Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games

Baseball at the XIII Pan American Games
Baseball at the XIII Pan American Games
Venue	Canwest Global Park (primary); Stonewall Quarry Park (secondary); Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Dates	July 25 – August 2, 1999
Competitors	9 teams
Medalists
	Cuba
	United States
	Canada
	«1995 2003»

Baseball at the 1999 Pan American Games was held between July 25 and August 2 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.^[1] A total of nine teams competed:^[2] Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States. The primary venue for this competition was CanWest Global Park, while Stonewall Quarry Park in Stonewall, Manitoba, was used as a secondary venue.

Cuba entered the competition as the seven-time defending champions, having won each gold medal dating back to 1971. They successfully defended their title, with the United States finishing second. The 1999 games were the first time professional baseball players were allowed to participate in the Pan American Games, and the top two teams qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cuba	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Canada	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's^[3]^[4]	Cuba (CUB) Danys Báez Danel Castro José Contreras Yobal Dueñas Michel Enríquez José Ibar Orestes Kindelán Pedro Luis Lazo Omar Linares Juan Manrique Javier Méndez Germán Mesa Juan Padilla Ariel Pestano Gabriel Pierre Maels Rodríguez Ormari Romero Norge Luis Vera Luis Ulacia	United States (USA) Ryan Anderson Peter Bergeron Milton Bradley Travis Dawkins Shawn Gilbert Charlie Greene Jason Hardtke David Holdridge Marcus Jensen Adam Kennedy Matt LeCroy Mark Mulder Mike Neill Craig Paquette John Patterson Brad Penny Dave Roberts J.C. Romero Bobby Seay Scott Stewart Derek Wallace Dan Wheeler Todd Williams Jon Zuber	Canada (CAN) Todd Betts Rob Butler Stubby Clapp Aaron Guiel Jason Green Steve Green Mike Meyers Aaron Myette Ryan Radmanovich Andy Stewart Jeremy Ware

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

	GP	W	L
Canada	4	4	0
United States	4	3	1
Cuba	4	2	2
Mexico	1	1	3
Brazil	4	0	4

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

July 25 14:00	Brazil	4–16	Canada	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 25 19:30	Cuba	5–1	Mexico	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 26 14:00	United States	6–7	Canada	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 26 18:00	Mexico	10–0	Brazil	Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall

July 27 9:00	Mexico	1–5	United States	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 27 19:30	Cuba	10–1	Brazil	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 28 14:00	United States	10–5	Cuba	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 28 19:30	Canada	3–1	Mexico	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 29 14:00	Canada	8–1	Cuba	CanWest Global Park, Winnipeg

July 29 18:00	Brazil	2–3	United States	Stonewall Quarry Park, Stonewall

Pool B[]

	GP	W	L
Nicaragua	3	2	1
Dominican Republic	3	2	1
Panama	3	2	1
Guatemala	3	0	3

	Qualified for the Quarterfinals

References[]

^ ^a ^b "1999 Pan American Games Baseball". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ "Winnipeg 1999 Results book" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
^ "1999 Pan American Games (Rosters)". Baseball-Reference.com.
^ Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786443369.

[e-1] "1999 Pan American Games Baseball". Baseball-Reference.com.

[results-2] "Winnipeg 1999 Results book" (PDF). www.panamsports.org/. Panam Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2020.

[3] "1999 Pan American Games (Rosters)". Baseball-Reference.com.

[Olderr-4] Olderr, Steven (2003). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786443369.

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