Mexico national baseball team

The Mexico national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de México) is the baseball team that represents Mexico in international tournaments. It is currently the 4th-ranked baseball team in the world.^[1]

Mexico National Baseball Team
Information
Country	Mexico
Federation	Federación Mexicana de Béisbol (FEMEBE)
Confederation	WBSC Americas
Manager	Benji Gil
WBSC ranking
Current	5 (5 August 2025)[1]
Highest	2 (November 2 2023)
Lowest	12 (December 2014)
Uniforms
Home Away Third
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	6 (first in 2006)
Best result	3rd (1 time, in 2023)
Olympic Games
Appearances	1 (first in 2020)
Best result	6th (2020)
WBSC Premier12
Appearances	2 (first in 2015)
Best result	3rd (1 time, in 2019)
World Cup
Appearances	22 (first in 1940)
Best result	2nd (4 times, most recent in 1965)
Pan American Games
Appearances	16 (first in 1951)
Best result	3rd (5 times, most recent in 2023)

Team Mexico will compete in the 2026 World Baseball Classic in March 2026.

Current roster

Mexico – 2024 WBSC Premier12 roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 29 R. J. Alaniz 14 Manny Bañuelos 49 Jesús Cruz 58 Edwin Fierro 24 César Gómez 81 Víctor González 54 Jeff Ibarra 45 Luis Miranda 35 Jorge Pérez 44 Gerardo Reyes  2 Wilmer Ríos 69 Luis Rodríguez 59 Fernando Salas 23 Teddy Stankiewicz 15 Jake Thompson		Catchers  3 Tres Barrera 10 Logan Moore 17 Alexis Wilson Infielders  6 Andrés Álvarez 33 Chris Carter 28 Phillip Evans 19 C.J. Hinojosa 18 José Rojas 13 Alan Trejo Outfielders 41 José Gaitán 31 Julián Ornelas 39 Juan Pérez 11 Asael Sánchez		Manager 30 Benji Gil Coaches 99 Alfredo Amézaga 22 Javier Colina  9 Jacob Cruz 92 Manny del Campo 27 Jonathan Jones 56 José Silva

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.^[2]

Legend

  Win   Lose   Void or postponed   Fixture

2019

Pan American Games Q	January 30	Nicaragua	12–4	Mexico	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	January 31	Mexico	13–3	Brazil	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	14:30 BRT		Boxscore

Pan American Games Q	February 1	Mexico	3–2	Dominican Republic	Estádio Nishi, Brazil
	10:00 BRT		Boxscore

Friendly	March 9	Mexico	4–2	Japan	Kyocera Dome, Japan
			Boxscore

Friendly	March 10	Mexico	0–6	Japan	Kyocera Dome, Japan
			Boxscore

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 2	Dominican Republic	1–6 (F/6)	Mexico	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 8,000

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 3	Mexico	8–2	United States	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 10,123

WBSC Premier12 GS	November 5	Netherlands	2–10	Mexico	Estadio Panamericano, Mexico
	19:00 CT		Boxscore		Attendance: 6,895

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 11	Chinese Taipei	0–2	Mexico	ZOZO Marine Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,803

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 12	Australia	0–3	Mexico	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 2,089

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 13	Mexico	1–3	Japan	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 31,776

WBSC Premier12 SR	November 15	Mexico	3–7	South Korea	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	19:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 5,121

WBSC Premier12 3rd	November 17	United States	2–3 (F/10)	Mexico	Tokyo Dome, Japan
	12:00 JT		Boxscore		Attendance: 0

2021

Summer Olympics GS	July 30	Mexico	0–1	Dominican Republic	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	LP: Teddy Stankiewicz	Boxscore	WP: Ángel Sánchez Sv: Luis Castillo (1)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics GS	July 31	Japan	7–4	Mexico	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Masato Morishita Sv: Ryoji Kuribayashi (1) HR: Tetsuto Yamada (1), Hayato Sakamoto (1)	Boxscore	LP: Juan Pablo Oramas HR: Joey Meneses (1)	Attendance: 0

