| Size: | 125px |
| Country: | Italy |
| Dates: | 23 August – 7 September |
| Num Teams: | 12 |
| Medal Type: | world cup |
| Champion: | Cuba |
| Num Championships: | 19 |
| Second: | United States |
| Third: | Chinese Taipei |
| Fourth: | Japan |
| Fourth-Flagvar: | 1947 |
| Games: | 70 |
| Prevseason: | 1986 |
| Nextseason: | 1990 |
The 1988 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 30th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the 1986 AWS. The tournament took place, for the second time, in Italy, from August 23 to September 7, and was won by Cubaits 19th overall victory (their first under the BWC name).
There were 12 participating countries.
The next nine competitions were also held as the BWC tournament, then was replaced in 2015 by the quadrennial WBSC Premier12.
| Pos | Team | W | L | RS | RA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | 0 | 112 | 35 | ||
| 2 | 10 | 1 | 120 | 22 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | 77 | 32 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 65 | 29 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | 73 | 72 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | 77 | 46 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | 46 | 61 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 6 | 59 | 47 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 7 | 51 | 70 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 9 | 49 | 93 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 10 | 44 | 115 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 160 |
| Pos | Team | W | L | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 0 | |||
| 11 | 2 | |||
| 9 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 7 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 9 | ||
| 11 | 1 | 10 | ||
| 12 | 0 | 11 |
| Leading hitter |  Antonio Pacheco |
|---|---|
| Pitcher with best ERA |  Ben McDonald |
| Pitcher with best win/loss average |  Takehiro Ishii |
| Most Runs batted in | Robin Ventura |
| Most Home runs | Luis Casanova |
| Most Stolen bases |  Julio Medina |
| Kenji Tomashino | |
| Most Runs scored | Ty Griffin |
| Omar Linares |
| Pitchers | Takehiro Ishii | |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Abbott | ||
| Catcher | Pedro Rodríguez | |
| First base | Tino Martinez | |
| Second base | Antonio Pacheco | |
| Third base | Robin Ventura | |
| Shortstop |  Matt Stairs | |
| Outfield | Luis Casanova | |
| Lourdes Gourriel | ||
| Daisuke Tsutsui | ||
| Designated hitter | Mike Fiore |