Argentina national baseball team

Argentina national baseball team
Information
CountryArgentina Argentina
FederationArgentine Baseball Federation
ConfederationWBSC Americas
ManagerRolando Arnedo
WBSC ranking
Current 33 Steady (5 August 2025)[1]
Highest21 (2 times;
latest in December 2018)
Lowest28 (December 2014)
Uniforms
Home
Away
Pan American Games
Appearances3 (first in 1951)
Best result6th (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."

Baseball was introduced in Argentina in 1888 with the establishment of the "Buenos Aires Baseball Club" (BABC)[2], formed mainly by U.S. expatriate. The BAFC remained at least for 30 years, but despite its effort to spread the practise of the sport in Argentina, baseball did not gain much popularity among the Argentine people.[3]

In 1925, the Argentine Baseball Association was established to organize and regulate the sport in the country. Three decades later, when the Liga Argentina had already been in existence, operating since 1932 and eventually becoming the "Federación Argentina de Béisbol", the sport had already spreaded with several competitions in Buenos Aires, and also the provinces of Santa Fe and Salta. Nevertheless baseball never attracted the crowds predicted in 1917.[3]

The Venezolean diaspora to Argentina helped the sport spread in the country, apart of improving the level of the local league.[2][4]

The national team has won the South American Baseball Championship on 7 occasions, the last of which was held in Buenos Aires, in April 2018, after defeating Brazil 7 to 1 (their previous victories were in 1959, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016).[5] 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.[6]

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.[7]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2022

Copa Sudamérica GS July 24   10–0 (F/5)  Ecuador Villa María del Triunfo, Peru
WP: Guido Monis
 Boxscore LP: Israel Saldarriaga
 Attendance: 50
Copa Sudamérica GS July 26   10–4 (F/8)  Peru Villa María del Triunfo, Peru
WP: Diego Echeverría
 Boxscore LP: Matías Miyagusuku
 Attendance: 400
Copa Sudamérica GS July 27   10–0 (F/5)  Bolivia Villa María del Triunfo, Peru
WP: Fernando Cancelare
 Boxscore LP: Quiroga, Ronal
 Attendance: 50
Copa Sudamérica GS July 28   9–5  Brazil Villa María del Triunfo, Peru
WP: Franco Pérez
 Boxscore LP: Pedro Oliveira
 Attendance: 100
Copa Sudamérica SF July 29   3–2  Peru Villa María del Triunfo, Peru
WP: Federico Robles
 Boxscore LP: Jonathan Farías
 Attendance: 350
Copa Sudamérica F July 30   0–2  Brazil 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   0–11 (F/7)  Panama 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   5–6  Nicaragua 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   0–10 (F/8)  Canada 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   17–0 (F/6)  Bolivia Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copa Sudamérica GS April 15   3–2  Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copa Sudamérica GS April 16 Chile  1–9   Buenos Aires, Argentina
Copa Sudamérica GS April 18   11–1  Chile 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   7–1  Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina

Tournament results

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record Qualification record
Year Round Position W L RS RA W L RS RA
2006 did not enter No qualifiers held
2009
2013 did not enter
2017
2023 did not qualify 2 2 16 22
2026 did not enter did not enter
Total - 0/6 - - - - 2 2 16 22
Tournament Appearances Best Result
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
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 18 Thomas Cuenca
  • 49 Diego Echeverría
  • 28 Juan Elorza
  • 22 Carlos Gimenez
  • 29 Eric Ma
  • 77 Jose Mendoza
  • 16 Guido Monis
  • 11 Franco Pérez
  • 21 Lucas Ramón
  • 25 Kevin Riello
  • 55 Federico Robles
 Catchers
  •  1 José Gerez
  •  2 Lucas Nakandakare

Infielders

  • 42 Jacinto Cipriota
  • 14 Pedro Figueras
  • 27 Andres Kim
  •  5 Lucas Stalman
  • 20 Exequiel Talevi
  • 66 Agustín Tissera

Outfielders

  • 35 Sebastián García
  •  7 Julian Pedrouzo
  • 23 Matías Robles
  • 43 Eduardo Zurbriggen
 Manager
  • 24 Rolando Arnedo

Coaches

  • 15 Gabriel Sansó (Bench)
  • 13 Marcelo Alfonsin (Pitching)
  •  9 Nicolás Solari (First Base)
  • 10 Eduardo Capdevila (Third Base)
  • 50 Federico Bisbal (Analytics)


References

  1. ^ "The WBSC World Ranking". WBSC. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  2. ^ a b La inmigración venezolana hace crecer a pasos agigantados el béisbol en Argentina on Perfil. 3 Oct 2022
  3. ^ a b En 1995 el béisbol argentino fue pasión de multitudes by César Torres on El Furgón. 14 Mar 2020
  4. ^ El béisbol en Argentina y el secreto de su crecimiento: uno de cada tres chicos de las categorías menores son venezolanos by Luciana Aranguiz on Clarín
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ Beccacece, Diego (18 August 2022). "Histórico: Argentina jugará el World Baseball Classic". Beisbol Argentino (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Argentina in the WBSC Ranking (Men's baseball)". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
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