] Pakistan won the tournament, defeating the United Arab Emirates in the championship game, he was honored as part of the all-tournament team, at third base, and named the tournament's MVP.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pakistan". Baseball United. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "25th Men's National Baseball Championship in full swing". The Nation. 8 July 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Dwinanda, Reiny (1 May 2018). "Indonesia to select Asian Games's core baseball team members". Republika. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
- ^ "Stats - Pakistan". MLB.com. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Pakistan won 15th West Asia Baseball cup". The Frontier Post. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ "Baseball United Arab Classic Day One Recap". World Baseball Network. 8 November 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
- ^ Baseball United [@BaseballUnited] (November 13, 2024). "The best of the best ⭐️ Presenting your 2024 Baseball United Arab Classic All-Tournament Team!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Unbeaten Pakistan clinch Arab Classic Baseball title". The News International. 12 November 2024. Retrieved 17 February 2025.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB · Baseball Reference (Minors), or WBSC.org
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