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The Puerto Rico national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Puerto Rico), also known as Team Rubio [2] is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico.The men's senior team is currently ranked 13th in the world. [1]
The following season featured the debut of Jerry Morales who won the league's Rookie of the Year recognition after participating for Puerto Rico's national baseball team in the 1966 Central American and Caribbean Games. [52] Carlos Bernier retired in 1966, having won five stolen base titles for a total of 285. [26]
Puerto Rico threw a combined walk-off perfect game, the first in World Baseball Classic history, in beating Israel 10-0 in their Pool D game Monday at loanDepot Park in Miami.
Baseball is the most popular sport in Puerto Rico.In terms of spectators and active participants, it is the premier sport on the island. The baseball game was introduced to the island in the late 19th century and the first two baseball clubs were founded in 1897, before the American invasion of 1898 known as the Spanish–American War.
Westminster Christian alum MJ Melendez hit a two-run single as part of Puerto Rico’s five-run rally in the fifth inning to pull ahead of Nicaragua for good.
The first sanctioned baseball game in the island was played on January 9, 1898, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where two teams composed of Puerto Rican, American and Cuban players participated. [3] After this game, baseball became a widespread sport and professional and amateur leagues were organized.
Puerto Rico participated at the 2024 Baseball5 Pan American Championship held in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, that served as qualifier for the 2024 Baseball5 World Cup in Hong Kong. [5] The team lost all its games except for a victory against Mexico to finish the tournament with a 1–5 record, failing to qualify for the World Cup. [6]
The Senadores club was founded in 1938 and played intermittently in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico, the predecessor to the current Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC). For the 1984–1985 season, they were rechristened as the Metros de San Juan, a name that they conserved until the 1993–1994 tournament.