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Philippines national baseball team
Philippines national baseball team
Information
Country	Philippines
Federation	Philippine Amateur Baseball Association
Confederation	WBSC Asia
Manager	Vince Sagisi
WBSC ranking
Current	25 2 (27 November 2024)
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances	1 (first in 2006)
Best result	8th place
Asian Games
Appearances	4 (first in 1998)
Best result	5th place (1998, 2002, 2022)
Asian Championship
Appearances	19 (first in 1954)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 1954) ; 3rd (2 times, most recent in 1971)

The Philippines national baseball team represents the Philippines in international matches and tournaments. It is organized by the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association.

They were the inaugural champions of the Asian Baseball Championships in 1954 but finished fourth in seven of the next eight editions of the biennial events.

They have recently participated in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, and the 2006 Asian Games. They won the gold medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games when they hosted the biennial meet.

History

Early history

Baseball had a long history in the Philippines with the sport's introduction in the islands dating back in 1898. At the inaugural Asian Baseball Championship in 1954, the Philippines managed to finish first.^[2]

From the 1960s until the 1970s, baseball was a national pastime in the country. From 1955 until 1971, in all but one of the eight editions of that period, the Philippines finished either third or fourth at the Asian Baseball Championship which was dominated by Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (later competes as Chinese Taipei). The Philippines last podium finish was in 1971, where it finished third.^[2]

2000s

The Philippines participated at the 2003 Asian Baseball Championship which also served as an Olympic qualifier. However it finished fifth. The national team achieved better results at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, winning the gold medal for the baseball event beating Thailand 11-1 in the final.^[2]

In November 2006, the Philippines participated at the Intercontinental Cup were they didn't manage to win a match in 9 games with their best stint being the 5–1 defeat against South Korea in the seventh place game. At the 2006 Asian Games the Philippines did not performed significantly better than at the Intercontinental Cup in terms of standings, finishing last in a competition of six teams. The results of the national team were closer scoring nine runs in five contests.^[2]

At the 2007 Asian Baseball Championships preliminary round, the Philippines did not lose a single match winning 2–0 against Pakistan and 4–1 against Hong Kong before drawing with Thailand. Before resuming play at the final round of the Asian Baseball Championship, the Philippines went on to defend their title at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games but suffered a close 5-4 defeat to Thailand who emerged as champions. At the Asian Baseball Championship finals the Philippines did not win a game against the "Big Three" which composes of Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei.^[2]

Due to the performance of the national team at the 2007 edition of the Asian Baseball Championship, they automatically qualified for the "A" round of the tournament facing Japan, Thailand and Indonesia in their group with the Philippines winning over the latter two teams.^[2]

2010s

The national team was inactive in 2010.^[2] The national sport association for baseball, PABA has experienced difficulties such as mismanagement, insufficient resources and a national squad had not been assembled. There was a dispute between then PABA President Hector Navasero and other personalities with the national sport association. Marty Eizmendi was asked by Philippine Olympic Committee president Peping Cojuangco to settle the issues faced by PABA. The POC urged for a national baseball team to participate at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games due to baseball being a potential source of a gold medal for the Philippines based on past track records. The POC and PABA later agreed to cooperate and decided organize the very first try-outs in decades.^[3] The Philippine national team that participated at the Southeast Asian Games won the gold medal beating host Indonesia by 3-1 in the finals.^[2]

In 2012, they later attempted to qualify for the 2013 World Baseball Classic but failed.^[2] In late 2013, Navasero died and his son who was also the secretary general called for an election where Eizmendi was appointed as President. Tom Navasero resigned from his post. Eizmendi inherited the management and resource issues affecting the national sports association which affected the national team's stints.^[3]

The Philippines defeated Indonesia again at the 2015 East Asia Cup championship in Jakarta by 10-0 qualifying for the 2015 Asian Baseball Championship but withdrew from the continental tournament citing financial issues with the East Asia Cup runners-up participating instead.^[3]

At the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifiers in February 2016, the Philippines was managed by American Tim Hulett.^[4] At the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship, the national team, consisting of homegrown players who play in the UAAP, will be led by Egay delos Reyes.^[5]

Their last competition in the decade was the 2019 Southeast Asian Games.^[6]^[7]

2020s

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Philippine national team would not compete in international tournaments. The team would return to action in May 2023 when they clinched the East Asia Baseball Cup title.^[6]

Results and fixtures

Legend

Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture

2023

East Asian Cup	April 29	Malaysia	1–21	Philippines	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

East Asian Cup	April 30	Cambodia	0–15	Philippines	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

East Asian Cup	May 1	Philippines	20–0	Singapore	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

East Asian Cup	May 2	Thailand	4–12	Philippines	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

East Asian Cup	May 3	Hong Kong	1–8	Philippines	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

