Mexico national baseball team

Mexico National Baseball Team
Mexico National Baseball Team
Information
Country	Mexico
Federation	Federación Mexicana de Béisbol (FEMEBE)
Confederation	WBSC Americas
Manager	Benji Gil
WBSC ranking
Current	2 (18 December 2023)
Highest	2 (November 2 2023)
Lowest	12 (December 2014)
Uniforms
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	5 (first in 2006)
Best result	3rd (1 time, in 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	6th (2020)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	3rd (1 time, in 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1940)
Best result	2nd (4 times, most recent in 1965)
Pan American Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1951)
Best result	3rd (5 times, most recent in 2023)

The Mexico national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de México) is the baseball team that represents Mexico in international tournaments. It is currently the 2nd-ranked baseball team in the world.^[1]

Roster

México roster

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

23 Erubiel Armenta
77 Javier Assad
50 Manny Barreda
82 Victor Castañeda
85 Luis Cessa
49 Jesús Cruz
65 Giovanny Gallegos
1 Felipe González
55 Adrián Martínez
29 Óliver Pérez
53 Roel Ramírez
84 Alan Rangel
33 Gerardo Reyes
20 Wilmer Rios
14 JoJo Romero
48 Jake Sanchez
43 Patrick Sandoval
7 Julio Urías
59 José Urquidy
46 César Vargas
99 Taijuan Walker
16 Samuel Zazueta

Catchers

15 Austin Barnes
51 Alexis Wilson

Infielders

62 Jonathan Aranda
32 Joey Meneses
19 Isaac Paredes
11 Rowdy Tellez
13 Alan Trejo
3 Luis Urías
38 Roberto Valenzuela

Outfielders

Manager

30 Benji Gil

Coaches

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[2]

Legend

Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture

2019

Pan American Games Q	January 30	Nicaragua	12–4	Mexico	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	January 31	Mexico	13–3	Brazil	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	14:30 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 1	Mexico	3–2	Dominican Republic	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Friendly	March 9	Mexico	4–2	Japan	Kyocera Dome, Japan
			Boxscore

Friendly	March 10	Mexico	0–6	Japan	Kyocera Dome, Japan
			Boxscore

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 2	Dominican Republic	1–6 (F/6)	Mexico	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 8,000

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 3	Mexico	8–2	United States	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 10,123

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 5	Netherlands	2–10	Mexico	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 6,895

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 11	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Mexico	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,803

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 12	Australia	0–3	Mexico	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,089

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 13	Mexico	1–3	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 31,776

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 15	Mexico	3–7	South Korea	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 5,121

WBSC Premier12 3rd	November 17	United States	2–3 (F/10)	Mexico	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

2021

Summer Olympics GS	July 30	Mexico	0–1	Dominican Republic	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Teddy Stankiewicz	Boxscore	WP: Ángel Sánchez Sv: Luis Castillo (1)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics GS	July 31	Japan	7–4	Mexico	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Masato Morishita Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1) HR: Tetsuto Yamada (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)	Boxscore	LP: Juan Pablo Oramas HR: Joey Meneses (1)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics R1	August 1	Israel	12–5	Mexico	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Zack Weiss HR: Danny Valencia (2)	Boxscore	LP: Manny Barreda	Attendance: 0

2023

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Colombia	5–4 (F/10)	Mexico	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: Guillermo Zuñiga (1–0) HR: Reynaldo Rodríguez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Jesús Cruz (0–1) HR: Randy Arozarena (1)	Attendance: 28,497 Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Edwin Louisa. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Jairo Mendoza

World Baseball Classic GS	March 12	Mexico	11–5	United States	Chase Field, United States
	19:00 MT	WP: Patrick Sandoval (1–0) HR: Joey Meneses (2)	Boxscore	LP: Nick Martinez (0–1) HR: Will Smith (1)	Attendance: 47,534 Umpires: HP: Alan Porter. 1B: Jairo Mendoza. 2B: Edwin Louisa. 3B: Cory Blaser.

