Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
# Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games

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. Pablo Higuery 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
