title: Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
text: # Baseball at the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
  
  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.
  
  Puerto Rico 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.
  
  Venezuela 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.
  
  Panama 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.
  
  Mexico placed fourth at 2-6.
  
  Netherlands Antilles was winless in their 8 games to bring up the rear.
  
  ## Final standing
  
  | Place | Team |
  | - | - |
  | | Puerto Rico |
  | | Venezuela |
  | | Panama |
  | 4 | Mexico |
  | 5 | Netherlands Antilles |
  
  * 1959 Central American and Caribbean Baseball champions
  * Puerto Rico First title
  