Baseball at the 1938 Bolivarian Games

Baseball was contested at the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Colombia. One game was played between the Colombia and Venezuela national baseball teams on August 14, 1938, at the Campo Deportivo La Salle in Chapinero. Though baseball is popular on the coastal Caribbean region of Colombia, the 1938 games was reportedly the first time that baseball was played in Bogotá.

Baseball at the 1938 Bolivarian Games
Tournament details
CountryColombia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14 August 1938
Teams2
Final positions
Champions Venezuela (1st title)
Runner-up Colombia
Tournament statistics
Games played1

The Colombian squad was managed by Dominican Negro leaguer Enrique Lantigua.

Venue

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Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia
 
 
Estadio la Salle
Campo Deportivo de la Salle
 

Results

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August 14, 1938 14:30 EDT (UTC−4) at Campo Deportivo La Salle in Bogotá, Colombia
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H
  Colombia 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 8
  Venezuela 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 X 6 7
WP: Natividad Sanoja   LP: Samuel Saltarín
Boxscore

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver
Men's baseball   Venezuela
Domingo Blanco
Humberto Viao
Andrés Naranjo
Manuel Castillo
Celestino Figueroa
Candelario Burgos
Candelario Guevara
Lorenzo Méndez
Miguel Cruz
Hector Figueroa
Agripio Mora
Pedro Terán
Germán Báez
Jose E. Vasquez
Natividad Sanoja
F. Figueredo
Felipe Viena
Vicente Figueroa
  Colombia
Samuel Saltarín
Eugenio Diaz
Manuel Soñé
Carlos Rodriguez
Pedro Ramos
Pedro Meriño
Andrés Florez
José Ramón Cuadro
Victor Pedroza
Céstar Diaz
Pedro Miranda
José Araujo
Cosme Pájaro
Isaac Villero
Luis Lastra
Euclides Diaz
Isaac Diaz
Julián de Avila

References

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  • "Manana se Iniciara en la Salle el Torneo Bolivariano de Beisbol" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 13 August 1938. Retrieved 19 July 2024.