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The national baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

team of the Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

represents the country and competes in international matches and tournaments. It is organized by the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association

Philippine Amateur Baseball Association

The Philippine Amateur Baseball Association is the national governing body for amateur baseball in the Philippines.-External links:*...

.

They were the inaugural champions of the Asian Baseball Championship

Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia . It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer...

s in 1954 but finished fourth in seven of the next eight editions of the biennial events.

Since their last fourth place finish in 1973, the national team has struggled in competing against top level Asian clubs such as Japan

Japan national baseball team

The Japan national baseball team is the national baseball team representing Japan in international competitions. They are one of the more successful baseball teams in the world, having won the World Baseball Classic in 2006 and 2009...

, Chinese Taipei, and Korea

Korea national baseball team

The Korea national baseball team , nicknamed "Blue Bogy ", is the national baseball team of the Republic of Korea . It has participated in the Summer Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, 1996 and 2000. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, it won the gold medal in a final victory against Cuba...

, among others.

They have recently participated in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, and the 2006 Asian Games

2006 Asian Games

The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...

. They won the gold medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Baseball at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games

Baseball at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games was held at the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, Philippines. Baseball will not be played in the 2012 Olympic Games. However, in 2006, the World Baseball Classic was held, and it will be staged in 2009 and four years after...

when they hosted the biennial meet.

Asian Championships
Asian Baseball Championship
The Asian Baseball Championship is the main championship tournament between national baseball teams in Asia, governed by the Baseball Federation of Asia . It is held every other year in odd-numbered years and since 1983 it also functions as the qualification games for the Baseball at the Summer...

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1954

1954 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the first continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia, from 18 to 26 December. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines, and was won by the host nation. 17,000 people attended the final game at Rizal Stadium to see Philippines defeat...

|| 1st place
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1955

1955 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the second continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines for the second time. Won by Japan, it was the first of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row. Chinese Taipei ,...

|| 4th place
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1959

1959 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the third continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the first time. It was the second time Japan had won the tournament, and was the second of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship...

|| 4th place
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1962

1962 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the fourth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei for the first time. It was the third time Japan had won the tournament, having won all three Asian Championships in a row. Chinese Taipei...

|| 4th place
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1963

1963 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the fifth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea for the first time, and was won by the hosts for their first Asian Championship. Japan and Chinese Taipei shared second place, the first time...

|| 4th place
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|

1965

1965 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the sixth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines for the third time. Won by Japan for the fourth time, it was the first of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row;...

|| 4th place
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1967

1967 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the seventh continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the second time. Won by Japan for the fifth time, it was the second of what would be three consecutive Asian Championship wins in a row; the...

|| 4th place
|-bgcolor=#cc9966
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1969

1969 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the eighth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Taipei, Chinese Taipei for the second time. Won by Japan for the sixth time, it was the third consecutive Asian Championship for the team; the second such...

|| 3rd place
|-bgcolor=#cc9966
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1971

1971 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the ninth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea for the second time, and was won by the hosts for their second Asian Championship; both times when hosting the tournament.The tournament...

|| 3rd place
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|style="border: 3px solid red"|

1973

1973 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the tenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Manila, Philippines for the fourth time. The tournament was won by Japan; their seventh Asian Championship. Defending champions South Korea , Chinese Taipei ,...

|| 4th place
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1975

1975 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the eleventh continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea for the third time, and was won by the hosts for their third Asian Championship; all three times when hosting the tournament.The tournament...

|| 5th place
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1983

1983 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the twelfth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea for the fourth time, and was won by the hosts for their fourth Asian Championship; all four times when hosting the tournament...

|| 5th place
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1985

1985 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the thirteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Perth, Australia; the first time that the tournament had been held outside the continent of Asia...

||colspan=4| Did not participate
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1987

1987 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the fourteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Tokyo, Japan for the third time...

||colspan=4| Did not participate
|-
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1989

1989 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the fifteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Seoul, South Korea for the fifth time. The tournament was won by Japan for the ninth time...

|| 6th place
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1991

1991 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the sixteenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Beijing, China for the first time. The tournament was won by the defending champions Japan; their tenth Asian Championship.China became the sixth nation to...

|| 5th place
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1993

1993 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the seventeenth continental tournament held by the Baseball Federation of Asia. The tournament was held in Perth, Australia for the second and likely last time; Australia has not participated in the tournament since joining the Baseball Confederation of Oceania...

|| 6th place
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1995 || 5th place
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1997 || 5th place
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1999 || 5th place
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2001

