Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
Introduction The '''1959 Central American and Caribbean Games''' were held in Caracas, Venezuela from January 6 through January 18, 1959.Cuba could not come as the Cuban revolution was going on. won their first Central American and Caribbean Games Gold in baseball; it would be 43 years until the second. They went 7-1 and then beat Venezuela in the finale. J.E. Marrero and R. Paulino each went 2-0 while P. Perez had a 0.00 ERA. also went 7-1 in the round-robin before falling to Puerto Rico in the finals. Pablo Higuery and J. Perez each had a 2-0 mark. M. Mendible led the Games with 13 runs. claimed Bronze with a 4-4 record. L. Sanjur hit .500 to lead all hitters, while F. Sanchez had the most RBI (11). F. Castilleros went 2-0.placed fourth at 2-6.was winless in their 8 games to bring up the rear.
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