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Baseball at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games

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Baseball
at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games
VenueDiamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
Dates8 — 21 July 1978
Competitors146 from 9 nations
Teams9
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Baseball was contested at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia. The games were played at the Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, part of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, between July 8 and 21. It would be the last major international baseball tournament hosted by Colombia until the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games; additionally, it is the only major baseball tournament to be played in Medellín, a region where association football has traditionally enjoyed far more popularity than baseball.

Cuba won its fourth consecutive gold medal for baseball at the Games, bringing its total to eight. The 1978 squad, which was largely the same as the squads for the 1978 Amateur World Series and 1979 Pan American Games, has been cited as the best Cuban national team selection of all time.[1]

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's baseball  Cuba
Antonio Muñoz
Armando Capiró
Luis Casanova
Cheíto Rodriguez
Pedro Jova
Alfonso Urquiola
Fernando Sánchez
Agustín Marquetti
Pedro Medina
Rey Vicente Anglada
Wilfredo Sánchez
Rodolfo Puente
Alberto Martínez
Braudilio Vinent
Lázaro Santana
Juan Oliva
Félix Pino
Gaspar Legón
Santiago Mederos
Rogelio García
 Nicaragua
David Green
Pablo Juárez
Vicente López
Roberto Espino
Ernesto López
Calixto Vargas
Julio Moya
Juan Espinosa
Wayne Taylor
Julio Cuaresma
César Jarquín
Víctor Filippini
Porfirio Altamirano
Sergio Lacayo
Douglas Moody
A. Espino
A. García
 Puerto Rico
Milton Crespo
Rogelio Negrón
Juan Martínez
Cesaréo Márquez
Luis Mercado
David Rodriguez
Luis R. Colón
Tulio Claudio
Ramón Lara
Carlos Ponce
Henry Cirilo
Erwin Hernández
Héctor Rivera
Raúl Mulero
Obdulio Valentín
Julio A. Cruz
Carlos Crespo
Robert Rivera
Neftalí Maldonado
Jesus Feliciano Sr.

Results

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8 July 1978
9:50 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  10 – 5  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
8 July 1978
14:00 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  11 – 7  Netherlands Antilles Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
8 July 1978
18:00 (UTC–5)
Colombia  5 – 11  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

9 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  7 – 2  Netherlands Antilles Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
9 July 1978
12:30 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  4 – 18 (F/7)  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
9 July 1978
14:35 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  14 – 7  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

10 July 1978
9:07 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  5 – 15 (F/7)  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
10 July 1978
12:00 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  15 – 5  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
10 July 1978
15:15 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  16 – 4 (F/8)  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

11 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Netherlands Antilles  10 – 13  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
11 July 1978
12:30 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  16 – 1 (F/7)  Dominican Republic Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
11 July 1978
15:30 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  7 – 2  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

12 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Cuba  16 – 3 (F/7)  Dominican Republic Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
12 July 1978
11:43 (UTC–5)
Netherlands Antilles  6 – 17 (F/7)  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
12 July 1978
14:40 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  5 – 6  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

13 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Netherlands Antilles  8 – 9  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
13 July 1978
12:50 (UTC–5)
Cuba  12 – 0 (F/7)  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
13 July 1978
18:20 (UTC–5)
Colombia  10 – 7  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

14 July 1978
12:00 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  2 – 13 (F/7)  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
14 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Colombia  2 – 12 (F/7)  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

15 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  13 – 17  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
15 July 1978
13:50 (UTC–5)
Netherlands Antilles  5 – 10  Dominican Republic Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
15 July 1978
17:15 (UTC–5)
Cuba  11 – 2  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

16 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Netherlands Antilles  0 – 8  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
16 July 1978
11:40 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  31 – 2 (F/7)  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
16 July 1978
15:00 (UTC–5)
Colombia  8 – 17  Dominican Republic Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

17 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Cuba  21 – 2 (F/7)  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
17 July 1978
12:10 (UTC–5)
Colombia  7 – 11  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
17 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  4 – 10  Puerto Rico Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

18 July 1978
9:15 (UTC–5)
Colombia  4 – 11  Netherlands Antilles Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
18 July 1978
12:00 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  7 – 6  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
18 July 1978
16:00 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  7 – 4  Nicaragua Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

19 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  9 – 21 (F/7)  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
19 July 1978
12:10 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  20 – 3 (F/7)  Netherlands Antilles Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
19 July 1978
15:10 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  9 – 5  Venezuela Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

20 July 1978
9:00 (UTC–5)
Puerto Rico  3 – 5  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
20 July 1978
12:00 (UTC–5)
Nicaragua  11 – 14  Cuba Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
20 July 1978
15:30 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  12 – 1 (F/7)  Netherlands Antilles Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

21 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Dominican Republic  10 – 3  Dominican Republic Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín
21 July 1978
9:10 (UTC–5)
Venezuela  13 – 5  Colombia Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín

Source: [2]

Final standings

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Pos Team W L
 Cuba 10 0
 Nicaragua 9 3
 Puerto Rico 7 5
4  Dominican Republic 5 7
5  Venezuela 5 7
6  Colombia 3 9
7  Netherlands Antilles 1 9

Statistical leaders

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Statistic Name Total
Batting average Cuba Antonio Muñoz .714
Hits Cuba Armando Capiro 27
Runs batted in Cuba Cheíto Rodríguez 37
Home runs Cuba Cheíto Rodríguez 15
Stolen bases Netherlands Antilles Henry Jones 3
Wins 4 tied with[a] 3

Notes

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  1. ^ Braudilio Vinent (CUB), Juan Olivo (CUB), Rogelio García (CUB), and Julio Moya (NIC)

References

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  1. ^ Marino Martinez (5 September 2015). "¿Cuál fue el mejor equipo cubano de la historia en eventos internacionales?" (in Spanish). El Nuevo Herald. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Memoria de los XIII Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 359. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
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