Summer Olympics R1	August 1	Israel	12–5	Mexico	Yokohama Stadium, Japan
	12:00 JT	WP: Zack Weiss HR: Danny Valencia (2)	Boxscore	LP: Manny Barreda	Attendance: 0

2023

World Baseball Classic GS	March 11	Colombia	5–4 (F/10)	Mexico	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: Guillermo Zuñiga (1–0) HR: Reynaldo Rodríguez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Jesús Cruz (0–1) HR: Randy Arozarena (1)	Attendance: 28,497 Umpires: HP: Cory Blaser. 1B: Edwin Louisa. 2B: Doug Eddings. 3B: Jairo Mendoza

World Baseball Classic GS	March 12	Mexico	11–5	United States	Chase Field, United States
	19:00 MT	WP: Patrick Sandoval (1–0) HR: Joey Meneses (2)	Boxscore	LP: Nick Martinez (0–1) HR: Will Smith (1)	Attendance: 47,534 Umpires: HP: Alan Porter. 1B: Jairo Mendoza. 2B: Edwin Louisa. 3B: Cory Blaser.

World Baseball Classic GS	March 14	Great Britain	1–2	Mexico	Chase Field, United States
	19:00 MT	LP: Tahnaj Thomas (0–1)	Boxscore	WP: JoJo Romero (1–0) Sv: Giovanny Gallegos (1)	Attendance: 17,705 Umpires: HP – Cory Blaser, 1B – Carlos Torres, 2B – Félix Tejada, 3B – Jhonatan Biarreta

World Baseball Classic GS	March 15	Mexico	10–3	Canada	Chase Field, United States
	12:00 MT	WP: José Urquidy (1–0) HR: Rowdy Tellez (1)	Boxscore	LP: Rob Zastryzny (0–1) HR: Bo Naylor (1), Edouard Julien (2)	Attendance: 17,245 Umpires: HP – Carlos Torres, 1B – Doug Eddings, 2B – Jhonathan Biarreta, 3B – Edwin Louisa

World Baseball Classic QF	March 17	Puerto Rico	4–5	Mexico	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Alexis Díaz (0–1) HR: Javier Báez (1), Eddie Rosario (2)	Boxscore	WP: JoJo Romero (2–0) Sv: Giovanny Gallegos (2) HR: Isaac Paredes (1)	Attendance: 35,817 Umpires: HP – Will Little, 1B – Atsushi Fukaya, 2B – Ki Talk Park, 3B – Dan Bellino

World Baseball Classic SF	March 20	Mexico	5–6	Japan	loanDepot Park, United States
	19:00 ET	LP: Giovanny Gallegos (0–1) HR: Luis Urias (1)	Boxscore	WP: Taisei Ota (1–0) HR: Masataka Yoshida (2)	Attendance: 35,933 Umpires: HP – Quinn Wolcott, 1B – Ramiro Alfaro, 2B – Jong Chui Park, 3B – Lance Barksdale, LF – Edward Pinales, RF – John Tumpane

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 24	Mexico	4–0	Cuba	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	9:30 UTC–6	WP: Wilmer Ríos	Boxscore	LP: Carlos Viera	Attendance: 450

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 25	El Salvador	0–4	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	20:00 UTC–6	LP: Faustino Carrera	Boxscore	WP: Wilfredo Ramírez HR: Randy Romero (1), Fernando Villegas (1)	Attendance: 1,800

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 27	Nicaragua	0–7	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	17:30 UTC–6	LP: Osman Gutiérrez	Boxscore	WP: Luis Miranda HR: Rainel Rosario (1), Fernando Villegas (1), Emmanuel Ávila (1)	Attendance: 710

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 28	Dominican Republic	6–2	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	17:10 UTC–6	WP: Hansel Paulino HR: Adrián Valerio (1)	Boxscore	LP: Yoanner Negrín	Attendance: 500

Central American and Caribbean Games	June 29	Puerto Rico	4–5	Mexico	Parque Nacional de Pelota Saturnino Bengoa, El Salvador
	15:05 UTC–6	LP: Andrés Santiago HR: Edwin Gómez (1)	Boxscore	WP: Francisco Haro Sv: Samuel Zazueta HR: Fernando Villegas (2)	Attendance: 200

International results

World Baseball Classic

Mexico has competed in all five editions of the World Baseball Classic.

