Philippines national baseball team

The Philippines national baseball team represents the Philippines in international matches and tournaments. It is organized by the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association.

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Philippines women's national baseball team.
Philippines national baseball team
Information
Country Philippines
FederationPhilippine Amateur Baseball Association
ConfederationBaseball Federation of Asia
ManagerTim Hulett
Intercontinental Cup
Appearances1 (First in 2006)
Best result8th place
Asian Games
Appearances3 (First in 1998)
Best result5th place (2 times, most recent in 2002)
Asian Championship
Appearances19 (First in 1954)
Best result 1st (1 time, in 1954)
3rd (2 times, most recent in 1971)

They were the inaugural champions of the Asian Baseball Championships in 1954 but finished fourth in seven of the next eight editions of the biennial events.

Since their last fourth-place finish in 1973, the national team has struggled in competing against top level Asian national teams such as Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Korea, among others.

They have recently participated in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup, and the 2006 Asian Games. They won the gold medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games when they hosted the biennial meet.

History
See also: Baseball in the Philippines

Early history
Match between Japan and the Philippines at the 1917 Far Eastern Games in Tokyo.

Baseball had a long history in the Philippines with the sport's introduction in the islands dating back in 1898. At the inaugural Asian Baseball Championship in 1954, the Philippines managed to finish first.[1]

From the 1960s until the 1970s, baseball was a national pastime in the country. From 1955 until 1971, in all but one of the eight editions of that period, the Philippines finished either third or fourth at the Asian Baseball Championship which was dominated by Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan (later competes as Chinese Taipei). The Philippines last podium finish was in 1971, where it finished third.[1]

2000s
Philippine players walking off the field after their first ever game in the Intercontinental Cup in Taichung, Taiwan. They lost to South Korea 10–0

The Philippines participated at the 2003 Asian Baseball Championship which also served as an Olympic qualifier. However it finished fifth. The national team achieved better results at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games, winning the gold medal for the baseball event beating Thailand 11-1 in the final.[1]

In November 2006, the Philippines participated at the Intercontinental Cup were they didn't manage to win a match in 9 games with their best stint being the 5-1 defeat against South Korea in the seventh place game. At the 2006 Asian Games the Philippines did not performed significantly better than at the Intercontinental Cup in terms of standings, finishing last in a competition of six teams. The results of the national team were closer scoring nine runs in five contests.[1]

At the 2007 Asian Baseball Championships preliminary round, the Philippines did not lose a single match winning 2-0 against Pakistan and 4-1 against Hong Kong before drawing with Thailand. Before resuming play at the final round of the Asian Baseball Championship, the Philippines went on to defend their title at the 2007 Southeast Asian Games but suffered a close 5-4 defeat to Thailand who emerged as champions. At the Asian Baseball Championship finals the Philippines did not win a game against the "Big Three" which composes of Japan, South Korea and Chinese Taipei.[1]

Due to the performance of the national team at the 2007 edition of the Asian Baseball Championship, they automatically qualified for the "A" round of the tournament facing Japan, Thailand and Indonesia in their group with the Philippines winning over the latter two teams.[1]

2010s
The Rizal Memorial Baseball Stadium in 2013

The national team was inactive in 2010.[1] The national sport association for baseball, PABA has experienced difficulties such as mismanagement, insufficient resources and a national squad had not been assembled. There was a dispute between then PABA President Hector Navasero and other personalities with the national sport association. Marty Eizmendi was asked by Philippine Olympic Committee president Peping Cojuangco to settle the issues faced by PABA. The POC urged for a national baseball team to participate at the 2011 Southeast Asian Games due to baseball being a potential source of a gold medal for the Philippines based on past track records. The POC and PABA later agreed to cooperate and decided organize the very first try-outs in decades.[2] The Philippine national team that participated at the Southeast Asian Games won the gold medal beating host Indonesia by 3-1 in the finals.[1]

In 2012, they later attempted to qualify for the 2013 World Baseball Classic but failed.[1] In late 2013, Navasero died and his son who was also the secretary general called for an election where Eizmendi was appointed as President. Tom Navasero resigned from his post. Eizmendi inherited the management and resource issues affecting the national sports association which affected the national team's stints.[2]

