Baseball at the 2015 Pan American Games – Men's tournament

Baseball – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Baseball – Men's tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games
Venue	Pan Am Ball Park
Dates	July 11 – 19
Competitors	168 from 7 nations
Medalists
	Canada
	United States
	Cuba
	«2011 2019»

Last updated November 15, 2025

The men's baseball tournament at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada was held at the Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, Ontario from July 11 to 19.^[1] Two fields hosted competition, with the main one holding 4,000 spectators and the secondary one holding 1,000 seats.

Qualification

Seven men's teams qualified to compete. The host nation Canada along with the U.S. (for its contributions to the game) qualified automatically. The top four teams at the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games also qualified. The last qualifier saw one team qualify from the 2015 South American Championships.^[5] Rosters had a maximum of 24 players.^[2]^[6]

Men

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	—	—	1	Canada
Qualified automatically	—	—	1	United States
2014 Central American and Caribbean Games ^[7]	November 15–21	Veracruz	4	Cuba Nicaragua Dominican Republic Puerto Rico
2015 South American Championships^[8]	February 28 – March 7	Cuiabá	1	Colombia
Total			7

Medalists

The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions Basebalto2015.jpg — The Pan Am Ball Park in Ajax, was the venue for the baseball competitions

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's tournament	Canada Andrew Albers Phillippe Aumont Shane Dawson Kellin Deglan Brock Dykxhoorn Jeff Francis Tyson Gillies Shawn Hill Jesse Hodges Sean Jamieson Brock Kjeldgaard Jordan Lennerton Chris Leroux Kyle Lotzkar Jared Mortensen Tyler O'Neill Pete Orr Jasvir Rakkar Scott Richmond Chris Robinson Evan Rutckyj Tim Smith Skyler Stromsmoe Rene Tosoni	United States Albert Almora Jake Barrett Buddy Baumann Aaron Blair Brian Bogusevic Dusty Coleman Casey Coleman Zach Eflin Brian Ellington Eric Fryer Josh Hader David Huff Travis Jankowski Ryan Kelly Patrick Kivlehan Casey Kotchman Scott McGregor Tom Murphy Andy Parrino Tyler Pastornicky Nate Smith Jake Thompson Dan Vogelbach Jacob Wilson	Cuba Roel Santos Raul Gonzalez Rudy Reyes Yosvany Alarcón Freddy Álvarez Urmaris Guerra Ismel Jimenez Frederich Cepeda Yander Guevara Jose Garcia Hector Mendoza Yorbis Borroto Yordan Manduley Frank Morejon Erly Casanova Alfredo Despaigne Alexander Malleta Yosbany Torres Yoennis Yera Yulexis La Rosa William Saavedra Lazaro Blanco Livan Moinelo Yennier Canó

Rosters

At the start of tournament, all seven participating countries had up to 24 players on their rosters.^[2]^[6]

Results

The official detailed schedule was revealed on April 20, 2015.^[9]

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB	Qualification
1	Canada	6	5	1	38	15	+23	.833	—	Advance to the semifinals
2	United States	6	4	2	33	22	+11	.667^[a]	1
3	Cuba	6	4	2	41	23	+18	.667^[a]	1
4	Puerto Rico	6	4	2	40	44	−4	.667^[a]	1
5	Dominican Republic	6	3	3	30	35	−5	.500	2
6	Nicaragua	6	1	5	22	43	−21	.167	4
7	Colombia	6	0	6	22	44	−22	.000	5

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
Notes:

1 2 3 In the 3-way tie for 2nd place, all three teams went 1-1 head to head. The 2nd tiebreaker, Team Quality Balance, was used to identify and eliminate the last team in the group (Puerto Rico). The tie between the other two teams was then broken on the basis of the head-to-head result between them (United States defeating Cuba).

11 July 2015 12:00	Colombia	3–10	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,600
		Boxscore

11 July 2015 15:30	United States	9–10	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 400
		Boxscore

11 July 2015 19:00	Canada	4–1	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 3,522
		Boxscore

12 July 2015 12:00	Dominican Republic	8–5	Nicaragua	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 3,418
		Boxscore

12 July 2015 15:30	Canada	10–3	Colombia	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,257
		Boxscore

12 July 2015 19:00	United States	5–2	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,209
		Boxscore

13 July 2015 12:00	Cuba	8–1	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 2,133
		Boxscore

13 July 2015 15:30	Colombia	3–5	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,400
		Boxscore

13 July 2015 19:00	Nicaragua	1–9	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,327
		Boxscore

14 July 2015 12:00	Colombia	4–7	Nicaragua	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,357
		Boxscore

14 July 2015 15:30	Dominican Republic	6–12	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 623
		Boxscore

14 July 2015 19:00	Cuba	1–3	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,638
		Boxscore

15 July 2015 12:00	Nicaragua	0–6	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,038
		Boxscore

15 July 2015 15:30	Puerto Rico	8–7	Colombia	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 738
		Boxscore

15 July 2015 19:00	Cuba	9–5	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,127
		Boxscore

16 July 2015 12:00	United States	4–6	Dominican Republic	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,453
		Boxscore

