# Baseball at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games

Baseball was contested at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia. The games were played at the Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, part of the Atanasio Girardot Sports Complex, between July 8 and 21. It would be the last major international baseball tournament hosted by Colombia until the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games; additionally, it is the only major baseball tournament to be played in Medellín, a region where association football has traditionally enjoyed far more popularity than baseball.
Cuba won its fourth consecutive gold medal for baseball at the Games, bringing its total to eight. The 1978 squad, which was largely the same as the squads for the 1978 Amateur World Series and 1979 Pan American Games, has been cited as the best Cuban national team selection of all time.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's baseball | Cuba Antonio Muñoz Armando Capiró Luis Casanova Cheíto Rodriguez Pedro Jova Alfonso Urquiola Fernando Sánchez Agustín Marquetti Pedro Medina Rey Vicente Anglada Wilfredo Sánchez Rodolfo Puente Alberto Martínez Braudilio Vinent Lázaro Santana Juan Oliva Félix Pino Gaspar Legón Santiago Mederos Rogelio García | Nicaragua David Green Pablo Juárez Vicente López Roberto Espino Ernesto López Calixto Vargas Julio Moya Juan Espinosa Wayne Taylor Julio Cuaresma César Jarquín Víctor Filippini Porfirio Altamirano Sergio Lacayo Douglas Moody A. Espino A. García | Puerto Rico Milton Crespo Rogelio Negrón Juan Martínez Cesaréo Márquez Luis Mercado David Rodriguez Luis R. Colón Tulio Claudio Ramón Lara Carlos Ponce Henry Cirilo Erwin Hernández Héctor Rivera Raúl Mulero Obdulio Valentín Julio A. Cruz Carlos Crespo Robert Rivera Neftalí Maldonado Jesus Feliciano Sr. |

## Results

| 8 July 1978 9:50 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 10 – 5 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 8 July 1978 14:00 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 11 – 7 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 8 July 1978 18:00 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 5 – 11 | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 9 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Nicaragua | 7 – 2 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 9 July 1978 12:30 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 4 – 18 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 9 July 1978 14:35 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 14 – 7 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 10 July 1978 9:07 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 5 – 15 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 10 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) | Nicaragua | 15 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 10 July 1978 15:15 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 16 – 4 (F/8) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 11 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Netherlands Antilles | 10 – 13 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 11 July 1978 12:30 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 16 – 1 (F/7) | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 11 July 1978 15:30 (UTC–5) | Nicaragua | 7 – 2 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 12 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Cuba | 16 – 3 (F/7) | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 12 July 1978 11:43 (UTC–5) | Netherlands Antilles | 6 – 17 (F/7) | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 12 July 1978 14:40 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 5 – 6 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 13 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Netherlands Antilles | 8 – 9 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 13 July 1978 12:50 (UTC–5) | Cuba | 12 – 0 (F/7) | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 13 July 1978 18:20 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 10 – 7 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 14 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 2 – 13 (F/7) | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 14 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 2 – 12 (F/7) | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 15 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 13 – 17 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 15 July 1978 13:50 (UTC–5) | Netherlands Antilles | 5 – 10 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 15 July 1978 17:15 (UTC–5) | Cuba | 11 – 2 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 16 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Netherlands Antilles | 0 – 8 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 16 July 1978 11:40 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 31 – 2 (F/7) | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 16 July 1978 15:00 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 8 – 17 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 17 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Cuba | 21 – 2 (F/7) | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 17 July 1978 12:10 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 7 – 11 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 17 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 4 – 10 | Puerto Rico | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 18 July 1978 9:15 (UTC–5) | Colombia | 4 – 11 | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 18 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 7 – 6 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 18 July 1978 16:00 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 7 – 4 | Nicaragua | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 19 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 9 – 21 (F/7) | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 19 July 1978 12:10 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 20 – 3 (F/7) | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 19 July 1978 15:10 (UTC–5) | Nicaragua | 9 – 5 | Venezuela | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 20 July 1978 9:00 (UTC–5) | Puerto Rico | 3 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 20 July 1978 12:00 (UTC–5) | Nicaragua | 11 – 14 | Cuba | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 20 July 1978 15:30 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 12 – 1 (F/7) | Netherlands Antilles | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 21 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Dominican Republic | 10 – 3 | Dominican Republic | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
| 21 July 1978 9:10 (UTC–5) | Venezuela | 13 – 5 | Colombia | Diamante Luis Alberto Villegas, Medellín |
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## Final standings

| Pos | Team | W | L |
| | Cuba | 10 | 0 |
| | Nicaragua | 9 | 3 |
| | Puerto Rico | 7 | 5 |
| 4 | Dominican Republic | 5 | 7 |
| 5 | Venezuela | 5 | 7 |
| 6 | Colombia | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Netherlands Antilles | 1 | 9 |

## Statistical leaders

| Statistic | Name | Total |
| Batting average | Antonio Muñoz | .714 |
| Hits | Armando Capiro | 27 |
| Runs batted in | Cheíto Rodríguez | 37 |
| Home runs | Cheíto Rodríguez | 15 |
| Stolen bases | Henry Jones | 3 |
| Wins | 4 tied with | 3 |