World Baseball Classic GS	March 14	Great Britain	1–2	Mexico	Chase Field, United States
	19:00 MT	LP: Tahnaj Thomas (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: JoJo Romero (1–0) Sv: Giovanny Gallegos (1)	Attendance: 17,705 Umpires: HP – Cory Blaser, 1B – Carlos Torres, 2B – Félix Tejada, 3B – Jhonatan Biarreta

World Baseball Classic GS	March 15	Mexico	10–3	Canada	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: José Urquidy (1–0) HR: Rowdy Tellez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Rob Zastryzny (0–1) HR: Bo Naylor (1), Edouard Julien (2)	Attendance: 17,245 Umpires: HP – Carlos Torres, 1B – Doug Eddings, 2B – Jhonathan Biarreta, 3B – Edwin Louisa

World Baseball Classic QF	March 17	Puerto Rico	4–5	Mexico	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Alexis Díaz (0–1) HR: Javier Báez (1), Eddie Rosario (2)	Boxscore	WP: JoJo Romero (2–0) Sv: Giovanny Gallegos (2) HR: Isaac Paredes (1)	Attendance: 35,817 Umpires: HP – Will Little, 1B – Atsushi Fukaya, 2B – Ki Talk Park, 3B – Dan Bellino

World Baseball Classic SF	March 20	Mexico	5–6	Japan	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Giovanny Gallegos (0–1) HR: Luis Urias (1)	Boxscore	WP: Taisei Ota (1–0) HR: Masataka Yoshida (2)	Attendance: 35,933 Umpires: HP – Quinn Wolcott, 1B – Ramiro Alfaro, 2B – Jong Chui Park, 3B – Lance Barksdale, LF – Edward Pinales, RF – John Tumpane

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 24	Mexico	4–0	Cuba	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	9:30 UTC–6	WP: Wilmer Ríos	Boxscore	LP: Carlos Viera	Attendance: 450

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 25	El Salvador	0–4	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	20:00 UTC–6	LP: Faustino Carrera	Boxscore	WP: Wilfredo Ramírez HR: Randy Romero (1), Fernando Villegas (1)	Attendance: 1,800

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 27	Nicaragua	0–7	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	17:30 UTC–6	LP: Osman Gutiérrez	Boxscore	WP: Luis Miranda HR: Rainel Rosario (1), Fernando Villegas (1), Emmanuel Ávila (1)	Attendance: 710

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 28	Dominican Republic	6–2	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	17:10 UTC–6	WP: Hansel Paulino HR: Adrián Valerio (1)	Boxscore	LP: Yoanner Negrín	Attendance: 500

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 29	Puerto Rico	4–5	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	15:05 UTC–6	LP: Andrés Santiago HR: Edwin Gómez (1)	Boxscore	WP: Francisco Haro Sv: Samuel Zazueta HR: Fernando Villegas (2)	Attendance: 200

International results

World Baseball Classic

Mexico has competed in all five editions of the World Baseball Classic.

Game log

2006 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹
March 7, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	0–2 L
March 8, 2006	Scottsdale, Arizona	South Africa	10–4 W
March 9, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	9–1 W
March 12, 2006	Anaheim, California	South Korea	1–2 L
March 14, 2006	Anaheim, California	Japan	1–6 L
March 16, 2006	Anaheim, California	United States	2–1 W
2009 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹
March 8, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Australia	7–17 L
March 9, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	South Africa	14–3 W
March 11, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Australia	16–1 W
March 12, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Cuba	4–16 L
March 15, 2009	San Diego, California	South Korea	2–8 L
March 17, 2009	San Diego, California	Cuba	4–7 L
2013 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹
March 7, 2013	Scottsdale, Arizona	Italy	5–6 L
March 8, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	5–2 W
March 9, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	3–10 L
2017 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹
March 9, 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Italy	9–10 L
March 11, 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Puerto Rico	4–9 L
March 12. 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Venezuela	11–9 W
2023 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score¹
March 11th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Colombia	4–5 L
March 12th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	11–5 W
March 14th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Great Britain	2-1 W
March 15th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	10–3 W
March 17th, 2023	Miami, Florida	Puerto Rico	5–4 W
March 20th, 2023	Miami, Florida	Japan	5–6 L

¹ – Mexico score always listed first

Premier12 Tournament

2015

Team Mexico came in fourth in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 Tournament.