2001 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the 21st installment of the tournament. The championship took place at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium in Taipei County , Republic of China . Chinese Taipei national baseball team won the competition for the fourth time in the competitions history.-Top four:...

|| 4th place
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2003

2003 Asian Baseball Championship

The 22nd Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Japan in November 2003. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The top two teams of the tournament gained automatic entry into the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens....

|| 5th place
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2005

2005 Asian Baseball Championship

The Asian Baseball Championship was the 23rd installment of the tournament. Japan won the competition for the second consecutive time.-Top four:...

|| 5th place
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2007

2007 Asian Baseball Championship

The 24th Asian Baseball Championship was contested in Taichung, Taiwan in November and December 2007. The tournament is sanctioned by the Asian Baseball Federation. The winner of the tournament will gain automatic entry into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing...

|| 4th place
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2009

2009 Asian Baseball Championship

The 2009 Asian Baseball Championship is an international baseball competition that was held in Sapporo, Japan from July 27 to August 3, 2009. It was the 25th edition of the tournament and featured teams from China, Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and...

|| 5th place
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!Total || 1 gold, 3 bronze

Asian Games
Baseball at the Asian Games
Baseball has been an event at the Asian Games, since the Games in Hiroshima, Japan in 1994.-Medal table:-Medalists:-External links:*...

{| class="wikitable" width=60% style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|Asian Games Record

Baseball at the Asian Games

Baseball has been an event at the Asian Games, since the Games in Hiroshima, Japan in 1994.-Medal table:-Medalists:-External links:*...

1994

1994 Asian Games

The 1994 Asian Games also known as XII Asiad were held from October 2 to October 16, 1994 in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack in...

||colspan=4| Did not participate
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1998

1998 Asian Games

The 13th Asian Games were held from December 6 to December 20, 1998 in Bangkok, Thailand. This was the first time that Thailand bid for the event after it shouldered the two postponed hosting rights in 1970 and 1978.-Emblem:...

|| 5th place
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2002

2002 Asian Games

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|| 5th place
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2006

2006 Asian Games

|| 6th place
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2010

2010 Asian Games

The 2010 Asian Games, also known as the XVI Asiad, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Guangzhou, China from November 12 to November 27, 2010. Guangzhou was the second Chinese city to host the Games, after Beijing in 1990...

||colspan=4| Did not participate
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2014

2014 Asian Games

The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the XVII Asiad, is the largest sporting event in Asia governed by Olympic Council of Asia . It is scheduled to take place in Incheon, South Korea from September 19–October 4, 2014, with 36 sports set to feature in the Games.Incheon was awarded the right on...

||colspan=4| TBD
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!Total||3/5

SEA Games
Baseball at the Southeast Asian Games
Baseball has not traditionally been played at the Southeast Asian Games, but was added to the 2005 schedule for the Philippines Games.-Results:-See also:* Baseball at the Asian Games...

{| class="wikitable" width=60% style="text-align: center;font-size:90%;"
!colspan=9|SEA Games Records

Baseball at the Southeast Asian Games

Baseball has not traditionally been played at the Southeast Asian Games, but was added to the 2005 schedule for the Philippines Games.-Results:-See also:* Baseball at the Asian Games...

2005

2005 Southeast Asian Games

The 23rd Southeast Asian Games were held in the Philippines from November 27 to December 5 in 2005. The games were participated by the eleven nations of Southeast Asia. This was the first time that the opening and closing ceremonies were held in a large open field, despite the fact that Manila...

|| 1st place
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2007

2007 Southeast Asian Games

The 24th Southeast Asian Games was held in Nakhon Ratchasima , Thailand from December 6 to December 15, 2007....

|| 2nd place
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2009

2009 Southeast Asian Games

The 25th Southeast Asian Games was held in Vientiane, Laos, in December 2009.This was the first time Laos had held the Southeast Asian Games...

||colspan=4| Lack of facilities
|-bgcolor=gold
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2011

2011 Southeast Asian Games

The 26th Southeast Asian Games was held in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia on 11 until 22 November 2011. Indonesia's fourth time to host the SEA Games, it last hosted the Games in 1997...

||colspan=4| 1st place
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!Total|| 2 golds, 1 silver
|}

Roster

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|8 Roy Baclay ||

Manila Sharks
Manila Sharks
The Manila Sharks are a baseball team in Baseball Philippines formed in 2007 as one of its charter members. Owned by Harbour Centre and assigned in the league's North Division, the Sharks are the current division champions after beating the Marikina Shoemakers in Series 2.With four national team...

