2013 World Baseball Classic rosters
Player No Pos DOB and age Team League Birthplace
Henderson Álvarez 37 P ( 1990-04-18 ) April 18 , 1990 ( aged 22 ) Miami Marlins Major League Baseball Valencia , Venezuela
Ronald Belisario 51 P ( 1982-12-31 ) December 31 , 1982 ( aged 30 ) Los Angeles Dodgers Major League Baseball Maracay , Venezuela
Jhoulys Chacín 45 P ( 1988-01-07 ) January 7 , 1988 ( aged 25 ) Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball Maracaibo , Venezuela
Enrique González 31 P ( 1982-07-14 ) July 14 , 1982 ( aged 30 ) Saitama Seibu Lions Nippon Professional Baseball Bolivar , Venezuela
Deolis Guerra 32 P ( 1989-04-17 ) April 17 , 1989 ( aged 23 ) Minnesota Twins Major League Baseball San Felix , Venezuela
César Jiménez 36 P ( 1984-11-27 ) November 27 , 1984 ( aged 28 ) Philadelphia Phillies ( minors ) Major League Baseball Cumaná , Sucre , Venezuela
Wil Ledezma 47 P ( 1981-01-21 ) January 21 , 1981 ( aged 32 ) Chiba Lotte Marines Nippon Professional Baseball Valle de la Pascua , Guárico , Venezuela
Ramón A. Ramírez 71 P ( 1982-09-16 ) September 16 , 1982 ( aged 30 ) Leones de Yucatán Mexican League Cagua , Venezuela
Juan Rincón 39 P ( 1979-01-23 ) January 23 , 1979 ( aged 34 ) Maracaibo , Venezuela
Francisco Rodríguez 57 P ( 1982-01-07 ) January 7 , 1982 ( aged 31 ) Baltimore Orioles Major League Baseball Caracas , Venezuela
Aníbal Sánchez 27 P ( 1984-02-27 ) February 27 , 1984 ( aged 29 ) Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball Maracay , Venezuela
Rómulo Sánchez 2 P ( 1984-04-28 ) April 28 , 1984 ( aged 28 ) Tampa Bay Rays ( minors ) Major League Baseball Carora , Venezuela
Alex Torres 54 P ( 1987-12-08 ) December 8 , 1987 ( aged 25 ) Tampa Bay Rays Major League Baseball Valencia , Venezuela
Carlos Zambrano 38 P ( 1981-06-01 ) June 1 , 1981 ( aged 31 ) Puerto Cabello , Venezuela
Ramón Hernández 55 C ( 1976-05-20 ) May 20 , 1976 ( aged 36 ) Colorado Rockies Major League Baseball Caracas , Venezuela
Miguel Montero 26 C ( 1983-07-09 ) July 9 , 1983 ( aged 29 ) Arizona Diamondbacks Major League Baseball Caracas , Venezuela
Salvador Pérez 15 C ( 1990-05-10 ) May 10 , 1990 ( aged 22 ) Kansas City Royals Major League Baseball Valencia , Venezuela
Elvis Andrus 1 IF ( 1988-08-26 ) August 26 , 1988 ( aged 24 ) Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Maracay , Venezuela
Asdrúbal Cabrera 13 IF ( 1985-11-13 ) November 13 , 1985 ( aged 27 ) Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball Puerto la Cruz , Venezuela
Miguel Cabrera 24 IF ( 1983-04-18 ) April 18 , 1983 ( aged 29 ) Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball Maracay , Venezuela
Pool C -- Venezuela
Manager Luis Dorante , Luis Sojo Coaches Wilson Álvarez , Marco Davalillo , Sr. , Andrés Galarraga , Carlos García , Omar Malave
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC). The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. Provisional rosters were announced on January 17, and final rosters were announced on February 20. In the WBC, starting pitchers are allowed to throw 65 pitches in first-round games. This limit increases to 80 in the second round and 95 in the semifinal and final rounds. If a starting pitcher throws over 50 pitches in a game, he must not pitch again for a minimum of four days. Relief pitchers are allowed to pitch on consecutive days only if they threw less than 30 pitches on the previous day. Pitchers are not allowed to pitch on three consecutive days under any circumstances. Injured players could be freely replaced before the team's first game. Once a team begins play, injured catchers can be replaced at any time, but other injured players cannot be replaced until the team advances to the next round of the tournament. The United States provisional roster is made up entirely of players from Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Dominican Republic provisional roster has only one player not signed to a team for the 2013 season. The Canadian team has 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012, while Japan has none (three prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish, Ichiro Suzuki and two-time defending WBC MVP Daisuke Matsuzaka, chose not to play).