Baseball at the 1951 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 1951 Pan American Games
Venue	Buenos Aires, Argentina
Competitors	8 teams
Medalists
Cuba     United States     Mexico
1955»

Baseball at the 1951 Pan American Games was contested between eight national teams representing Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Nicaragua, United States, and Venezuela in the first edition of the Pan American Games held in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Cuba won the gold medal after finishing the tournament in first place with a 6–1 record losing only to Venezuela. United States and Mexico finished tied with a 5–2 record, but the United States defeated Mexico during the round robin and was awarded the silver medal while the Mexican team was awarded the bronze medal. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Medal summary

Uniform and gloves used by the Argentine team.

Medal table

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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Cuba Juan Izaguirre Angel Scull Derubin Jácome Juan Vistuer Angelio Brito Luís Fiuza Leonardo Feijo Aurélio Herrera Juan Ravelo Gustavo Martínez Osvaldo Orgalles Marío Díaz Nélson Campbell Jorge Silva Gilberto Delgado Celso Oviedo Manager: Fabio de la Torre	United States Alton "Tunney" Brooks Bob Coluni Max Eller Junie Floyd Stanley Johnson Jack Liptak Dick McCleney Ellsworth "Kay" Rogers Jack Stallings Wiley Warren Frank Wehner Don Woodlief Manager: Taylor Sanford	Mexico Antonio Mondragon R. de Hoyos G. Figueroa Manuel Contreras Nicolas Genestas H. Leal R. López Ortíz J. Sánchez A. Uribe R. Delgado Sabino García A. Méndez R. Cárdenas M. López Ortíz A. Flores J. López Ruíz Fernando García Alberto Sosa Manager: Chile Gómez

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons baseball team represented the United States in the competition. ^{[4] [5]}

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB		CUB	USA	MEX	NCA	VEN	COL	BRA	ARG
1	Cuba	7	6	1	68	15	+53	.857	—			8–1	3–0	6–5	3–4	5–2	25–3	18–0
2	United States	7	5	2	85	37	+48	.714	1		1–8		9–3	8–9	8–5	7–5	23–4	29–3
3	Mexico	7	5	2	56	30	+26	.714	1		0–3	3–9		4–2	8–1	6–5	16–5	19–5
4	Nicaragua	7	4	3	52	32	+20	.571	2		5–6	9–8	2–4		8–6	4–5	10–1	14–2
5	Venezuela	7	4	3	76	30	+46	.571	2		4–3	5–8	1–8	6–8		7–2	22–1	31–0
6	Colombia	7	3	4	42	36	+6	.429	3		2–5	5–7	5–6	5–4	2–7		5–3	18–4
7	Brazil	7	1	6	25	107	−82	.143	5		3–25	4–23	5–16	1–10	1–22	3–5		8–6
8	Argentina (H)	7	0	7	20	137	−117	.000	6		0–18	3–29	5–19	2–14	0–31	4–18	6–8

Source: Panam Sports
(H) Hosts

Sources

• Olderr, Steven (2009). The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951-1999, bilingual edition. McFarland & Company. ISBN   978-0786443369. ISBN   9780786443369.
• Sports 123: Baseball at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-10-06)

References

1. "1st Pan American Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina" (PDF). Panam Sports. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
2. "Buenos Aires 1951 Memoria" (PDF) (in Spanish). Panam Sports. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
3. "Béisbol Panamericano: Breve historia de los elencos cubanos en citas continentales, 1951-1967". Baseball de Cuba (in Spanish). 17 October 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
4. "Wake Forest Accepts Offers To Play In Argentina Test". The News & Observer . Raleigh, North Carolina. AP. February 6, 1951. p. 13. Retrieved December 24, 2021– via newspapers.com.
5. "Demon Deacons In Tie For Second Place". Rocky Mount Telegram . Rocky Mount, North Carolina. AP. March 7, 1951. p. 10. Retrieved December 24, 2021– via newspapers.com.