16 July 2015 15:30	Nicaragua	6–11	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 1,027
		Boxscore

16 July 2015 19:00	Puerto Rico	4–11	Canada	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,727
		Boxscore

17 July 2015 12:00	Puerto Rico	5–3	Nicaragua	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 724
		Boxscore

17 July 2015 15:30	Dominican Republic	4–1	Colombia	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Second Field, Ajax Attendance: 573
		Boxscore

17 July 2015 19:00	Canada	1–4	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,761
		Boxscore

Medal round

Semifinals		Gold medal

July 18 — Ajax

Canada	7
		July 19 — Ajax
Puerto Rico	1
		Canada	7
July 18 — Ajax
		United States	6
United States	6

Cuba	5
		Bronze medal

		July 19 — Ajax

		Puerto Rico	6

		Cuba	7

Semifinals

18 July 2015 13:00	United States	6–5	Cuba	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,702
		Boxscore

18 July 2015 19:00	Canada	7–1	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,827
		Boxscore

Bronze medal match

19 July 2015 13:00	Cuba	7–6	Puerto Rico	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 4,914
		Boxscore

Gold medal match

19 July 2015 19:00	Canada	7–6 (10)	United States	President’s Choice Ajax Pan Am Ballpark – Main Field, Ajax Attendance: 5,489
		Boxscore

2015 Pan American Games winners
Canada 2nd title

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Canada	7–1
	United States	5–3
	Cuba	5–3
4	Puerto Rico	4–4
5	Dominican Republic	3–3
6	Nicaragua	1–5
7	Colombia	0–6

References

↑ "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.
1 2 3 "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". TO2015 . Retrieved June 13, 2015– via scribd.com.
↑ Caple, Jim (July 20, 2015). "U.S. throws away baseball gold, literally". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
↑ Kennedy, Brendan (July 20, 2015). "Pan Am baseball team had a lucky loonie under their feet". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 14, 2025.
↑ "Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games]. Imagen del Golfo (in Spanish). October 5, 2014. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.
1 2 Morosi, Jon Paul (January 21, 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". FOX Sports. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
↑ "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". Baseball Canada. November 21, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.
↑ "No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games". International Baseball Federation (IBAF). March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.
↑ Kennedy, Brendan (April 20, 2015). "Pan Am Games baseball schedule announced". Toronto Star . Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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[table_hth_USA0.88004205090927-10] 1 2 3 In the 3-way tie for 2nd place, all three teams went 1-1 head to head. The 2nd tiebreaker, Team Quality Balance, was used to identify and eliminate the last team in the group (Puerto Rico). The tie between the other two teams was then broken on the basis of the head-to-head result between them (United States defeating Cuba).

[1] "Pan Am Games Detailed Competition Schedule" (PDF). toronto2015.org. TO2015. September 15, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 18, 2014. Retrieved September 16, 2014.

[roster-2] 1 2 3 "Sport Technical Manual Baseball". TO2015 . Retrieved June 13, 2015– via scribd.com.

[3] Caple, Jim (July 20, 2015). "U.S. throws away baseball gold, literally". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2025.

[4] Kennedy, Brendan (July 20, 2015). "Pan Am baseball team had a lucky loonie under their feet". Toronto Star. Retrieved November 14, 2025.

[5] "Otorgara beisbol de los JCC plazas a Juegos Pan Americanos 2015" [The Central American and Caribbean Games will award places in baseball for the 2015 Pan American Games]. Imagen del Golfo (in Spanish). October 5, 2014. Archived from the original on November 18, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2014.

[:0-6] 1 2 Morosi, Jon Paul (January 21, 2014). "Sources: MLB to allow minor leaguers to play in Pan American Games". FOX Sports. Archived from the original on January 24, 2014. Retrieved January 22, 2014.

[7] "Cuba, Nicaragua, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico qualify for Pan Am Games". Baseball Canada. November 21, 2014. Retrieved January 4, 2014.

[8] "No. 19 Colombia beats No. 15 Brazil to win South American Championship, qualify for Pan Am Games". International Baseball Federation (IBAF). March 7, 2015. Archived from the original on March 9, 2015. Retrieved March 8, 2015.

[9] Kennedy, Brendan (April 20, 2015). "Pan Am Games baseball schedule announced". Toronto Star . Retrieved April 25, 2015.

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