Argentina national baseball team | |||
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Information | |||
Country | ![]() | ||
Federation | Argentine Baseball Federation | ||
Confederation | WBSC Americas | ||
Manager | Rolando Arnedo | ||
WBSC ranking | |||
Current | 31 ![]() | ||
Highest | 21 (2 times; latest in December 2018) | ||
Lowest | 28 (December 2014) | ||
Uniforms | |||
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Pan American Games | |||
Appearances | 3 (first in 1951) | ||
Best result | 6th (1995) |
The Argentina national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Argentina) is the national baseball team of Argentina. The team represents Argentina in international competitions. They are nicknamed "The Gauchos."
The national team has won the South American Baseball Championship on 7 different occasions, the last one of which was held in Buenos Aires, in April 2018, after defeating Brazil by a score of 7 to 1 (their previous victories were in 1959, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016).[2] Thanks to this victory, Argentina's baseball team qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games, the first time the team has ever qualified.
In 2022, Argentina participated for the first time in the 2023 World Baseball Classic qualification.[3]
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.[4]
- Legend
Win Lose Void or postponed Fixture
2022
Copa Sudamérica GS | July 24 | Argentina ![]() |
10–0 (F/5) | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
WP: Guido Monis |
Boxscore | LP: Israel Saldarriaga |
Attendance: 50 |
Copa Sudamérica GS | July 26 | Argentina ![]() |
10–4 (F/8) | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
WP: Diego Echeverría |
Boxscore | LP: Matías Miyagusuku |
Attendance: 400 |
Copa Sudamérica GS | July 27 | Argentina ![]() |
10–0 (F/5) | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
WP: Fernando Cancelare |
Boxscore | LP: Quiroga, Ronal |
Attendance: 50 |
Copa Sudamérica GS | July 28 | Argentina ![]() |
9–5 | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
WP: Franco Pérez |
Boxscore | LP: Pedro Oliveira |
Attendance: 100 |
Copa Sudamérica SF | July 29 | Argentina ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
WP: Federico Robles |
Boxscore | LP: Jonathan Farías |
Attendance: 350 |
Copa Sudamérica F | July 30 | Argentina ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
Villa María del Triunfo, Peru |
LP: Lucas Ramón |
Boxscore | WP: André Rienzo |
Attendance: 120 |
World Baseball Classic Q | September 30 | Pakistan ![]() |
4–7 | ![]() |
Rod Carew Stadium, Panama |
19:00 ET | LP: Omar Arif |
Boxscore | WP: Lucas Ramon Sv: Franco Perez (1) |
Attendance: 466 Umpires: HP: Lisa Turbitt. 1B: Frantisek Pribyl. 2B: Dane Poncsak. 3B: Michael Ulloa |
World Baseball Classic Q | October 1 | Argentina ![]() |
0–11 (F/7) | ![]() |
Rod Carew Stadium, Panama |
19:00 CT | LP: Guido Monis |
Boxscore | WP: Humberto Mejía HR: Jose Ramos (1) |
Attendance: 5,314 Umpires: HP: Michael Ulloa. 1B: Lisa Turbitt. 2B: Frantisek Pribyl. 3B: Mark Stewart |
World Baseball Classic Q | October 2 | New Zealand ![]() |
1–4 | ![]() |
Rod Carew Stadium, Panama |
19:00 CT | LP: Elliot Johnstone HR: Chayton Krauss (1) |
Boxscore | WP: Federico Robles Sv: Jose Mendoza (1) |
Attendance: 193 Umpires: HP: Frantisek Pribyl. 1B: Michael Ulloa. 2B: Mark Stewart. 3B: Austin Jones |
World Baseball Classic Q | October 4 | Argentina ![]() |
5–6 | ![]() |
Rod Carew Stadium, Panama |
12:00 CT | LP: Franco Perez HR: Lucas Stalman (1) |
Boxscore | WP: Berman Espinoza Sv: Roniel Raudes |
Attendance: 185 Umpires: HP: Mark Stewart. 1B: Michael Ulloa. 2B: Dane Poncsak. 3B: Juan Manuel Rodriguez |
2019
Pan American Games GS | July 29 | Argentina ![]() |
0–10 (F/8) | ![]() |
Lima, Peru |
15:05 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 2,355 |
Pan American Games GS | July 30 | Colombia ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
Lima, Peru |
15:05 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 1,560 |
Pan American Games GS | July 31 | Cuba ![]() |
10–0 (F/7) | ![]() |
Lima, Peru |
15:05 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 987 |
Pan American Games 7th | August 2 | Peru ![]() |
1–20 (F/5) | ![]() |
Lima, Peru |
10:05 PET | Boxscore | Attendance: 1,125 |
2018
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 14 | Argentina ![]() |
17–0 (F/6) | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 15 | Argentina ![]() |
3–2 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 16 | Chile ![]() |
1–9 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 18 | Argentina ![]() |
11–1 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 19 | Brazil ![]() |
8–6 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica GS | April 20 | Bolivia ![]() |
Void | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Copa Sudamérica F | April 21 | Argentina ![]() |
7–1 | ![]() |
Buenos Aires, Argentina |
Tournament results
World Baseball Classic
World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | ||||||||||
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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 enter | Did not enter | |||||||||
2017 | Did not enter | Did not enter | |||||||||
2023 | Did not qualify | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 | ||||||
Total | 0/5 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 16 | 22 |
Tournament | Appearances | Best Result |
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South America Baseball Championship | 18 (first in 1957) | 1st (7 times) |
Pan American Games | 1 (first in 2019) | 7th |
Roster
Argentina roster - 2023 World Baseball Classic Qualifier | ||||
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Players | Coaches | |||
Pitchers
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Catchers Infielders
Outfielders |
Manager Coaches
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References
- ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- ^ "Argentina wins South American Baseball Championship, earns Pan American Games berth". www.wbsc.org/. World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC). 22 April 2018. Archived from the original on 22 June 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ Beccacece, Diego (18 August 2022). "Histórico: Argentina jugará el World Baseball Classic". Beisbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
- ^ "Argentina in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.