Baseball at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games

Baseball
at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Baseball ; at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Estadio Olímpico Nacional
Dates	11 — 23 February 1938
Competitors	123 from 7 nations
Teams	7
Medalists
	Cuba
	Panama
	Nicaragua
	← 1935 1946 →

Baseball was contested at the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games in Panama City, Panama. All of the games were played at the Estadio Olímpico Nacional (the modern Estadio Juan Demóstenes Arosemena).

The tournament was played by seven national teams in a round robin format. Cuba finished first with a 5–1 record, winning the gold medal. Hosts Panama finished second with a 6–2 record, winning the silver medal; and Nicaragua finished third with a 5–3 record, winning the bronze medal.^[1]^[2]

Participating nations

A total of seven countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[3]

Cuba (18)
El Salvador (16)
Mexico (17)
Nicaragua (18)
Panama (18)
Puerto Rico (18)
Venezuela (18)

Venue

Panama City, Panama	Estadio Olímpico Nacional
Estadio Olímpico Nacional

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's baseball	Cuba Enrique Aguirre Juan José Decall Mario Fajo Carlos Fleites Alberto Gómez Natilla Jiménez Agapito Mayor Esteban Maciques José Nápoles Roberto Ortiz Antonio Palencia David Pérez Segundo Rodríguez Jorge Santacruz Jorge Torres Antonio Valdés José Valdés Remigio Vega	Panama Carlos Álvarez Osvaldo Applewhite Vic Barnett Simón Espinosa Gil Garrido Frank Hardley Belfield Harris Eduardo Jordán Eduardo Lanuza Roberto Lucas José Lyons Wilfred Lyons Ulises Mahoney Godwin Moore Percy Parris Roberto Pessoa Eduardo Señales Alfredo Tapia	Nicaragua Allen Álvarez Juan Emilio Álvarez Herbert Carter Jorge Cayasso Stanley Cayasso Alfredo García Sam Garth Carlos Lacayo Rodolfo Marenco José Ángel Meléndez José Manuel Miranda Carlos Navas Cubert Newell Alfonso Noguera Jonathan Robinson Julio Sandoval Juan Manuel Vallecillo Juan Williams

Group stage

The group stage featured a round robin format to determine the medal winners. Since Panama, Nicaragua and Puerto Rico tied in second place with a 4–2 record, a tie-breaker round between the three teams had to be played to define the second and third places.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Cuba	6	5	1	26	14	12	.833	—
2	Panama (H)	6	4	2	27	15	12	.667	1
3	Nicaragua	6	4	2	19	20	−1	.667	1
4	Puerto Rico	6	4	2	21	13	8	.667	1
5	Mexico	6	3	3	29	19	10	.500	2
6	Venezuela	6	1	5	16	26	−10	.167	4
7	El Salvador	6	0	6	4	35	−31	.000	5

Source: Centro Caribe Sports
(H) Hosts

Results

11 February 1938 9:17 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	5 – 4	Mexico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

11 February 1938 13:30 (UTC–5)	Venezuela	4 – 5 (F/12)	Cuba	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

11 February 1938 16:15 (UTC–5)	El Salvador	1 – 8	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

12 February 1938 10:00 (UTC–5)	Mexico	9 – 0	Venezuela	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

13 February 1938 9:20 (UTC–5)	Panama	6 – 0	El Salvador	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

13 February 1938 13:30 (UTC–5)	Mexico	2 – 7	Cuba	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

13 February 1938 15:50 (UTC–5)	Venezuela	3 – 6	Nicaragua	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

15 February 1938 9:30 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	3 – 1 (F/5)	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

15 February 1938 13:30 (UTC–5)	Mexico	6 – 2	El Salvador	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

15 February 1938 15:55 (UTC–5)	Panama	2 – 6	Cuba	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

16 February 1938 11:00 (UTC–5)	Puerto Rico	1 – 4	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

17 February 1938 9:50 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	5 – 1	El Salvador	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

17 February 1938 13:30 (UTC–5)	Panama	4 – 2	Venezuela	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

17 February 1938 15:50 (UTC–5)	Mexico	2 – 3	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

19 February 1938 9:30 (UTC–5)	Panama	9 – 0	Nicaragua	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

19 February 1938 13:40 (UTC–5)	Puerto Rico	6 – 2	Cuba	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

19 February 1938 15:30 (UTC–5)	Venezuela	6 – 0	El Salvador	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

20 February 1938 11:00 (UTC–5)	Cuba	2 – 0	Nicaragua	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

20 February 1938 11:00 (UTC–5)	Puerto Rico	2 – 1	Venezuela	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

21 February 1938 13:50 (UTC–5)	Mexico	6 – 2	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

21 February 1938 16:10 (UTC–5)	Cuba	4 – 0	El Salvador	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

Tie-breaker

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Panama (H)	8	6	2	47	20	27	.750	—
2	Nicaragua	8	5	3	25	28	−3	.625	1
3	Puerto Rico	8	4	4	24	29	−5	.500	2

Source: Centro Caribe Sports
(H) Hosts

Results

22 February 1938 10:00 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	4 – 0	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

22 February 1938 14:00 (UTC–5)	Panama	12 – 3	Puerto Rico	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

23 February 1938 13:30 (UTC–5)	Nicaragua	2 – 8	Panama	Estadio Olímpico Nacional, Panama City

Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	5	1
	Panama	6	2
	Nicaragua	5	3
4	Puerto Rico	4	4
5	Mexico	3	3
6	Venezuela	1	5
7	El Salvador	0	6

Statistical leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total
Batting average	Vic Barnett^[a]	.471
Hits	Carlos Álvarez Juan Emilio Álvarez	10
Runs	Carlos Álvarez	9
Home runs	Osvaldo Applewhite	2
Stolen bases	Osvaldo Applewhite	4

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total
Wins	Agapito Mayor	4
Losses	Natividad Sanoja	2
Innings pitched	José Ángel Meléndez	29.0
Earned runs allowed	Agapito Mayor	0.00
Strikeouts	José Ángel Meléndez	20

Notes

^ Barnett was recognized as the tournament's "best batter." Four other players recorded higher averages, though none of them recorded more than six plate appearances (compared to Barnett's 17).

All-tournament team

Agapito Mayor was named best pitcher of the tournament

Position	Player
P	Agapito Mayor
C	Gonzalo Flores
1B	José Nápoles
2B	Godwin Moore
3B	Atilano Malpica
SS	Antonio Palencia
LF	Julio Ponce Carlos Velásquez
CF	Héctor Benítez
RF	Carlos Méndez

References

^ Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe. "IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Panamá 1938" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 131. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ Montesinos, Enrique. "Los juegos regionales más antiguos: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF) (in Spanish). Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
^ Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe, p. 132

[4] Barnett was recognized as the tournament's "best batter." Four other players recorded higher averages, though none of them recorded more than six plate appearances (compared to Barnett's 17).

[centrocaribe-1] Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe. "IV Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Panamá 1938" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 131. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

[2] Montesinos, Enrique. "Los juegos regionales más antiguos: Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe" (PDF) (in Spanish). Organización Deportiva Centroamericana y del Caribe. p. 188. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 21 August 2024.

[3] Junta Nacional Panameña de los IV Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe, p. 132

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