- Philippines national baseball team
Infobox National baseball team
Name = Philippines national baseball team
Country = flag|Philippines
Federation =Philippine Amateur Baseball Association
Confederation =Baseball Federation of Asia
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baseball team of thePhilippines represents the country and competes in international matches and tournaments. It is organized by the Philippine Amateur Baseball Association.They were the inaugural champions of the
Asian Baseball Championship s 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 clubs such as Japan, Chinese Taipei, and Korea, among others.
They have recently participated in the
2006 Intercontinental Cup , and the2006 Asian Games . They won the gold medal at the 2005 Southeast Asian Games when they hosted the biennial meet.Results
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1954 Asian Baseball Championships : 1st
*1955 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1959 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1962 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1963 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1965 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1967 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*1973 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*2001 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*2005 Southeast Asian Games: 1st
*2006 Intercontinental Cup : 8th (last)
*2006 Asian Games: 6th (last)
*2007 Asian Baseball Championships : 4th
*2007 Southeast Asian Games : 2ndRoster
Technical Staff
DELOS REYES, EDGAR (MANAGER) JIMENEZ, RICARDO (COACH) BARADAS, MARCELINA (COACH)
Famous Filipino players
The list consists of players with Filipino lineage who have competed for a
Major League Baseball club, though they did not play for the national team.
*Benny Agbayani (New York Mets (1998-2001),Colorado Rockies andBoston Red Sox (2002))
*Chris Aguila (Florida Marlins (2004-2006))
*Bobby Balcena (Cincinnati Reds (1956))
*Bobby Chouinard (Oakland Athletics ,Milwaukee Brewers ,Arizona Diamondbacks andColorado Rockies )External links
* [http://www.doha-2006.com/gis/menuroot/Biographies/InfoBioByNOC.aspx-noc=PHI&sport=BB&func=A.html Philippine Baseball Team Roster in the 2006 Asian Games]
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