2025

2025 in baseball
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Championships, events, culture, births, and deaths that occurred in 2025.

Events

Professional

Asia and Australia

• Nippon Professional Baseball
  • Nippon Series: Softbank Hawks defeated the Hanshin Tigers in the Japan Series, 4 games to 1 (Details)
    • Central League: Hanshin Tigers (Details)
    • Pacific League: Softbank Hawks (Details)
• Korea Baseball Organization: LG Twins defeated the Hanwha Eagles in the Korean Series, 4 games to 1 (Details)
• Chinese Professional Baseball League: Rakuten Monkeys defeated the CTBC Brothers in the Taiwan Series, 4 games to 1 (Details)
• China Baseball League:
• Australian Baseball League: Canberra Cavalry defeated the Perth Heat in the finals, 2-0 (Details)

Europe

• European Champions Cup: Heidenheim Heideköpfe defeats the Bonn Capitals in the finals (Details)
  • French Division I: Huskies de Rouen
  • Baseball-Bundesliga: Heidenheim Heideköpfe
  • Hoofdklasse Honkbal: Curaçao Neptunus
    • Holland Series: Curaçao Neptunus defeated HCAW in the Holland Series, 4 games to 2 (Details)
  • Serie A1: ASD San Marino defeated ParmaClima Parma in the Italian Series, 3 games to 1 (Details)
  • Spanish Baseball League: Marlins Puerto Cruz

North America

• Major League Baseball
  • World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) over Toronto Blue Jays (AL), 4-3 (Details)
    • American League: Toronto Blue Jays (Details)
    • National League: Los Angeles Dodgers (Details)
  • Triple-A National Championship: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
  • International League: Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
  • Pacific Coast League: Las Vegas Aviators
• Liga Mexicana de Béisbol:
• Cuban Serie Nacional:

Winter Leagues

• • Caribbean Series: Leones del Escogido (Details)
  • Colombian League: Caimanes de Barranquilla
  • Cuban Elite League:
  • Dominican League: Leones del Escogido defeated Tigres del Licey in the finals, 4-3
  • Mexican Pacific League: Charros de Jalisco defeated Tomateros de Culiacán in the finals, 4-2
  • Nicaraguan League: Leones de León
  • Panamian League: Águilas Metropolitanas
  • Puerto Rican League: Indios de Mayagüez defeated Senadores de San Juan in the finals, 4-2
  • Venezuelan League: Cardenales de Lara defeated Bravos de Margarita in the finals, 4-2

Amateur

• All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series: Tohoku Fukushi University (details)
• Canadian University National Invitational Baseball Tournament:
• National Collegiate Athletic Association
  • College World Series (Division I): Louisiana State University (details)
  • Division II Baseball Championship: University of Tampa (details)
  • Division III Baseball Championship: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater (details)
• NAIA College World Series: Louisiana State University in Shreveport (details)
• National Junior College Athletic Association
  • Division I Baseball World Series: Salt Lake Community College (details)
  • Division II Baseball World Series: Pasco-Hernando Community College (details)
  • Division III Baseball World Series: Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester (details)
• Community College League of California: Mount San Antonio College (details)
• Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges: Linn-Benton Community College (details)
• National Club Baseball Association:
  • Division 1: Pennsylvania State University
  • Division 2: University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
  • Division 3: Craven Community College
• National Baseball Congress World Series: (details)
• Japan High School Baseball Federation
  • National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament: Yokohama High School (details)
  • National High School Baseball Championship: Okinawa Shogaku High School (details)
• Little League
  • Little League World Series: Taipei defeats Las Vegas, NV, 7-0, in the championship (Details)

International competitions

• Asian Championship in China (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Taiwan (Silver); South Korea (Bronze)
• European Championship in the Netherlands, Italy and Belgium (Details)
  • The Netherlands (Gold); Italy (Silver); Czech Republic (Bronze)
• European Women's Championship in the Czech Republic (Details)
  • Great Britain (Gold); Czech Republic (Silver); France (Bronze)
• Women's Baseball Asian Cup in Hangzhou, China (Details)
  • Japan (Gold); Taiwan (Silver); Hong Kong (Bronze)
• U-18 Baseball World Cup in Japan (Details)
  • USA (Gold); Japan (Silver); Taiwan
• Bolivarian Games in Lima, Peru (Details)
  • Colombia (Gold); Peru (Silver); Venezuela (Bronze)
• Central American Games in Guatemala City, Guatemala (Details)
  • Nicaragua (Gold); Costa Rica (Silver); Honduras (Bronze)
• Southeast Asian Games in Thailand (Details)
  • Philippines (Gold); Thailand (Silver); Indonesia (Bronze)
• Pacific Mini-Games in Koror City, Palau (Details)
  • Palau (Gold); Guam (Silver); Northern Mariana Islands (Bronze)

Culture

Literature

• Dangerous Danny Gardella, by Robert Elias
• Homestand, by Will Bardenwerper
• In the Japanese Ballpark, by Robert K. Fitts
• The Last Manager, by John W. Miller
• Make Me Commissioner, by Jane Leavy

Song

• "Ghost Fork", by Yusuke Kamiji
• "Ichiro's Theme", by Benjamin Gibbard and The Baseball Project
• "Nine Innings", baseball album by Cousin Wolf

Film

• Caught Stealing
• Who Killed the Montreal Expos?

Births

Further information: Births in 2025

Deaths

Further information: Deaths in 2025