Game log

2006 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score1
March 7, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	0–2 L
March 8, 2006	Scottsdale, Arizona	South Africa	10–4 W
March 9, 2006	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	9–1 W
March 12, 2006	Anaheim, California	South Korea	1–2 L
March 14, 2006	Anaheim, California	Japan	1–6 L
March 16, 2006	Anaheim, California	United States	2–1 W
2009 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score1
March 8, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Australia	7–17 L
March 9, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	South Africa	14–3 W
March 11, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Australia	16–1 W
March 12, 2009	Mexico City, Mexico	Cuba	4–16 L
March 15, 2009	San Diego, California	South Korea	2–8 L
March 17, 2009	San Diego, California	Cuba	4–7 L
2013 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score1
March 7, 2013	Scottsdale, Arizona	Italy	5–6 L
March 8, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	5–2 W
March 9, 2013	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	3–10 L
2017 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score1
March 9, 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Italy	9–10 L
March 11, 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Puerto Rico	4–9 L
March 12. 2017	Guadalajara, Mexico	Venezuela	11–9 W
2023 World Baseball Classic
Date	Location	Opponent	Score1
March 11th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Colombia	4–5 L
March 12th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	United States	11–5 W
March 14th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Great Britain	2-1 W
March 15th, 2023	Phoenix, Arizona	Canada	10–3 W
March 17th, 2023	Miami, Florida	Puerto Rico	5–4 W
March 20th, 2023	Miami, Florida	Japan	5–6 L

¹ – Mexico score always listed first

Record by opponent

Mexican World Baseball Classic Record by opponent
Opponent	Tournaments met	W-L record	Largest victory		Largest defeat		Current streak
			Score	Tournament	Score	Tournament
Australia	1	1–1	16–1 (F/6)	Mexico 2009	17–7 (F/8)	Mexico 2009	W1
Canada	3	2–1	9–1	United States 2006	10–3	United States 2013	W1
Colombia	1	0–1	–		5–4	United States 2023	L1
Cuba	1	0–2	–		16–4 (F/7)	Mexico 2009	L2
Great Britain	1	1–0	2–1	United States 2023	–		W1
Italy	2	0–2	–		10–9	Mexico 2017	L2
Japan	2	0–2	–		6–1	United States 2006	L2
Puerto Rico	2	1–1	5–4	United States 2023	9–4	Mexico 2017	W1
South Africa	2	2–0	14–3	Mexico 2009	–		W2
South Korea	2	0–2	–		8–2	United States 2009	L2
United States	3	3–1	11–5	United States 2023	2–0	United States 2006	W3
Venezuela	1	1–0	11–9	Mexico 2017	–		W1
Overall	5	11–13	Against  Australia		Against  Cuba		L1
			16–1 (F/6)	Mexico 2009	16–4 (F/7)	Mexico 2009

Mexican World Baseball Classic Qualifiers Record by opponent
Opponent	Tournaments met	W-L record	Largest victory		Largest defeat		Current streak
			Score	Tournament	Score	Tournament
Czech Republic	1	1–0	2–1	Mexico 2017	–		W1
Nicaragua	1	2–0	11–0 (F/7)	Mexico 2017	–		W2
Overall	1	3–0	Against  Nicaragua		–		W3
			11-0 (F/7)	Mexico 2017	–	–

Batting records for the national team

The data was taken from the official website of the World Baseball Classic in the section of statistics.^[3] Updated until the last edition 2023.

