Baseball was contested at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games in Havana, Cuba. All of the games were played at the Estadio Cervecería Tropical, which was built especially for the games.[1]
| Baseball at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games | |||||||
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| Venue | Estadio Cervecería Tropical | ||||||
| Dates | 15 March — 3 April 1930 | ||||||
| Competitors | 73 from 5 nations | ||||||
| Teams | 5 | ||||||
| Medalists | |||||||
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Cuba won its second consecutive gold medal, and Mexico its second consecutive silver; both teams had participated in the inaugural 1926 Games in Mexico City. The 1930 Games expanded the baseball tournament to five countries; it marked the international debuts of the Panama, El Salvador, and Guatemala national baseball teams.
Participating nations
editA total of seven countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.[2]
Cuba (18)
El Salvador (12)
Guatemala (13)
Mexico (13)
Panama (17)
Venue
edit| Havana, Cuba | |
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| Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical | |
| Capacity: 15,000 | |
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Medalists
edit| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Men's baseball |  Cuba (CUB)Narciso Picazo Juan Montero Manuel Domínguez Juan Mendizábal Francisco Clavel Francisco Espiñeira Alfredo Consuegra Oscar Reyes Cándido Hernández Miguel Moreira Carlos Fleites Luis Romero Gustavo Alfonso Antonio Arrendondo Jorge Consuegra Porfirio Espinosa Miguel Aguilera Armando Paituví |
 Mexico (MEX)A. Angulo Octavio Vidaña Fernando Barradas José Alvarez Francisco Gutierrez José Alvarez Jesus del Castillo David Pérez Eugenio Camacho P. Rosado Concepción Ortega Manuel Chávez Jesús Torrijos Francisco Torrijos |
 Panama (PAN)Agustín Florez Lorenzo Florez Joseph Lyons Everardo A. Nuñez Eduardo Señales Modesto Pérez Ramón E. Ruiz José A. Antadilla Cleveland Mitchell José M. Pinzón Juan Henríquez Carlos Álvarez Ángel Jaén José F. Gómez Federico Buchanan Samuel A. Davis |
Final standings
edit| Pos | Team | W | L |
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Cuba |
5 | 1 |
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Mexico |
4 | 2 |
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Panama |
3 | 3 |
| 4 |  Guatemala |
0 | 3 |
| 5 |  El Salvador |
0 | 3 |
Statistical leaders
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Battingedit
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Pitchingedit
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Notes
edit- ^ Cuba's Francisco Clavel recorded a 1.000 batting average, though he only saw a single at-bat.
References
edit- ^ a b Junta Nacional de los II Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe. "II Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cuba 1930" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 79. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe, p. 132
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