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Baseball at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Baseball
at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
VenueEstadio de Baseball, Barranquilla
Dates9 — 28 December 1946
Competitors146 from 9 nations
Teams9
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
← 1938
1950 →

Baseball was contested at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Participating nations

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Nine countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[1]

Willy Miranda, a future Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, made his debut with the Cuba national team in the 1946 Games, hitting .250.[2]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's baseball  Colombia (COL)
Humberto Vargas
Armando Crizon
Pedro Miranda
Carlos Bustos
José Araújo
Isaac Villers
Julio Florez
Ramón Herazo
Carlos Rodríguez
Andrés Cavadías
Julio Galofra
Cosme Pájaro
Andrés Florez
Enrique Hernández
Pedro Zambrano
Cipriano Herrera
Manuel Peñaranda
José Corpas
 Dominican Republic (DOM)
Luis M. Muñoz
Marino Pérez
Ramón E. Vargas
Vicente Scarpatte
Juan B. Álvarez
Aquiles Martínez
Rafael A. Vargas
Oscar A. Álvarez
Miguel Payano
Bienvenido Arias
Oscar Mir
José A. Matos
Manuel A. Trabous
Julio Lara
Luis T. Vinals
Diomedes Olivo
Román Ramos
Fernando Abreu
 Cuba (CUB)
Rouget Ávalos
Bernardo Cuervo
Mario Chacón
Julio Delgado
Mario Díaz
Alfredo Domínguez
Ignacio Ferrer
Alberto Gómez
Ángel González
Hiram González
José L. García
Guillermo Miranda
Miguel Montiel
Mario Pérez
Ramiro Ramírez
René Solís
Gilberto Soto
Generoso Stable

Group stage

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The group stage featured a round robin format to determine the medal winners, similar to the format of the 1938 tournament.

Pos Team Pld W L T PCT GB
1  Colombia (H) 7 6 1 0 .857
2  Cuba 7 6 1 0 .857
3  Dominican Republic 7 4 3 0 .571 2
4  Puerto Rico 7 3 3 1 .500 2.5
5  Venezuela 7 3 3 1 .500 2.5
6  Panama 7 2 3 2 .429 3
7  Mexico 7 2 5 0 .286 4
8  Costa Rica 7 0 7 0 .000 6
Source: Centro Caribe Sports
(H) Hosts

Final stage

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Pos Team Pld W L T RF RA RD PCT GB
1  Colombia (H) 2 1 0 1 3 1 +2 .750
2  Dominican Republic 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 .750
3  Cuba 2 0 2 0 2 5 −3 .000 1.5
Source: Centro Caribe Sports
(H) Hosts

Gold medal game

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28 December 1946 08:00 at Estadio de Baseball
Team
 Dominican Republic
 Colombia
Umpires: John P. Corrigan
Notes: Game forfeited by the Dominican Republic. Colombia wins gold medal.
Boxscore

Statistical leaders

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  1. ^ Emilio Silva (VEN), Ángel González (CUB), T. Mena (CRC), José Gordón (CRC), Alberto Osorio (PAN)

References

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  1. ^ Centro Carbie
  2. ^ Bjarkman, Peter (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. McFarland. p. 226. ISBN 0786428295.