Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

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The 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas, Venezuela from January 6 through January 18, 1959. Cuba could not come as the Cuban revolution was going on.

 Puerto Rico won their first Central American and Caribbean Games Gold in baseball; it would be 43 years until the second. They went 7-1 and then beat Venezuela in the finale. J.E. Marrero and R. Paulino each went 2-0 while P. Perez had a 0.00 ERA.

 Venezuela also went 7-1 in the round-robin before falling to Puerto Rico in the finals. and J. Perez each had a 2-0 mark. M. Mendible led the Games with 13 runs.

 Panama claimed Bronze with a 4-4 record. L. Sanjur hit .500 to lead all hitters, while F. Sanchez had the most RBI (11). F. Castilleros went 2-0.

 Mexico placed fourth at 2-6.

 Netherlands Antilles was winless in their 8 games to bring up the rear.

Final standing[]

Place Team  Puerto Rico  Venezuela  Panama 4  Mexico 5  Netherlands Antilles

1959 Central American and Caribbean Baseball Champions  Puerto Rico First title