2019

Team Mexico won the bronze medal in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament in November 2019. Two quota spots were allocated from the Tournament, of the spots for six baseball teams at the 2020 Olympic Games, with Mexico as the top finisher from the Americas earning one spot.^[3] First baseman/left fielder Efrén Navarro led the team with three doubles and shared the team lead with six RBIs, designated hitter Matt Clark led the team with a .440 OBP and an .800 slugging percentage and shared the team lead with three home runs, and second baseman Esteban Quiroz led the team with seven walks.^[4] Half the Team Mexico roster consisted of players with birth certificates form the United States.^[5]

Competitive records

Worldwide

World Baseball Classic

Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	W	L	RS	RA
2006	Quarterfinals	6th	3	3	23	16	No qualifiers held
2009	Quarterfinals	8th	2	4	47	52	No qualifiers held
2013	Group stage	11th	1	2	13	18	Automatically qualified
2017	Group stage	13th	1	2	24	28	3	0	25	2
2023	Semifinals	3rd	4	2	37	24	Automatically qualified
Total	Semifinals	5/5	11	13	144	138	3	0	25	2

Olympic Games

Year	Round	Position	W	L	%	RS	RA
1992	did not qualify							did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2020	Preliminary	6th	0	3	.000	9	20	2019 WBSC Premier12
Total	1/6		0	3	.000	9	20

WBSC Premier 12

Year	Round	Position	W	L	%	RS	RA
2015	Semifinals	4th	3	5	.375	29	50
2019	Finals	3rd	7	2	.778	44	19
Total	2/2	—	10	7	.588	73	69

Baseball World Cup

1941 Bronze
1943 Silver
1944 Silver
1961 Silver
1965 Silver

Continental

Pan American Games

1951 Bronze
1963 Bronze
2003 Bronze
2007 Bronze
2023 Bronze

Regional

Central American and Caribbean Games

1926 Silver
1930 Silver
1950 Silver
1954 Silver
1962 Bronze
1970 Bronze
1993 Silver
2006 Bronze
2010 Silver
2023 Gold

Youth teams

U-23 Baseball World Cup

2018 Gold
2021 Silver

References

^ ^a ^b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
^ "Mexico in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
^ "Two teams from WBSC Premier12 2019 to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Baseball". WBSC.org. December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
^ "II Premier12 2019 - The official site - WBSC". premier12.wbsc.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
^ "One team stands in USA Baseball's way to qualify for the 2020 Olympics — and half its roster has American birth certificates – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. Nov 16, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

External links

[WBSC_World_Rankings-1] "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.

[2] "Mexico in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.

[3] "Two teams from WBSC Premier12 2019 to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Baseball". WBSC.org. December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.

[4] "II Premier12 2019 - The official site - WBSC". premier12.wbsc.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.

[5] "One team stands in USA Baseball's way to qualify for the 2020 Olympics — and half its roster has American birth certificates – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. Nov 16, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

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v t e Mexico national baseball team — managers
World Baseball Classic	Estrada (2006) Castilla (2009) Renteria (2013) Gonzalez (2017) Gil (2023)
Summer Olympics	Gil (2020)
IBAF / FIBA / WBSC	Oliveros Carmona Gómez Amador Reyes Castilla Magallanes Castro Tolentino Gil

v t e Baseball in Mexico
WBSC Americas
Governing bodies	Mexican Federation of Baseball
National teams	Baseball U-18 Baseball5
Competitions	Mexican League Academia Liga Liga Norte Mexican Pacific League
Awards & honors	Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame Copa de Zaachila
Hosted events	World Baseball Classic 2009 2017 (qualifiers) 2019 WBSC Premier12 1951 Amateur World Series Caribbean Series 1974 1978 1982 1985 1987 1989 1992 1993 1997 2001 2005 2009 2013 2017 2018 2021 Baseball Champions League 2023 2024 Central American and Caribbean Games 1926 1954 1990 Baseball at the Pan American Games 1955 1975 2011 1968 International Amateur Tournament Latin American Series 2013 2019
Defunct competitions	Liga Invernal Veracruzana Central League Southwest International League
Champions

v t e National baseball teams of the Americas (WBSC Americas)
North America	Canada Mexico United States
Central America	Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Panama Honduras El Salvador
Caribbean	Aruba Bahamas Cuba Curaçao Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Sint Maarten Trinidad and Tobago United States Virgin Islands
South America	Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Peru Venezuela

v t e National sports teams of Mexico
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