Dominican Republic national baseball team

This article is about the national team. For list of Major League players, see List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic.

Dominican Republic national baseball team
Information
Country	Dominican Republic
Federation	Federación Dominicana de Béisbol
Confederation	WBSC Americas
Manager	Rodney Linares (WBC) Félix Fermín (WBSC)
WBSC ranking
Current	11 1 (5 August 2025) [1]
Highest	6 (2 times; first in December 2014)
Lowest	13 (2 times; first in December 2012)
Uniforms
Home Away
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	6 (first in 2006 )
Best result	1st (2013)
Olympic Games
Appearances	2 (first in 1992 )
Best result	Bronze: 1 - 2020
World Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1941 )
Best result	1st (1948)
Intercontinental Cup
Best result	3rd (1981)
Pan American Games
Best result	1st (1955)

The Dominican Republic national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de República Dominicana) is the national baseball team of the Dominican Republic. The team won the Baseball World Cup in 1948 and the World Baseball Classic in 2013. They are the first team to have won both world competitions. They are currently ranked 11th by the World Baseball Softball Confederation. ^[1] At the Olympics in 2021 the team faced Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States.

The team competed against Team Israel, Team Puerto Rico, Team Venezuela, and Team Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, but failed to advance out of the first round.

Team Dominican Republic will compete against Team Israel, Team Netherlands, Team Venezuela, and Team Nicaragua in the 2026 World Baseball Classic from March 6-11, 2026, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, in Pool D.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball game results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future games that have been scheduled. ^[2]

Legend

  Win  Lose  Void or postponed  Fixture

2019

Pan American Games Q	January 30	Brazil	2–3	Dominican Republic	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	14:30 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	January 31	Dominican Republic	10–3	Nicaragua	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 1	Mexico	3–2	Dominican Republic	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 2	Dominican Republic	10–7	Canada	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 3	Dominican Republic	17–4	Colombia	Academia CBBS, Brazil
	14:30 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games GS	July 29	Dominican Republic	10–3	Peru	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	19:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,798

Pan American Games GS	July 31	Nicaragua	4–2	Dominican Republic	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	10:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 577

Pan American Games GS	August 1	Dominican Republic	1–2 (F/10)	Puerto Rico	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	15:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 1,780

Pan American Games 5th	August 3	Dominican Republic	10–9 (F/10)	Cuba	Campo de Béisbol, Peru
	10:00 PET		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,415

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 2	Dominican Republic	1–6 (F/6)	Mexico	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 8,000

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 3	Dominican Republic	14–4 (F/7)	Netherlands	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	12:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 5,132

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 4	United States	10–8	Dominican Republic	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	12:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 3,102

2021

Summer Olympics GS	July 27	Dominican Republic	3–4	Japan	Azuma Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Jairo Asencio	Boxscore	WP: Ryoji Kuribayashi	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics GS	July 30	Mexico	0–1	Dominican Republic	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Teddy Stankiewicz	Boxscore	WP: Ángel Sánchez Sv: Luis Felipe Castillo	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics R1	August 1	Dominican Republic	3–4	South Korea	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	19:00 JT	LP: Luis Felipe Castillo	Boxscore	WP: Oh Seung-hwan	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics R1R	August 3	Israel	6–7	Dominican Republic	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	19:00 JT	LP: Zack Weiss HR: Danny Valencia (3)	Boxscore	WP: Luis Felipe Castillo HR: Jeison Guzman (1), Johan Mieses (1)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics R2R	August 4	Dominican Republic	1–3	United States	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Denyi Reyes HR: Charlie Valerio (1)	Boxscore	WP: Scott Kazmir Sv: David Robertson HR: Triston Casas (3), Tyler Austin (2)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics 3rd	August 7	Dominican Republic	10–6	South Korea	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Cristopher Mercedes Sv: Jumbo Díaz HR: Juan Francisco (2), Julio Rodríguez (1), Johan Mieses (2)	Boxscore	LP: Oh Seung-hwan HR: Hyun-soo Kim (3)	Attendance: 0

2022

Bolivarian Games RR	June 29	Dominican Republic	6–0	Peru	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	19:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	June 30	Venezuela	9–2	Dominican Republic	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	14:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 1	Dominican Republic	11–4	Colombia	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	19:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 2	Peru	1–7	Dominican Republic	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	14:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 3	Dominican Republic	14–2	Venezuela	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	14:00 COT		Boxscore