Hits [H]

#	Player	WBC	AB	H
1	Jorge Cantú	3: '06 '09 '13	63	20
2	Adrián González	4: '06 '09 '13 '17	57	13
	Karim García	3: '06 '09 '13	36	13
4	Joey Meneses	1: '23	27	10
5	Isaac Paredes	1: '23	24	9
	Randy Arozarena	1: '23	20	9

Home Runs [HR]

#	Player	WBC	AB	HR
1	Jorge Cantú	3: '06 '09 '13	63	4
2	Adrián González	4: '06 '09 '13 '17	57	3
	Karim García	3: '06 '09 '13	36	3
4	Joey Meneses	1: '23	27	2
	Oscar Robles	1: '09	13	2
	Esteban Quiroz	1: '17	6	2

Runs Batted In [RBI]

#	Player	WBC	AB	RBI
1	Jorge Cantú	3: '06 '09 '13	63	17
2	Adrián González	4: '06 '09 '13 '17	57	13
3	Randy Arozarena	1: '23	20	9
4	Karim García	3: '06 '09 '13	36	6
	Joey Meneses	1: '23	27	6
	Isaac Paredes	1: '23	24	6
	Luis Alfonso Cruz	3: '06 '09 '17	21	6

Premier12 Tournament

2015

Team Mexico came in fourth in the 2015 WBSC Premier12 Tournament.

2019

Team Mexico won the bronze medal in the 12-team 2019 WBSC Premier12 Tournament in November 2019. Two quota spots were allocated from the Tournament, of the spots for six baseball teams at the 2020 Olympic Games, with Mexico as the top finisher from the Americas earning one spot.^[4] First baseman/left fielder Efrén Navarro led the team with three doubles and shared the team lead with six RBIs, designated hitter Matt Clark led the team with a .440 OBP and an .800 slugging percentage and shared the team lead with three home runs, and second baseman Esteban Quiroz led the team with seven walks.^[5] Half the Team Mexico roster consisted of players with birth certificates form the United States.^[6]

Competitive records

World Baseball Classic

World Baseball Classic record								Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	RS	RA		W	L	RS	RA
2006	Quarterfinals	6th	3	3	23	16		No qualifiers held
2009	Quarterfinals	8th	2	4	47	52
2013	Round 1	11th	1	2	13	18		Automatically qualified
2017	Round 1	13th	1	2	24	28		3	0	25	2
2023	Semifinals	3rd	4	2	37	24		Automatically qualified
2026	To be determined							Automatically qualified
Total	Semifinals	6/6	11	13	144	138		3	0	25	2

Olympic Games

Summer Olympics record									Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	%	RS	RA		Method
1992	Did not qualify								Did not qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008
2020	Preliminary	6th	0	3	.000	9	20		2019 WBSC Premier12
Total	Preliminary	1/6	0	3	.000	9	20

WBSC Premier12

WBSC Premier12 record
Year	Round	Position	W	L	%	RS	RA	Ranking
2015	Fourth Place	4th	3	5	.375	29	50	12th
2019	Third Place	3rd	7	2	.778	44	19	6th
2024	Opening Round	7th	2	3	.400	17	12	2nd
2027	To be determined
Total	Third Place	3/3	10	7	.588	90	81

Baseball World Cup

• 1941 : Bronze
• 1943 : Silver
• 1944 : Silver
• 1961 : Silver
• 1965 : Silver

Continental

Pan American Games

• 1951 Bronze
• 1963 Bronze
• 2003 Bronze
• 2007 Bronze
• 2023 Bronze

Regional

Central American and Caribbean Games

• 1926 Silver
• 1930 Silver
• 1950 Silver
• 1954 Silver
• 1962 Bronze
• 1970 Bronze
• 1993 Silver
• 2006 Bronze
• 2010 Silver
• 2023 Gold

Youth teams

U-23 Baseball World Cup

• 2018 Gold
• 2021 Silver