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|16 Ernesto Binarao ||

Dumaguete Uni-Bikers
Dumaguete Uni-bikers
-History:The Dumagute Uni-Bikers are a team in the Baseball Philippines formed in 2007. Dumaguete joined the league during its second season. The team is owned by Felipe Antonio B...

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|42 Ruel Batuto ||

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|45 Darwin Dela Calzada ||

Forward Taguig Patriots
Forward Taguig Patriots
The Forward Taguig Patriots are a baseball team competing in Baseball Philippines, Philippines premier competition.-External links:*...

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|1 Charlie Labrador ||

Alabang Tigers
Alabang Tigers
The Alabang Tigers are a baseball team in the Baseball Philippines formed in 2007 as one of its charter members. The team was originally known as the Makati Mariners. The team moved to Muntinlupa in 2008...

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|15 Wilfredo Hidalgo ||

Batangas Bulls
Batangas Bulls
The Batangas Bulls is a baseball team competing in Baseball Philippines, Philippines' premier baseball circuit/competition.Roster : http://www.baseballphilippines.com/series-viii-roster/-External links:*...

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|50 Edmer Del Socorro ||

Cebu Dolphins
Cebu Dolphins
The Cebu Dolphins are a baseball team in the Baseball Philippines formed in 2007 as one of its charter members. Owned by Industrial Enterprises and assigned in the league's South Division, the Dolphins won their first championship during the league's Series 2....

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|24 Christopher Jimenez ||

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|23 Mateo S. Laurel ||

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|51 Roel Empacis ||

Technical Staff

Manager: Edgar delos Reyes
Coaches: Ricardo Jimenez and Marcelina Baradas

Famous Filipino players

The list consists of players with Filipino lineage who have competed for a Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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club, though they did not play for the national team.

Benny Agbayani
Benny Agbayani
Benny Peter Agbayani, Jr. is retired professional baseball player. Born in Hawaii to Filipino and Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School and Hawaii Pacific University. He also attended the Oregon Institute of Technology...

(New York Mets
New York Mets
The New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...

(1998-2001), Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
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and Boston Red Sox
Boston Red Sox
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(2002))
Chris Aguila
Chris Aguila
Christopher Louis Aguila is a Major League Baseball outfielder. He has played parts of three seasons in the majors with the Florida Marlins and part of the season with the New York Mets...

(Florida Marlins
Florida Marlins
The Miami Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, United States. Established in 1993 as an expansion franchise called the Florida Marlins, the Marlins are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. The Marlins played their home games at...

(2004-2006))
Bobby Balcena
Bobby Balcena
Robert Rudolph Balcena was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played briefly for the Cincinnati Redlegs in . Balcena batted right-handed and threw left-handed. He was born in San Pedro, California.Balcena became the first player of Filipino ancestry to appear in a major league game...

(Cincinnati Reds
Cincinnati Reds
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(1956))
Bobby Chouinard
Bobby Chouinard
Robert William Chouinard is a retired Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is the only person born in The Philippines to play Major League Baseball....

(Oakland Athletics
Oakland Athletics
The Oakland Athletics are a Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California. The Athletics are a member of the Western Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From to the present, the Athletics have played in the O.co Coliseum....

, Milwaukee Brewers
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, Arizona Diamondbacks
Arizona Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks are a professional baseball team based in Phoenix. They play in the West Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From 1998 to the present, they have played in Chase Field...

and Colorado Rockies
Colorado Rockies
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)
Tim Lincecum
Tim Lincecum
Timothy Leroy Lincecum is an American professional baseball starting pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball. He was nicknamed "The Freak" and "Big Time Timmy Jim" and "The Franchise." He throws right-handed and bats left-handed....

(San Francisco Giants
San Francisco Giants
The San Francisco Giants are a Major League Baseball team based in San Francisco, California, playing in the National League West Division....

(2007-present))
Jason Bartlett (San Diego Padres
San Diego Padres
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(2010-present))

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Roster

Technical Staff

Famous Filipino players

External links

Asian Games
Baseball at the Asian Games
Baseball has been an event at the Asian Games, since the Games in Hiroshima, Japan in 1994.-Medal table:-Medalists:-External links:*...

SEA Games
Baseball at the Southeast Asian Games
Baseball has not traditionally been played at the Southeast Asian Games, but was added to the 2005 schedule for the Philippines Games.-Results:-See also:* Baseball at the Asian Games...