Baseball at the 1938 Bolivarian Games

Baseball was contested at the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Colombia. One game was played between the Colombia and Venezuela national baseball teams on August 14, 1938, at the La Salle University grounds. Though baseball is popular on the coastal Caribbean region of Colombia, the 1938 games was reportedly the first time that baseball was played in Bogotá.

The Colombian squad was managed by Dominican Negro leaguer Enrique Lantigua.

Venue

Chapinero, Bogotá, Colombia	Estadio la Salle
Campo Deportivo de la Salle

Results

August 14, 1938 14:30 EDT (UTC−4) at Universidad de La Salle in Bogotá, Colombia

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H
Colombia	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8
Venezuela	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	X	6	7
WP: Natividad Sanoja   LP: Samuel Saltarín Boxscore

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver
Men's baseball	Venezuela Domingo Blanco Humberto Viao Andrés Naranjo Manuel Castillo Celestino Figueroa Candelario Burgos Candelario Guevara Lorenzo Méndez Miguel Cruz Hector Figueroa Agripio Mora Pedro Terán Germán Báez Jose E. Vasquez Natividad Sanoja F. Figueredo Felipe Viena Vicente Figueroa	Colombia Samuel Saltarín Eugenio Diaz Manuel Soñé Carlos Rodriguez Pedro Ramos Pedro Meriño Andrés Florez José Ramón Cuadro Victor Pedroza Céstar Diaz Pedro Miranda José Araujo Cosme Pájaro Isaac Villero Luis Lastra Euclides Diaz Isaac Diaz Julián de Avila

References

• "Manana se Iniciara en la Salle el Torneo Bolivariano de Beisbol" (in Spanish). El Tiempo. 13 August 1938. Retrieved 19 July 2024.