The Mexico National Baseball Team is the baseball team that represents Mexico in international tournaments. It is currently the 5th-ranked baseball team in the world.[1]
| Mexico National Baseball Team | |
|---|---|
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| Information | |
| Country | Mexico |
| Federation | Mexican Federation of Baseball |
| Confederation | Pan American Baseball Confederation |
| Manager | Benji Gil |
| WBSC ranking | 4  1 (31 December 2021)[1] |
| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 3 (First in 2006) |
| Best result | 6th (1 time, in 2006) |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 1 (First in 2020) |
| Best result | 6 (2020) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 22 (First in 1940) |
| Best result |  2nd (4 times, most recent in 1965) |
| Pan American Games | |
| Appearances | 15 (First in 1951) |
| Best result |  3rd (4 times, most recent in 2007) |
RosterEdit
International competitionEdit
World Baseball ClassicEdit
Mexico has competed in all four editions of the World Baseball Classic.
Game logEdit
| 2006 World Baseball Classic | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score1 |
| March 7, 2006 | Phoenix, Arizona |  United States
|
0–2 L |
| March 8, 2006 | Scottsdale, Arizona |  South Africa
|
10–4 W |
| March 9, 2006 | Phoenix, Arizona |  Canada
|
9–1 W |
| March 12, 2006 | Anaheim, California |  South Korea
|
1–2 L |
| March 14, 2006 | Anaheim, California |  Japan
|
1–6 L |
| March 16, 2006 | Anaheim, California | United States
|
2–1 W |
| 2009 World Baseball Classic | |||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score1 |
| March 8, 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico |  Australia
|
7–17 L |
| March 9, 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico | South Africa
|
14–3 W |
| March 11, 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico | Australia
|
16–1 W |
| March 12, 2009 | Mexico City, Mexico |  Cuba
|
4–16 L |
| March 15, 2009 | San Diego, California | South Korea
|
2–8 L |
| March 17, 2009 | San Diego, California | Cuba
|
4–7 L |
| 2013 World Baseball Classic | |||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score1 |
| March 7, 2013 | Scottsdale, Arizona |  Italy
|
5–6 L |
| March 8, 2013 | Phoenix, Arizona | United States
|
5–2 W |
| March 9, 2013 | Phoenix, Arizona | Canada
|
3–10 L |
| 2017 World Baseball Classic | |||
| Date | Location | Opponent | Score1 |
| March 9, 2017 | Guadalajara, Mexico | Italy
|
9-10 L |
| March 11, 2017 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  Puerto Rico
|
4-9 L |
| March 12. 2017 | Guadalajara, Mexico |  Venezuela
|
11-9 W |
1 – Mexico score always listed first
Premier12 TournamentEdit
2015Edit
Team Mexico came in fourth in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 Tournament.
2019Edit
Team Mexico won the bronze medal in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament in November 2019. Two quota spots were allocated from the Tournament, of the spots for six baseball teams at the 2020 Olympic Games, with Mexico as the top finisher from the Americas earning one spot.[2] First baseman/left fielder Efrén Navarro led the team with three doubles and shared the team lead with six RBIs, designated hitter Matt Clark led the team with a .440 OBP and an .800 slugging percentage and shared the team lead with three home runs, and second baseman Esteban Quiroz led the team with seven walks.[3] Half the Team Mexico roster consisted of players with birth certificates form the United States.[4]
International tournament resultsEdit
World Baseball ClassicEdit
 MexicoWorld Baseball Classic | |
|---|---|
| Tournament Results | |
| United States 2006 | 6th |
| Mexico / United States 2009 | 8th |
| United States 2013 | 11th |
| Mexico 2017 | 13th |
| Medal Tally | |
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| World Baseball Classic record | Qualification record | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | W | L | RS | RA | ||
| 2006
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Round 2 | 6th | 3 | 3 | 23 | 16 | No qualifiers held | |||||
| 2009
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Round 2 | 8th | 2 | 4 | 47 | 52 | No qualifiers held | |||||
| 2013
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Round 1 | 11th | 1 | 2 | 13 | 18 | Automatically qualified | |||||
| 2017
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Round 1 | 13th | 1 | 2 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
| Total | 4/4 | — | 7 | 11 | 107 | 114 | 3 | 0 | 25 | 2 | ||
Olympic GamesEdit
| Summer Olympics record | Qualification | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA | ||||||
 1992
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Did not qualify | Did not qualify | ||||||||||
| 1996
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| 2000
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 2004
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 2008
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| 2020
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Preliminary | 6th | 0 | 3 | 9 | 20 |  2019 WBSC Premier12
| |||||
| Total | 1/6 | |||||||||||
Premier12 TournamentEdit
| Premier12 Tournament record | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Round | Position | W | L | RS | RA |
 2015
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Semifinals | 4th | 3 | 5 | 29 | 50 |
| 2019
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Finals |  3rd
|
7 | 2 | 44 | 19 |
| Total | 2/2 | — | 10 | 7 | 73 | 69 |
Pan American GamesEdit
Central American and Caribbean GamesEdit
- 1926: Silver
- 1930: Silver
- 1950: Silver
- 1954: Silver
- 1962: Bronze
- 1970: Bronze
- 1993: Silver
- 2006: Bronze
Baseball World CupEdit
U-23 Baseball World CupEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ a b "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 31 December 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Two teams from WBSC Premier12 2019 to qualify for 2020 Tokyo Olympic Baseball". WBSC.org. December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
- ^ "II Premier12 2019 - The official site - WBSC". premier12.wbsc.org. Archived from the original on 2019-11-17.
- ^ "One team stands in USA Baseball's way to qualify for the 2020 Olympics — and half its roster has American birth certificates – The Athletic". Theathletic.com. Nov 16, 2019. Retrieved 2019-11-17.