Caribbean Series

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The Caribbean Series is a baseball tournament, the brainchild of the Venezuelans Oscar "El Negro" Prieto and Pablo Morales, who devised the idea after the seeing the success of the Serie Interamericana (Inter-American Series) in 1946, which featured the Sultanes de Monterrey from Mexico; the All Cubans from Cuba; the Brooklyn Bushwicks from the United States; and Cervecería Caracas from Venezuela. The Bushwicks won each year from 1946 to 1949, but Cervecería Caracas won the final Serie Interamericana in 1950.

Inspired by the Serie Interamericana, Prieto and Morales presented their idea for a CBWS to a Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe (CBC, Baseball Confederation of the Caribbean in English) conference in Miami in late 1948. Cuba agreed to host the first series, which would feature the top team from each of the nations that were then CBC members — Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela — in a six-day series of doubleheader games to determine the winner.

The series ran annually from 1949 to 1960, with Cuba winning seven times. However, the CBWS was cancelled after Fidel Castro dissolved all professional baseball in Cuba in 1961, replacing the professional teams with a state-run amateur system. It wouldn't be until 1970 that the CBWS was revived.

The Series, which is usually played over six days, typically features up to six games per team, although some series have had games cut from or added to the schedule. The winner of the series is the team with the most wins after each team plays six games.

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[edit] Leagues participating

Currently, the Caribbean Series is affiliated with the Winter League programs of Major League Baseball, featuring MLB players and prospects from the Dominican Winter League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Also, ideas to include teams from Colombia and Nicaragua are currently on the table.

[edit] Series

Year Venue Champion Record
1949 Flag of Cuba La Habana Flag of Cuba Almendares 6-0
1950 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Panama Carta Vieja 5-1
1951 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce 5-1
1952 Flag of Panama Ciudad de Panama Flag of Cuba La Habana 5-0
1953 Flag of Cuba La Habana Flag of Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (2) 5-0
1954 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas 4-2
1955 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (3) 5-1
1956 Flag of Panama Ciudad de Panama Flag of Cuba Cienfuegos 5-1
1957 Flag of Cuba La Habana Flag of Cuba Marianao 5-0
1958 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Cuba Marianao (2) 4-2
1959 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Cuba Almendares (2) 5-0
1960 Flag of Panama Ciudad de Panama Flag of Cuba Cienfuegos (2) 6-0
1961-1969 None held
1970 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Venezuela Navegantes del Magallanes 7-1
1971 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey 6-0
1972 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of Puerto Rico Leones de Ponce 5-1
1973 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (2) 5-1
1974 Flag of Mexico Hermosillo Flag of Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas (2) 4-2
1975 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Puerto Rico Vaqueros de Bayamón 5-1
1976 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo & Santiago Flag of Mexico Naranjeros de Hermosillo 5-1
1977 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (3) 6-0
1978 Flag of Mexico Mazatlan Flag of Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez 5-1
1979 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Venezuela Navegantes del Magallanes (2) 5-1
1980 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (4) 4-2
1981 None held
1982 Flag of Mexico Hermosillo Flag of Venezuela Leones del Caracas 5-1
1983 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Puerto Rico Lobos de Arecibo 5-1
1984 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Venezuela Águilas del Zulia 5-1
1985 Flag of Mexico Mazatlan Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (5) 5-1
1986 Flag of Venezuela Maracaibo Flag of Mexico Águilas de Mexicali 4-2
1987 Flag of Mexico Hermosillo Flag of Puerto Rico Criollos de Caguas (3) 5-2
1988 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of the Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido 4-2
1989 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Venezuela Águilas del Zulia (2) 5-1
1990 Flag of the United States Miami Flag of the Dominican Republic Leones del Escogido (2) 5-1
1991 Flag of the United States Miami Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (6) 5-1
1992 Flag of Mexico Hermosillo Flag of Puerto Rico Indios de Mayagüez (2) 5-1
1993 Flag of Mexico Mazatlan Flag of Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (4) 5-2
1994 Flag of Venezuela Puerto la Cruz Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (7) 5-1
1995 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of Puerto Rico Senadores de San Juan 6-0
1996 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of Mexico Tomateros de Culiacán 5-1
1997 Flag of Mexico Hermosillo Flag of the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas 4-2
1998 Flag of Venezuela Puerto la Cruz Flag of the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas (2) 6-0
1999 Flag of Puerto Rico San Juan Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (8) 5-2
2000 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of Puerto Rico Cangrejeros de Santurce (5) 6-0
2001 Flag of Mexico Culiacan Flag of the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas (3) 4-2
2002 Flag of Venezuela Caracas Flag of Mexico Tomateros de Culiacán (2) 5-1
2003 Flag of Puerto Rico Carolina Flag of the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas (4)[1] 6-1
2004 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (9) 5-1
2005 Flag of Mexico Mazatlán Flag of Mexico Venados de Mazatlán 5-1
2006 Flag of Venezuela Valencia & Maracay Flag of Venezuela Leones del Caracas (2) 6-0
2007 Flag of Puerto Rico Carolina Flag of the Dominican Republic Águilas Cibaeñas (5) 4-2
2008 Flag of the Dominican Republic Santiago Flag of the Dominican Republic Tigres del Licey (10) 5-1

[edit] Championships by team

[edit] Championships by country

  • Dominican Republic, 17 times: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990-91, 1994, 1997-99, 2001, 2003-04, 2007, 2008
  • Puerto Rico, 14 times: 1951, 1953-55, 1972, 1974-75, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1992-93, 1995, 2000
  • Cuba, seven times: 1949, 1952, 1956-59, 1960
  • Venezuela, six times: 1970, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2006
  • Mexico, five times: 1976, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005
  • Panama, one time: 1950

[edit] See also

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Pease, Gabrielle (January 17, 2003). Venezuela Out Of Caribbean Series, Puerto Rico To Field Two Teams. Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved on 2006-10-20. The general strike against Hugo Chávez, results in Venezuela being unable to field a team. The Puerto Rican runner-up, Criollos de Caguas, plays instead.

[edit] Sources

  • Antero Núñez, José. Series del Caribe. Jefferson, Caracas, Venezuela: Impresos Urbina, C.A., 1987.
  • Gutiérrez, Daniel. Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela – 1895-2006 . Caracas, Venezuela: Impresión Arte, C.A., 2007.

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