Baseball at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games

Baseball
at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
Baseball ; at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Estadio Cervecería Tropical
Dates	15 March — 3 April 1930
Competitors	73 from 5 nations
Teams	5
Medalists
	Cuba
	Mexico
	Panama
	← 1926 1935 →

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]

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

A 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

Havana, Cuba	La Tropical
Gran Stadium Cervecería Tropical
Capacity: 15,000

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
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

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Final standings

Pos	Team	W	L
	Cuba	5	1
	Mexico	4	2
	Panama	3	3
4	Guatemala	0	3
5	El Salvador	0	3

Statistical leaders

Batting

Statistic	Name	Total
Batting average	Manuel Chávez Francisco Torrijos Alfredo Consuegra Carlos Fleites	.500^[a]
Hits	Manuel Chávez	10
Runs	Ramón E. Ruiz	8
Home runs	José A. Antadilla	2
Stolen bases	Francisco Torrijos Jesús Torrijos	4

Pitching

Statistic	Name	Total
Wins	Narciso Picazo Agustín Florez	2
Losses	R. Echeverría Joseph Lyons	2
Innings pitched	R. Echeverría	29.1
Earned run average	A. Angulo Octavio Vidaña Juan Mendizábal	0.00
Strikeouts	R. Echeverría	18

Notes

^ Cuba's Francisco Clavel recorded a 1.000 batting average, though he only saw a single at-bat.

References

^ ^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

External links

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[3] Cuba's Francisco Clavel recorded a 1.000 batting average, though he only saw a single at-bat.

[centrocaribe-1] 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.

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

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