Baseball at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games
Venue	Estadio de Baseball, Barranquilla
Dates	9 — 28 December 1946
Competitors	146 from 9 nations
Teams	9
Medalists
Colombia    Dominican Republic    Cuba
← 1938 1950 →

Baseball was contested at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Nine countries participated. The number of athletes a nation entered is in parentheses beside the name of the country.^[1]

Willy Miranda, a future Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees and Baltimore Orioles, made his debut with the Cuba national team in the 1946 Games, hitting .250.^[2]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's baseball	Colombia (COL) Humberto Vargas Armando Crizon Pedro Miranda Carlos Bustos José Araújo Isaac Villers Julio Florez Ramón Herazo Carlos Rodríguez Andrés Cavadías Julio Galofra Cosme Pájaro Andrés Florez Enrique Hernández Pedro Zambrano Cipriano Herrera Manuel Peñaranda José Corpas	Dominican Republic (DOM) Luis M. Muñoz Marino Pérez Ramón E. Vargas Vicente Scarpatte Juan B. Álvarez Aquiles Martínez Rafael A. Vargas Oscar A. Álvarez Miguel Payano Bienvenido Arias Oscar Mir José A. Matos Manuel A. Trabous Julio Lara Luis T. Vinals Diomedes Olivo Román Ramos Fernando Abreu	Cuba (CUB) Rouget Ávalos Bernardo Cuervo Mario Chacón Julio Delgado Mario Díaz Alfredo Domínguez Ignacio Ferrer Alberto Gómez Ángel González Hiram González José L. García Guillermo Miranda Miguel Montiel Mario Pérez Ramiro Ramírez René Solís Gilberto Soto Generoso Stable

The group stage featured a round robin format to determine the medal winners, similar to the format of the 1938 tournament.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	PCT	GB
1	Colombia (H)	7	6	1	0	.857	—
2	Cuba	7	6	1	0	.857	—
3	Dominican Republic	7	4	3	0	.571	2
4	Puerto Rico	7	3	3	1	.500	2.5
5	Venezuela	7	3	3	1	.500	2.5
6	Panama	7	2	3	2	.429	3
7	Mexico	7	2	5	0	.286	4
8	Costa Rica	7	0	7	0	.000	6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	RF	RA	RD	PCT	GB
1	Colombia (H)	2	1	0	1	3	1	+2	.750	—
2	Dominican Republic	2	1	0	1	4	3	+1	.750	—
3	Cuba	2	0	2	0	2	5	−3	.000	1.5

28 December 1946 08:00 at Estadio de Baseball

Team
Dominican Republic
Colombia
Umpires: John P. Corrigan Notes: Game forfeited by the Dominican Republic. Colombia wins gold medal. Boxscore

Batting Statistic Name Total Batting average César González .479 Hits Alberto Gómez 15 Runs Pedro Miranda Fausto Fuenmayor 8 Home runs Manuel Trabous 1 Stolen bases Pedro Miranda 7

Pitching Statistic Name Total Wins Petaca Rodríguez 3 Losses 5 tied with[a] 2 Innings pitched Diomedes Olivo 36.1 Earned run average* Petaca Rodríguez 0.00 Strikeouts Diomedes Olivo 27 * Minimum 15 innings pitched

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