Baseball at the 1955 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 1955 Pan American Games
Venue	Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social
Dates	13 – 24 March
Competitors	5 teams
Medalists
Dominican Republic     United States     Venezuela
«1951 1959»

Baseball at the 1955 Pan American Games was contested between five national teams representing the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Netherlands Antilles, United States, and Venezuela in the second edition of the Pan American Games, held in Mexico City. The tournament was played from 13 to 24 March in the Parque Deportivo del Seguro Social. ^[1]

Dominican Republic finished first with a 6–2 record, winning the gold medal. United States finished second with a 5–3 record, winning the gold medal. Venezuela and Mexico both finished third with a 4–4 record and had to play a tiebreaker game, where the Venezuelan team defeated Mexico 8–2 to claim the bronze medal.

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Dominican Republic	1	0	0	1
2	United States	0	1	0	1
3	Venezuela	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 entries)		1	1	1	3

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Dominican Republic Rafael Quezada Manuel Valdespino Domingo Vargas Miguel Marcelino Pedro Pablo Tineo Carlos Dore Fabio Fiallo Manuel Infante Felipe Rojas Alou José A. Capellán Julián Javier Roy Donald Atilano Domínguez Teodoro Rodríguez Rafael Andújar Wilfredo Echevarría Luis Henríquez	United States Paul Ebert Arlan Barber Bill Lore Bob Jingling Carl Thomas Jerry Schoonmaker James Temp Don Lukaszewski Vince Magi Lamont Geiger Raymond Hyde Kenneth DeCarlo John Garten William Cary Jerry Cloutier Bob Schnorbus Louis Scarborough	Venezuela Francisco Cirimeli Antonio Martínez Manuel Fernández Jaime Barroso José Matos Eladio Reverón Rubén Millán Jorge Aquiles Gómez Argenis Gil Pedro Gómez Elio Chacón José Garrido Emiro Alvarez Carlos Loreto Julio Pirela Luis Angel González Francisco López Andrés Quintero

Results

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB		DOM	USA	VEN	MEX	ANT	DOM	USA	VEN	MEX	ANT
1	Dominican Republic	8	6	2	71	53	+18	.750	—			5–6	4–3	8–7	15–6		10–7	10–8	6–8	13–8
2	United States	8	5	3	77	51	+26	.625	1		6–5		2–8	5–1	12–7	7–10		13–2	5–12	27–6
3	Venezuela	8	4	4	64	44	+20	.500 [a]	2		3–4	8–2		3–5	19–3	8–10	2–13		11–4	10–3
4	Mexico (H)	8	4	4	51	52	−1	.500 [a]	2		7–8	1–5	5–3		7–3	8–6	12–5	4–11		7–11
5	Netherlands Antilles	8	1	7	47	110	−63	.125	5		6–15	7–12	3–19	3–7		8–13	6–27	3–10	11–7

Source: Panam Sports
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Venezuela defeated Mexico 8–2 in a tiebreaker game to determine the bronze medal winner.

Statistical leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total Batting average Domingo Vargas .471 Hits Domingo Vargas 16 Runs Bob Jingling 11

Pitching Statistic Name Total Earned runs allowed Alfonso Barranca 1.62 Wins Alfonso Barranca 2 Jacinto Cárdenas

References

1. "México II Juegos Deportivos Panamericanos" (PDF) (in Spanish). Panam Sports. p. 277–278. Retrieved 26 August 2024.

• 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 October 6, 2011)