Puerto Rico national baseball team
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 Puerto Rico (United States) |
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| Federation | Federación de Béisbol Aficionado de Puerto Rico |
| Confederation | COPABE |
| Manager | Edwin Rodríguez |
| WBSC World Rank | 12th |
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| World Baseball Classic | |
| Appearances | 4 (First in 2006) |
| Best result |
 2nd (2 times, most recent in 2017) |
| Olympic Games | |
| Appearances | 2 (First in 1988) |
| Best result |
 3rd (1 time, in 1988) |
| World Cup | |
| Appearances | 26 (First in 1940) |
| Best result |
 1st (1 time, in 1951) |
| Intercontinental Cup | |
| Appearances | 6 (First in 1973) |
| Best result |
 2nd (1 time, in 1973) |
| Pan American Games | |
| Appearances | 9 (First in 1959) |
| Best result |
 2nd (2 times, most recent in 1991) |
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Puerto Rico World Baseball Classic |
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| Tournament Results | |
| Puerto Rico 2006 | 5th |
| Puerto Rico / United States 2009 | 5th |
| Puerto Rico / United States 2013 | 2nd |
| Mexico / United States 2017 | 2nd |
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The Puerto Rico national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Puerto Rico) is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico. The men's senior team is currently ranked 12th in the world, while its women's counterpart is 8th.
After debuting in the amateur predecessor to the Baseball World Cup, the team won its first medal by finishing second in 1947, a performance that it repeated the following year. In 1951, Puerto Rico became the world baseball champion by winning the event. The team went on to gather six more medals during the tournament's existence, finishing second twice and third four times.
Puerto Rico was an inaugural member of the World Baseball Classic, making its debut in the first edition. The team has advanced to the second round in all of its appearances, in the process becoming the first team to score mercy rule wins over Cuba and the United States. In the 2013 World Baseball Classic, Puerto Rico became the second team from Western Hemisphere to advance to the final, eliminating two-time defending world champion Japan in the semifinals before finishing as the event's runner-up. The team has also participated in several lesser international competitions, such as the Central American and Caribbean Games, the Pan American Games, Americas Baseball Cup, Intercontinental Cup and Haarlem Baseball Week, winning medals in most.
Puerto Rico made its debut at the Baseball World Cup, then known as the "Amateur World Series" in 1940, only two years after the creation of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPPR), which at the moment was an amateur league. Like all of the other expansion teams, they finished in the bottom half of the table, tied with Mexico with a record of 2-10. The following year the team repeated this performance, finishing tied with El Salvador. Between 1942 and 1943, Puerto Rico did not participate due to the ongoing World War II to which several LBPPR players were drafted. The team returned in 1944, but finished tied with Nicaragua with arecord of 1-6. Puerto Rico declined participation in the 1945 Amateur World Series, joining Mexico and Cuba in absence.
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