Major achievements in baseball and softball by nation

This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international baseball and softball tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results
For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:


 * IBAF: International Baseball Federation
 * IOC: International Olympic Committee
 * ISF: International Softball Federation
 * WBSC: World Baseball Softball Confederation

Medals for the demonstration events are NOT counted. Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.

The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, then most first-place results, second-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

General
Official results
 * Baseball
 * Men's Olympic tournament: Results
 * Men's World Baseball Classic: About, Stats
 * Men's WBSC Premier12: Past editions
 * Women's Baseball World Cup: Past editions
 * Softball
 * Women's Olympic tournament: Results
 * Men's Softball World Championship: Past editions
 * Women's Softball World Championship: Past editions