Baseball at the 1983 Pan American Games

Baseball at the 1983 Pan American Games
Venue	Caracas, Venezuela
Competitors	11 teams
Medalists
Cuba     Nicaragua     United States
«1979 1987»

Baseball at the 1983 Pan American Games was contested between teams representing Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, United States, and Venezuela. The 1983 edition was the ninth Pan American Games, and was hosted by Caracas.

Cuba entered the competition as the three-time defending champions, having won the gold medal in 1971, 1975, and 1979. They successfully defended their title, with Nicaragua finishing second.

Medal summary

Medal table

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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's	Cuba Pedro Medina Juan Castro Alberto Martínez Antonio Muñoz Alfonso Urquiola Antonio Pacheco Ramón Otamendi Leonardo Goire Pedro Jova Amado Zamora Fernando Hernández Víctor Mesa Lourdes Gourriel Braudilio Vinent Rogelio García Julio Romero Lázaro de la Torre Jorge Luis Valdés Mario Véliz Félix Núñez	Nicaragua Cruz Ulloa Elvin Jarquin Tomás Guzmán Julio Moya Diego Raudez César Monge Adolfo Álvarez Luis Cano Roberto Espino Ariel Delgado Julio Medina Julio César Sánchez Arnoldo Munoz Alvaro Munoz Cayetano García Apolinar Cruz Pablo Juárez Danilo Sotelo Sr. Leo Cárdenas Roger López	United States Vince Barger Bill Swift John Hoover Doug Henry Tim Belcher Jeff Ballard Todd Burns B. J. Surhoff John Marzano Jim Puzey Tom Scaletta John Verducci Jeff Paul Keith Miller Mark McGwire Ben Abner Eric Fox John Fishel Cory Snyder Kevin Penner

Statistical leaders

Batting Statistic Name Total Batting average Two tied with [note 1] .550 Hits Two tied with [note 1] 11 Runs Víctor Mesa 10 Home runs Víctor Mesa 3 Runs batted in Víctor Mesa 10 Stolen bases Four tied with [note 2] 2 Source: [1]

Pitching Statistic Name Total Earned runs allowed Rogelio García 0.00 Strikeouts Rogelio García 18 Source: [1]

Notes

1. Hector Paniagua (DOM), Víctor Mesa (CUB)
2. Julio Medina (NIC), Leonardo Carde (NIC), Jasús Cartagena (VEN), Pedro Medina (CUB)

References

1. "Caracas 1983 - IX Pan American Games - Official Report" (PDF). PanamSports.org. Retrieved 11 October 2025.

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