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Men's Baseball made its first appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1990. Baseball became a full medal sport at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, and has been a sport in the games since then.
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Men's Baseball made its first appearance as a demonstration sport at the 1990. Baseball became a full medal sport at the 1994 Asian Games in Hiroshima, Japan, and has been a sport in the games since then.
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number team | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | |||||
| 1994 |  Hiroshima |  Japan | 6–5 |  South Korea |  Chinese Taipei | 9–4 |  China | 6 | ||
| 1998 |  Bangkok |  South Korea | 13–1 (F/7) | Japan | Chinese Taipei | 10–6 | China | 6 | ||
| 2002 |  Busan | South Korea | 4–3 | Chinese Taipei |  Japan | 7–4 | China | 5 | ||
| 2006 |  Doha | Chinese Taipei | No playoffs | Japan | South Korea | No playoffs | China | 6 | ||
| 2010 |  Guangzhou | South Korea | 9–3 | Chinese Taipei | Japan | 6–2 | China | 8 | ||
| 2014 |  Incheon |  South Korea | 6–3 | Chinese Taipei | Japan | 10–0 (F/7) | China | 8 | ||
| 2018 |  Jakarta–Palembang | South Korea | 3–0 | Japan | Chinese Taipei | 10–0 (F/8) | China | 10 | ||
| 2022 | Hangzhou | South Korea | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei | Japan | 4–3 | China | 9 | ||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea (KOR) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 |  Japan (JPN) | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | |
| Team | 1990 | 1994 | 1998 | 2002 | 2006 | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2022 | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 9 |
 Chinese Taipei | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 9 |
 Hong Kong | 7th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 4 | |||||
 Indonesia | 7th | 1 | ||||||||
 Japan | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 9 |
 Laos | 10th | 8th | 2 | |||||||
 Mongolia | 6th | 7th | 7th | 3 | ||||||
 Pakistan | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3 | ||||||
 Philippines | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4 | |||||
 Singapore | 9th | 1 | ||||||||
 South Korea | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9 |
 Sri Lanka | 9th | 1 | ||||||||
 Thailand | 5th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 7 | ||
| Number of teams | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
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