| Event: | Baseball |
| Games: | 2011 |
| Venue: | Pan American Baseball Stadium |
| Dates: | October 19 – October 25 |
| Competitors: | 190 |
| Nations: | 8 |
| Prev: | 2007 |
| Next: | 2015 |
Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara was held between October 19 and 25, 2011. All games were played at the Pan American Baseball Stadium in Lagos de Moreno, Mexico. The draw for the competition took place in July 2011, in which the eight teams were drawn into two groups of four.[1]
Baseball was competed by men only, while women competed in the similar sport of softball. Each team could enter a team of 24 athletes for a maximum of 192 competitors for this tournament.[2] The tournament was played using designated hitter rules.[2]
Cuba entered the tournament having won 10 consecutive baseball gold medals at the Pan American Games, dating back to 1971. Canada won the tournament, defeating the United States in the gold medal game. Cuba finished in third place, winning the bronze medal.
The competition was spread out across seven days.[3]
| bgcolor=#3399ff align=center | Preliminary round | bgcolor=#00FFFF align=center | Semifinals | bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center | M | Event finals |
The hosts Mexico, along with the top seven teams at the Pan American Qualification tournament qualified to compete at the games.[2]
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host Nation | – | – | 1 | ||
| Qualifying Tournament | Oct 1 – Oct 13, 2010 | Mayagüez, Carolina and Ponce | 7 | ||
| TOTAL | 8 | ||||
See main article: Baseball at the 2011 Pan American Games – Team squads.
Ties are broken via the following the criteria, with the first option used first, all the way down to the last option:
All times are local Central Daylight Time (UTC−5)[4]
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
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| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4–1 | |||||
| 3–2 | |||||
| 4–1 | |||||
| 4 | 3–2 | ||||
| 5 | 2–2 | ||||
| 6 | 1–3 | ||||
| 7 | 1–3 | ||||
| 8 | 0–4 |
| Statistic | Name | Total/Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| .556 | |||
| Hits | 10 | ||
| Runs | 8 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| 10 | |||
| Stolen bases | 3 | ||
| 1.111 |
| Statistic | Name | Total/Avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wins | 2 | ||
| Losses | 2 | ||
| Saves | 2 | ||
| 14 | |||
| 35 players | 0.00 | ||
| Strikeouts | 11 |