Bolivarian Games RR	July 4	Colombia	2–6	Dominican Republic	Estadio Calamar, Colombia
	19:00 COT		Boxscore

2023

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Dominican Republic	1–5	Venezuela	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Sandy Alcántara (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: José Ruiz (1–0) HR: Anthony Santander (1)	Attendance: 35,890 Umpires: HP: Andy Fletcher. 1B: Tim Meyer. 2B: Ron Kulpa. 3B: Maikol Tibabijo

World Baseball Classic GS	March 13	Dominican Republic	6–1	Nicaragua	loanDepot Park, United States
	12:00 ET	WP: Cristian Javier (1–0) HR: Juan Soto (1), Manny Machado (1)	Boxscore	LP: J. C. Ramírez (0–1)	Attendance: 31,696 Umpires: HP – Chris Graham, 1B – Mike Estabrook, 2B – Maikol Tibabijo, 3B – Ángel Hernández

World Baseball Classic GS	March 14	Israel	0–10 (F/7)	Dominican Republic	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Jacob Steinmetz (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: Roansy Contreras (1–0) HR: Manny Machado (2)	Attendance: 33,307 Umpires: HP – Mike Estabrook, 1B – Andy Fletcher, 2B – Chris Graham, 3B – Maikol Tibabijo

World Baseball Classic GS	March 15	Puerto Rico	5–2	Dominican Republic	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	WP: Jovani Morán (1–0) Sv: Edwin Díaz (1) HR: Christian Vázquez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Johnny Cueto (0–1) HR: Juan Soto (2)	Attendance: 36,025 Umpires: HP – Chris Guccione, 1B – Ron Kulpa, 2B – Chris Graham, 3B – Tim Meyer

Current roster

Dominican Republic – 2023 World Baseball Classic roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 52 Bryan Abreu 20 Sandy Alcantara 92 Génesis Cabrera 63 Diego Castillo 59 Roansy Contreras 47 Johnny Cueto 75 Camilo Doval 66 Luis García 93 Yimi García 53 Cristian Javier 48 Rafael Montero 50 Héctor Neris 72 Luis Ortiz 67 César Valdez		Catchers 21 Francisco Mejía 35 Gary Sánchez Infielders  1 Willy Adames  7 Jeimer Candelario 24 Robinson Canó 11 Rafael Devers  5 Wander Franco 13 Manny Machado  4 Ketel Marte  3 Jeremy Peña  2 Jean Segura Outfielders 37 Teoscar Hernández 74 Eloy Jiménez 44 Julio Rodríguez 22 Juan Soto Designated hitters 23 Nelson Cruz		Manager 10 Rodney Linares Coaches 79 Tony Diaz (Bench) 88 Luis Ortiz (Hitting) 74 Frank Valdez (Assistant Hitting) 77 Wellington Cepeda (Pitching) 81 Jose Cano (Assistant Pitching) 81 Julio Borbon (First Base) 81 Ramon Santiago (Third Base) 81 Julio E. Rodriguez (Bullpen Catcher)
Reference [3]

Dominican Republic – 2024 WBSC Premier12 roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 23 Diego Castillo 23 Robert Corniel 56 Pedro Fernández 91 Henry Henry 93 Jorge Juan 72 Franklyn Kilomé 78 Víctor López 59 Gerald Ogando 92 Wily Peralta 84 Héctor Pérez 85 Wilber Pérez 53 Dionys Rodríguez 57 Joely Rodríguez 80 Luis Vargas		Catchers 45 Daneurys de la Cruz 40 Randy Florentino 52 Frank Rodríguez Infielders 35 Arismendy Alcántara 31 Andretty Cordero 74 Michael de León 38 José Devers 82 Kelvin Gutiérrez 37 Alen Hanson 73 Rainer Núñez Outfielders 66 Micker Adolfo 32 Ricardo Cespedes 68 Pedro González 67 Luís Mieses		Manager 58 César Martín Coaches 77 Ramón Martínez 97 José Canó (Bullpen) 64 Danny Solano (Bench) 88 Welington Castillo (1st Base) 63 Ramon Santiago (3rd Base) 60 Ervin Santana (Pitching) 81 Ronny Paulino (Hitting)
Reference [4]

