# Baseball at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games

Baseball was contested at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

## Participating nations

Nine countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.
* Colombia (18)
* Costa Rica (18)
* Cuba (18)
* Mexico (20)
* Panama (18)
* Puerto Rico (18)
* Dominican Republic (18)
* Venezuela (18)
Willy Miranda, a future Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, made his debut with the Cuba national team in the 1946 Games, hitting .250.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's baseball | Colombia (COL) Humberto Vargas Armando Crizon Pedro Miranda Carlos Bustos José Araújo Isaac Villers Julio Florez Ramón Herazo Carlos Rodríguez Andrés Cavadías Julio Galofra Cosme Pájaro Andrés Florez Enrique Hernández Pedro Zambrano Cipriano Herrera Manuel Peñaranda José CorpasManager: Pelayo Chacón | Dominican Republic (DOM) Luis M. Muñoz Marino Pérez Ramón E. Vargas Vicente Scarpatte Juan B. Álvarez Aquiles Martínez Rafael A. Vargas Oscar A. Álvarez Miguel Payano Bienvenido Arias Oscar Mir José A. Matos Manuel A. Trabous Julio Lara Luis T. Vinals Diomedes Olivo Román Ramos Fernando AbreuManager: Burrulote Rodríguez | Cuba (CUB) Rouget Ávalos Bernardo Cuervo Mario Chacón Julio Delgado Mario Díaz Alfredo Domínguez Ignacio Ferrer Alberto Gómez Ángel González Hiram González José L. García Guillermo Miranda Miguel Montiel Mario Pérez Ramiro Ramírez René Solís Gilberto Soto Generoso StableManager: Victor Muñoz |

## Group stage

The group stage featured a round robin format to determine the medal winners, similar to the format of the 1938 tournament.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — |
| 2 | Cuba | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .857 | — |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .571 | 2 |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 2.5 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | .500 | 2.5 |
| 6 | Panama | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .429 | 3 |
| 7 | Mexico | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | .286 | 4 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .000 | 6 |

## Final stage

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB |
| 1 | Colombia (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | .750 | — |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | .750 | — |
| 3 | Cuba | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | −3 | .000 | 1.5 |

### Gold medal game

Colombia and the Dominican Republic, which both defeated Cuba in the tie-breaker, tied in a thirteen-inning pitcher's duel on December 26. A rematch, which would decide the baseball champion at the tournament, was scheduled for December 28, after the closing ceremonies. However, the Dominican team did not appear, because their return flight had already been booked for the evening of the 28th. Thus, the games committee pronounced Colombia the winners of the tournament.
28 December 1946 08:00 at Estadio de Baseball :
* Team
* Dominican Republic
* Colombia
* Umpires: John P. Corrigan Notes: Game forfeited by the Dominican Republic. Colombia wins gold medal. Boxscore

## Statistical leaders

* ↑ Emilio Silva (VEN), Ángel González (CUB), T. Mena (CRC), José Gordón (CRC), Alberto Osorio (PAN)