2008–09 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season

The 2008-2009 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional or LVBP):

Contents

Regular season standings

Team Wins Losses Pct GB
(C)Leones del Caracas 42 21 .667
(C)Tigres de Aragua 36 27 .571 6
(C)Cardenales de Lara 33 30 .524 9
(C)Tiburones de la Guaira 31 32 .492 11
(C)Aguilas del Zulia 31 32 .492 11
Navegantes del Magallanes 28 35 .444 14
Caribes de Anzoátegui 28 35 .444 14
Bravos de Margarita 23 40 .365 19

(C)Classified to the Round Robin

Round robin

Team Wins Losses Pct GB
#Leones del Caracas 10 7 .588
#Tigres de Aragua 10 8 .556 0.5
#Tiburones de la Guaira 9 8 .529 1
Cardenales de Lara 7 9 .438 2.5
Aguilas del Zulia 6 10 .375 3.5

(#)Caracas, Aragua and La Guaira played a two-game playoff after finishing with a 9W-7L record:

1st Game: (C)Caracas defeated Aragua

2nd Game: (C)Aragua defeated La Guaira

(C)Classified to the Championship series.

Championship series

Team Wins Losses Pct GB
Tigres de Aragua 4 3 .571
Leones del Caracas 3 4 .429 1

Tigres de Aragua LVBP 2008-2009 Champions

Awards

MVP ("Vitico" Davalillo Award): Jesús Guzmán (Caracas)

Overall Offensive Performer of the year: Jesús Guzmán (Caracas)

Rookie of the year: Max Ramírez (La Guaira)

Comeback of the year: Wilfredo Romero (La Guaira)

Manager of the year ("Chico" Carrasquel Award): Frank Kremblas (Caracas)

Pitcher of the year ("Carrao" Bracho Award): David Austen (Zulia)

Closer of the year: Alex Serrano (Margarita)

Setup of the year: Luke Gregerson (Margarita)

Highlights

Jesús Guzmán broke Pete Koegel's RBI record in a single season, Guzmán finished with 67 RBI (Koegel finished with 65 in the 1973-1974 season).

Tigres de Aragua won their 3rd straight championship becoming the 2nd team in Venezuela in obtaining this.