The Philippines defeated Indonesia again at the 2015 East Asia Cup championship in Jakarta by 10-0 qualifying for the 2015 Asian Baseball Championship but withdrew from the continental tournament citing financial issues with the East Asia Cup runners-up participating instead.[2]

At the 2017 World Baseball Classic qualifiers in February 2016, the Philippines was managed by American Tim Hulett.[3] At the 2017 Asian Baseball Championship, the national team, consisting of homegrown players who play in the UAAP, will be led by Egay delos Reyes.[4]

International 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 qualify 1 2 30 28
2017 0 2 8 28
2021 Cancelled Cancelled
Total 0/4 – – – – 1 4 38 56

Asian championships
Asian Baseball Championship
Year Host Position
1954Philippines 1st place
1955Philippines4th place
1959Japan4th place
1962Taiwan4th place
1963Korea4th place
1965Philippines4th place
1967Japan4th place
1969Taiwan 3rd place
1971Korea 3rd place
1973Philippines4th place
1975Korea5th place
1983Korea5th place
1985AustraliaDid not participate
1987JapanDid not participate
1989Korea6th place
1991People's Republic of China5th place
1993Australia6th place
1995Japan5th place
1997Taiwan5th place
1999Korea5th place
2001Taiwan4th place
2003Japan5th place
2005Japan5th place
2007Taiwan4th place
2009Japan5th place
2012Taiwan5th place
2015TaiwanWithdrew
2017Taiwan4th place
2019Taiwan5th place
Total1 gold, 2 bronze

Asian Games
Asian Games Record
Year Host Position
1994JapanDid not participate
1998Thailand5th place
2002Korea5th place
2006Qatar6th place
2010People's Republic of ChinaDid not participate
2014Korea
2018Indonesia
Total3/7

SEA Games
SEA Games Records
Year Host Position
2005Philippines 1st place
2007Thailand 2nd place
2009LaosNot held
2011Indonesia 1st place
2013MyanmarNot held
2015Singapore
2019Philippines 1st place
Total3 golds, 1 silver

Far Eastern Games
Games Year Host city Host country Champions
I1913 ()ManilaPhilippinesSilver
II1915 ()ShanghaiChinaGold
III1917 ()TokyoJapanSilver
IV1919 ()ManilaPhilippinesGold
V1921 ()ShanghaiChinaGold
VI1923 ()OsakaJapanGold
VII1925 ()ManilaPhilippinesGold
VIII1927 ()ShanghaiChinaSilver
IX1930 ()TokyoJapanSilver
X1934 () ManilaPhilippinesGold

Current roster
Philippines roster - 2021 World Baseball Classic Qualifier
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  • J.R. Bunda
  • Pablo Luis Capati
  • Junmar Diarao
  • Vladimir Eguia
  • Francis Michael Gesmundo
  • Romeo Jasmin Jr.
  • Juan Diego Lozano
  • Juan Paulo Macaset
  • Andrew Magno
  • Carlos Alberto Muñoz
  • Devon Ramírez
  • Peter Reyes
  • Miguel José Salud
  • Yuki Takayama
  • Jerome Yenson
 Catchers
  • Dino Altomonte
  • Riley Conlan
  • Alfredo de Guzmán III

Infielders

  • Adriane Ros Bernardo
  • Brady Conlan
  • Chase d'Arnaud
  • Juan Álvaro Macaset
  • Angelo Songco

Outfielders

  • Dominic Abbadessa
  • Erwin Bosito
  • Jonhil Carreon
  • Menelik Israel
  • Andre Mercurio
  • Tim Tebow
 Manager

Tim Hulett
Coaches
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References
  1. Fidler, Gabriel. "Philippines Preparing for Baseball Renaissance". Mister Baseball. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  2. Ochosa, Mike (24 September 2015). "Philippine baseball's lost opportunity". Rappler. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. "Woodward, Hulett to manage in World Classic qualifying". NZ Herald. NZME. Publishing Limited. Associated Press. 28 January 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. Leongson, Randolph (29 September 2017). "PH side looking to overachieve in Asian Baseball Championship". Inquirer.net. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
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