Puerto Rico national baseball team

Puerto Rico national baseball team
Information
Country	Puerto Rico
Federation	Federación de Béisbol Aficionado de Puerto Rico
Confederation	COPABE
Manager	Yadier Molina (WBC) Juan González (WBSC)
WBSC ranking
Current	12 (18 December 2023)[1]
Highest	9 (December 2014)
Lowest	16 (December 2021)
Uniforms
Home Away Alternate
World Baseball Classic
Appearances	5 (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	10 (first in 1959)
Best result	1st (1 time, in 2019)

The Puerto Rico national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Puerto Rico), also known as Team Rubio^[2] is the national baseball team of Puerto Rico. The men's senior team is currently ranked 13th in the world.^[1] Puerto Rico is the incumbent Pan American and Central American/Caribbean champion, as well as the 2017 World Baseball Classic runner-up. The team will compete against Israel, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Nicaragua in the 2023 World Baseball Classic in March 2023 in Miami, Florida.

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 the 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 other 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.