Baseball at the 1938 Bolivarian Games

Baseball at the 1938 Bolivarian Games
Tournament details
CountryColombia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
DatesAugust 14–16, 1938
Teams2
Final positions
Champions Venezuela (1st title)
Runners-up Colombia
Tournament statistics
Games played5

Baseball was contested at the 1938 Bolivarian Games in Bogotá, Colombia. It was scheduled as a five-game series between the Colombia and Venezuela national baseball teams, to be held from August 14 to August 19, 1938, at the Campo Deportivo La Salle in Chapinero. Though baseball is popular on the coastal Caribbean region of Colombia, the 1938 games were reportedly the first time that baseball was played in Bogotá.

The tournament was the international debut of the Colombia national team, managed by Enrique Lantigua, a Negro league baseball player from the Dominican Republic. It was the second appearance of the Venezuela national team, which had debuted earlier that year at the Central American and Caribbean Games, and was the first time that the team wore its distinctive "vinotinto" red color.

The first two games were split between the two participants, with the home team taking each game. However, the third game was postponed due to various oversights by the organizing committee. The remaining games were eventually canceled by the Colombian team, effectively forfeiting the title to Venezuela.