Muhammad Hussain (baseball)
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| Karachi Monarchs – No. 33 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: 5 December 1997 Chiniot, Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Muhammad Hussain[a] (born 5 December 1997) is a Pakistani professional baseball player who plays for the Karachi Monarchs of Baseball United, as well as the Pakistan national team.[2][3]
Club career
[edit]Hussain plays for the "Army" club of the Pakistan Men's National Baseball Championship.[4]
On September 23, 2025, the Karachi Monarchs announced they had signed Hussain for the team's inaugural 2025 winter league season, making him one of Pakistan's first players to sign a professional contract.[2]
International career
[edit]Hussain played for the national team at the 2018 Asian Games.[5] At the 2023 World Baseball Classic qualifiers, he went 2–for-2 at the plate.[6] At the 2023 West Asia Baseball Cup, he scored two runs in the championship win over Palestine.[7] 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.[8] 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.[9][10]
Hussain went 6-for-11 (hitting .545) at the 2025 West Asia Baseball Cup in Karaj, Iran, leading the team in OPS (1.188).[1]
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "Hussain Hussain". WBSC.org. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- 1 2 "Fantastic Four: Pakistan's top baseball players look to elevate country on global stage". Arab News. 24 September 2025. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ↑ "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 X (formerly 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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