East Asian Cup	May 4	Hong Kong	2–10	Philippines	Queen Sirikit's 60th Anniversary Stadium, Thailand
			Boxscore

2024

East Asia Cup	October 29	Philippines	13–1	Indonesia	Clark International Sports Complex Stadium 1, Philippines
	13:30 PHT		Boxscore

East Asia Cup	October 30	Singapore	0–15	Philippines	Clark International Sports Complex Stadium 1, Philippines
	13:30 PHT		Boxscore

East Asia Cup	November 1	Philippines	9–5	Thailand	Clark International Sports Complex Stadium 1, Philippines
	13:30 PHT

East Asia Cup	November 2	Hong Kong	2–4	Philippines	Clark International Sports Complex Stadium 1, Philippines
	13:30 PHT

East Asia Cup	November 3	Philippines	9–2	Hong Kong	Clark International Sports Complex Stadium 1, Philippines
	11:00 PHT

Medal count

Event	Editions	1st edition	Total				Notes
Event	Editions	1st edition				Tot.	Notes
World Baseball Classic	0	—	0	0	0	0
World Cup	1	2001	0	0	0	0
WBSC Premier12	0	—	0	0	0	0
Intercontinental Cup	1	2006	0	0	0	0
Olympic Games	0	—	0	0	0	0
Asian Baseball Championship	26	1954	1	0	2	3
Asian Baseball Cup	2	1995	2	0	0	2
East Asian Baseball Cup	5	2012	5	0	0	5
Asian Games	4	1998	0	0	0	0
Far Eastern Games	10	1913	6	4	0	10
Southeast Asian Games	4	2005	3	1	0	4

International tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record							Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA	W	L	RS	RA
2006	did not enter						No qualifiers held
2009	did not enter						No qualifiers held
2013	did not qualify						1	2	14	28
2017	did not qualify						0	2	8	28
2023	did not enter						did not enter
Total	0/5		–	–	–	–	1	4	38	56

Asian Championships

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Asian Baseball Championship
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	RS	RA
1954	-	Champions	-	-	-	-	-
1955	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1959	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1962	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1963	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1965	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1967	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1969	-	3rd Place	-	-	-	-	-
1971	-	3rd Place	-	-	-	-	-
1973	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1975	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1983	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1985	—	did not participate
1987	—	did not participate
1989	-	6th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1991	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1993	-	6th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1995	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1997	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
1999	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2001	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2003	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2005	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2007	-	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2009	-	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2012	Round robin	5th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2015	—	Withdrew
2017	Bronze Match	4th Place	-	-	-	-	-
2019	Consolation	5th Place	5	4	1	-	-
2023	Bronze Match	4th Place	6	2	4	22	32
Total	1 Title	Champion

Asian Games

Champions Runners up Third place Fourth place

Asian Games Record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	L	RS	RA
1994	—	did not participate
1998	Preliminary	5th Place	4	1	3	-	-
2002	Preliminary	5th Place	4	0	4	-	-
2006	Round robin	6th Place	5	0	5	-	-
2010	—	did not participate
2014	—
2018	—
2022	Placement	5th Place	5	3	2	-	-
Total	0 Titles	5th Place

Other tournaments

Asian Baseball Cup

1995 : 1st
1997 : ?
1999 : 1st

2001–2006 : ?
2009 : Did not enter
2010 : Did not enter

East Asia Baseball Cup

2012 : 1st
2015 : 1st
2017 : 1st

2023 : 1st
2024 : 1st

SEA Games

2005 : 1st
2007 : 2nd

2011 : 1st
2019 : 1st

Far Eastern Championships

1913 : 2nd
1915 : 1st
1917 : 2nd
1919 : 1st
1921 : 1st
1923 : 1st
1925 : 1st
1927 : 2nd
1930 : 2nd
1934 : 1st

Current roster

Philippines roster - 2022 Asian Games^[10]

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Coaches
Isaac Bacarisas
Orlando Binarao^[8]^[9]

References

^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Ochosa, Mike (24 September 2015). "Philippine baseball's lost opportunity". Rappler. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
^ "Woodward, Hulett to manage in World Classic qualifying". NZ Herald. NZME. Publishing Limited. Associated Press. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
^ Leongson, Randolph (29 September 2017). "PH side looking to overachieve in Asian Baseball Championship". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Terrado, Jonas (4 May 2023). "PH sluggers repeat over Hong Kong to sweep East Asia Baseball Cup". Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ Li, Matthew (8 December 2019). "PH Baseball remains king of SEAG". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "PH Baseball looks to overcome tall odds in Asiad". Tiebreaker Times. 21 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
^ Li, Matthew (26 April 2023). "Philippines guns for 'four-peat' in BFA East Asian Cup". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
^ "Baseball - Athlete Profiles | The 19th Asian Games". Asian Games 2022. Hangzhou Asian Games Organizing Committee. Archived from the original on 24 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.