Tournament record

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Semifinal	4th	5	2	36	26		No qualifiers held
2009	Round 1	9th	1	2	12	5		No qualifiers held
2013	Final	1st	8	0	36	14		Automatically qualified
2017	Round 2	5th	4	2	33	19		Automatically qualified
2023	Round 1	10th	2	2	19	11
2026	To be determined
Total	1 title	6/6	20	8	136	75		-	-	-	-

2006

See also: 2006 World Baseball Classic rosters § Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic was invited to play at the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006. Placed in Pool D for the opening round, the Dominican Republic swept through the group, defeating Venezuela, Italy, and Australia at Cracker Jack Stadium in Lake Buena Vista, United States. After falling to Puerto Rico in the first game of the 2nd round in Puerto Rico, the Dominicans recovered to qualify for the semifinals by virtue of winning their last two games. They would fall in the semifinals, however, to Cuba.

2006 WBC Results

7 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 1	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	11–5	Venezuela	United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 10,645
		Boxscore

9 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 4	Italy	3–8	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 9,949
		Boxscore

10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 6	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	6–4	Australia	United States Cracker Jack Stadium Attendance: 11,083
		Boxscore

12 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 2	Puerto Rico	7–1	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 19,692
		Boxscore

13 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 3	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	7–3	Cuba	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 6,594
		Boxscore

14 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 5	Venezuela	1–2	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 13,007
		Boxscore

18 March Semifinal	Cuba	3–1	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States Petco Park Attendance: 41,268
		Boxscore

2009

See also: 2009 World Baseball Classic rosters § Dominican Republic

The Dominicans were placed in Pool D of the 2009 World Baseball Classic, playing their opening round games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Considered one of the pre-tournament favorites with multiple Major League Baseball All-Stars, they were upset in their opening game of the modified double-elimination pool by the Netherlands. ^[5] After eliminating Panama, they faced the Dutch again for the right to advance but were stunned in 11 innings ^[6] and eliminated from the competition.

2009 WBC Results

7 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 1	Netherlands	3–2	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 9,335
		Boxscore

8 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 3	Panama	0–9	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 9,221
		Boxscore

10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 5	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	1–2 (F/11)	Netherlands	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 11,814
		Boxscore

2013

See also: 2013 World Baseball Classic rosters § Dominican Republic

Drawn into Pool C with Puerto Rico, Spain, and Venezuela at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico once again, the Dominicans opened the round-robin round 1 with a decisive 9–3 victory over 2009 semifinalists Venezuela. A victory over Spain and a Puerto Rico win over Venezuela ensured advancement to the second round; the Dominicans clinched the top seed by defeating the hosts. In the second round, the Dominicans rallied past upstart Italy despite an early 4–0 deficit at Marlins Park in Miami, United States. Two ninth-inning runs pushed the Dominicans past the host Americans and into the semifinals. Another victory over Puerto Rico ensured the Dominicans of the top seed and a chance to avoid two-time defending champions Japan national baseball team. Instead, they would face the surprising semifinalists the Netherlands. After an early 1–0 deficit, four 5th-inning runs pushed the Dominican Republic into the final, where a 3–0 victory over Puerto Rico gave them their first-ever World Baseball Classic title. New York Yankees second baseman Robinson Canó was named MVP of the tournament.

2013 WBC Results

7 March 1st Round, Pool C – Game 1	Venezuela	3–9	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 15,055
		Boxscore

9 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 3	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	6–3	Spain	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 13,412
		Boxscore

10 March 1st Round, Pool D – Game 6	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	4–2	Puerto Rico	Puerto Rico Hiram Bithorn Stadium Attendance: 19,413
		Boxscore

12 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 1	Italy	4–5	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States Marlins Park Attendance: 14,482
		Boxscore

14 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 4	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	3–1	United States	United States Marlins Park Attendance: 34,366
		Boxscore

16 March 2nd Round, Pool 2 – Game 6	Puerto Rico	0–2	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States Marlins Park Attendance: 19,762
		Boxscore

18 March Final Round, Semifinals	Netherlands	1–4	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States AT&T Park Attendance: 27,527
		Boxscore

18 March Final Round, Final	Puerto Rico	0–3	Dominican Republic Dominican Republic	United States AT&T Park Attendance: 35,703
		Boxscore

2017

The Dominican Republic advanced out of the first round of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. The Dominican Republic’s win over the US set a new Marlins Park record for baseball game attendance with 37,446. ^[7] Manny Machado of the Dominican Republic was named MVP for the first round Pool C bracket of the WBC, after batting .357. ^[7] In the second round, however, they fell to both Puerto Rico and the United States, eliminating them from the World Baseball Classic and ending the team’s championship reign.

