The 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Caracas

Caracas

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, Venezuela

Venezuela

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 from January 6 through January 18, 1959. Cuba could not come as the Cuban revolution

Cuban Revolution

The Cuban Revolution was an armed revolt by Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement against the regime of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista between 1953 and 1959. Batista was finally ousted on 1 January 1959, and was replaced by a revolutionary government led by Castro...

 was going on.

won their first Central American and Caribbean Games

Baseball at the Central American and Caribbean Games

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 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.

Final standing

Place	Team
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