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Estadio Quisqueya baseball stadium in Santo Domingo Dominican Republic
Baseball in the Dominican Republic
CountryDominican Republic
Governing bodyFEDOBE
National team(s)Dominican Republic
First playedlate-19th century
Club competitions
Dominican Professional Baseball League
Dominican Summer League
International competitions
World Baseball Classic

Baseball is the most popular sport in the Dominican Republic. It is a major sport in the country, and was introduced in the late-19th century in the city of San Pedro de Macorís by Cuban immigrants.[1] After the United States, the Dominican Republic has the second-highest number of baseball players in Major League Baseball (MLB).[2] The Dominican Republic national baseball team has won the Baseball World Cup in 1948 and the World Baseball Classic in 2013.

  1. ^ "History of baseball in the Dominican Republic". Major League Baseball. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  2. ^ "The Lure of Baseball in the Dominican Republic". The New York Times. 29 October 2015. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 29 April 2018.

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