2023

See also: 2023 World Baseball Classic rosters § Dominican Republic

In the first round of the 2023 World Baseball Classic, the team prevailed over Israel and Nicaragua, but lost against Venezuela and Puerto Rico. Despite scoring 19 runs to 11 allowed, the Dominican Republic failed to advance out of the first round. By virtue of finishing in the top four of their pool, they qualified to compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

2026

Team Dominican Republic will compete against Team Israel, Team Netherlands, Team Venezuela, and Team Nicaragua in the 2026 World Baseball Classic. They will play from March 6-11, 2026, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, in Pool D. ^[8]

Eleven-time All Star and three-time NL MVP Albert Pujols will be the manager of Team Dominican Republic for the 2026 World Baseball Classic. ^[9] Four-time All Star outfielder Juan Soto will play for the team. ^[10]

Olympic Games

The Dominican Republic team participated in the 1992 Olympic Games, the first Olympic medal competition for the sport, and finished 6th. The team failed to qualify for another competition before baseball was eliminated from the Olympics after the 2008 Games. Baseball was brought back for the 2020 Games, and the team qualified for the sixth and final spot in the competition.

At the Olympics in 2021 it faced Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Korea, and the United States, and won a bronze medal.

Summer Olympics record									Qualification
Year	Host	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA
1984	United States	Preliminary	8th [a]	0	3	8	35		Invited as a replacement for Cuba
1992	Spain	Preliminary	6th	2	5	23	60
1996	United States	did not qualify
2000	Australia	did not qualify
2004	Greece	did not qualify
2008	China	did not qualify							8th, American Qualifying Tournament
2020	Japan	Bronze medal game	3rd	3	3	25	23		Final Qualifying Tournament
Total [b]	2/5			5	8	48	83

1. No medals awarded; tournament was a demonstration sport only
2. Totals only include years 1992 to 2020, during which baseball was an official medal sport.

Baseball World Cup

• 1941  : 5th
• 1942  : 2nd
• 1943  : 3rd
• 1944  : 5th
• 1948  : 1st
• 1950  : 2nd
• 1951  : 4th
• 1952  : 2nd
• 1953  : 4th
• 1965  : 5th
• 1969  : 3rd
• 1970  : 6th
• 1971  : 6th
• 1954  : 7th
• 1973  : 4th
• 1974  : 4th
• 1976  : 5th
• 1982  : 8th
• 1984  : 12th
• 1994  : 13th
• 1998  : 8th
• 2001  : 8th

Pan American Games

• 1955  : 1st
• 1979  : 2nd

Intercontinental Cup

• 1981  : 3rd

See also

• List of Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic

References

1. "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
2. "Dominican Republic in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation . Retrieved 12 August 2021.
3. "Dominican Republic 2023 World Baseball Classic Roster". mlb.com. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
4. "Dominican Republic 2024 WBSC Premier12 Roster". wbsc.org. Retrieved June 1, 2025.
5. AFP: Dutch stun Dominicans while US denies World Baseball Classic upset bid. Google.com (2009-03-07). Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
6. Washington, The. (2009-03-11) Dutch stun Dominicans. Washington Times. Retrieved on 2013-07-23.
7. Santiago, David. "United States puts away Canada early, advances to second round of WBC". miamiherald.
8. Talarini, Matt (March 24, 2025). "Ian Kinsler Returns as Manager of Team Israel for 2026 World Baseball Classic". World Baseball Network.
9. "Pujols to lead D.R. in 2026 Classic, reiterates desire to manage in MLB". MLB.com. March 2, 2025.
10. "Juan Soto Announces he will Play for DR in 2026 World Baseball Classic". World Baseball. May 14, 2025.

External links

• A site about baseball in the Dominican Republic