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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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.
Series
Carta Vieja
Championships by team
Tigres del Licey, 9 times: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004- Águilas Cibaeñas, 5 times: 1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007
Santurce Crabbers, 5 times: 1951, 1953, 1955, 1993, 2000
Championships by country
- Dominican Republic, 16 times: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990-91, 1994, 1997-99, 2001, 2003-04, 2007
- 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
Some notable players who have participated
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Notes and references
- ^ Pease, Gabrielle (January 17, 2003). Venezuela Out Of Caribbean Series, Puerto Rico To Field Two Teams. Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved on October 20, 2006. 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.
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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