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2024 Caribbean Series

The 2024 Caribbean Series was the 66th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, played from February 1-9, 2024, at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, United States. This was the first time since the 1991 series that the Caribbean Series was held outside of Latin America, as well as the first Caribbean Series that was held at a Major League Baseball ballpark.[1]

2024 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
CityMiami
Venue(s)LoanDepot Park
DatesFebruary 1 – February 9, 2024
Teams7
Final positions
ChampionsVenezuela Tiburones de la Guaira (1st title)
Runner-upDominican Republic Tigres del Licey
Third placePanama Federales de Chiriquí
Fourth placeCuraçao Curaçao Suns
← 2023
2025 →

The series brought together the champions of seven professional baseball leagues: the four full members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Venezuela), plus three guests (Curaçao, Nicaragua and Panama).[2]

Tiburones de la Guaira won their first championship, representing Venezuela.

Summary

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On February 3, the game between the Tigres del Licey and Criollos de Caguas had an attendance of 35,972 fans; the highest attendance ever for a Caribbean Series game.

On February 7, Ángel Padrón of the Tiburones de La Guaira completed a no-hitter against Gigantes de Rivas. It was the first no-hitter since the 1952 Caribbean Series, the second ever in the tournament's history, and the first thrown by a pitcher of Hispanic origin.

On February 9, the Championship Game between Tigres and Tiburones was played in front of 36,677 fans; breaking the record from February 3rd.

Tournament format

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A single round-robin format was used; each team faced each other once. The four teams with the best records advanced to the semifinals (1st vs. 4th and 2nd vs. 3rd). The two losers met in the 3rd place match and the two winners met in the final to decide the tournament champion.[3]

Participating teams

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Team Manager Means of qualification
  Naranjeros de Hermosillo   Juan Castro Winners of the 2023–24 Mexican Pacific League
  Federales de Chiriquí   José Mayorga Winners of the 2023–24 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
  Criollos de Caguas   Yadier Molina Winners of the 2023–24 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
  Tigres del Licey   Gilbert Gómez Winners of the 2023–24 Dominican Professional Baseball League
  Tiburones de La Guaira   Ozzie Guillén Winners of the 2023–24 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
  Gigantes de Rivas   Marvin Benard Winners of the 2023–24 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
  Curaçao Suns   Hainley Statia Winners of the 2023 Curaçao Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round

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Pos Team Pld W L RF RA RD PCT GB Qualification
1   Tiburones de La Guaira 6 5 1 29 14 +15 .833[a] — Advance to knockout stage
2   Federales de Chiriquí 6 5 1 33 22 +11 .833[a] —
3   Tigres del Licey 6 3 3 15 21 −6 .500[b] 2
4   Curaçao Suns 6 3 3 19 21 −2 .500[b] 2
5   Criollos de Caguas 6 3 3 22 20 +2 .500[b] 2
6   Naranjeros de Hermosillo 6 2 4 23 21 +2 .333 3
7   Gigantes de Rivas 6 0 6 14 36 −22 .000 5
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head: Tiburones 1-0; Federales 0-1
  2. ^ a b c Head-to-head: Tigres 2-0; Suns 1-1; Criollos 0-2
Time zone: Time in Florida (UTC−05:00)
Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
1 February 1 10:30 Gigantes de Rivas   2−5   Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (7,724)
2 February 1 15:30 Curaçao Suns   6−5   Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (5,763)
3 February 1 20:30 Tiburones de La Guaira   3−1   Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (27,338)
4 February 2 10:30 Federales de Chiriquí   7−3   Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (4,887)
5 February 2 15:30 Tigres del Licey   5−4   Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (10,710)
6 February 2 20:30 Criollos de Caguas   2−0   Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (11,816)
7 February 3 10:30 Tiburones de La Guaira   4−2   Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (10,512)
8 February 3 15:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo   3−4   Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (7,034)
9 February 3 20:30 Tigres del Licey   5−2   Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (35,972)
10 February 4 10:30 Federales de Chiriquí   6−3   Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (12,342)
11 February 4 15:30 Criollos de Caguas   6−2   Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (32,092)
12 February 4 20:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo   9−1   Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (14,308)
13 February 5 10:30 Gigantes de Rivas   3−6   Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (5,225)
14 February 5 15:30 Tiburones de La Guaira   6−1   Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (9,021)
15 February 5 20:30 Criollos de Caguas   7−9   Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (7,218)
16 February 6 10:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo   5−2   Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (6,267)
17 February 6 15:30 Curaçao Suns   0−2   Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (8,761)
18 February 6 20:30 Federales de Chiriquí   4−5   Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (11,801)
19 February 7 10:30 Curaçao Suns   2−0   Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (6,870)
20 February 7 15:30 Tigres del Licey   1−3   Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (8,817)
21 February 7 20:30 Gigantes de Rivas   0−9   Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (13,488)

Knockout stage

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Semi-finals Final
      
1   Tiburones de La Guaira 6
4   Curaçao Suns 2
1   Tiburones de La Guaira 3
3   Tigres del Licey 0
2   Federales de Chiriquí 1
3   Tigres del Licey 4 Third-place play-off
2   Federales de Chiriquí 5
4   Curaçao Suns 4

Semi-finals

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Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
22 February 8 15:00 Tigres del Licey   4−1   Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (14,265)
23 February 8 20:00 Curaçao Suns   2−6   Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (20,459)

Third-place play-off

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Game Date Time Away Result Home Stadium
24 February 9 15:00 Curaçao Suns   4−5   Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (10,958)

Final

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Game 25 February 9, 2024 20:00 at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
  Tigres del Licey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
  Tiburones de La Guaira 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 X 3 9 0
WP: Ricardo Pinto (1-0)   LP: Cesar Valdez (0-1)
Attendance: 36,677
Boxscore

Statistical leaders

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The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.

Batting

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Statistic Name Total/Avg
Batting average*   Alexi Amarista .474
Hits 3 tied with[note 1] 10
Runs   Johnny Yussef Santos 7
Home runs 5 tied with[note 2] 2
Runs batted in 2 tied with[note 3] 8
Stolen bases   Hernán Pérez 4
On-base percentage*   Iván Herrera .556
Slugging percentage*   Johnny Yussef Santos .833
OPS*   Aaron Altherr 1.308

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game

Pitching

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Statistic Name Total/Avg
ERA 9 tied with[note 4] 0.00
Saves   Arnaldo Jose Hernandez 3
Innings pitched   Ángel Padrón 12.1
Strikeouts 2 tied with[note 5] 10
WHIP*   Anthony Vizcaya 0.25

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

Awards

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All-Tournament Team [4]
Pos. Player
SP   Ángel Padrón
RP   Jairo Asencio
C   Iván Herrera
1B   Hernán Pérez
2B   Robinson Canó
3B   Dawel Lugo
SS   Jack López
OF   Aaron Altherr
  Alexi Amarista
  Wladimir Balentien
DH   Nelson Velázquez
Man.   José Mayorga

References

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  1. ^ De Nicola, Christina (January 29, 2022). "2024 Caribbean Series coming to loanDepot park". MLB.com. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. ^ Enrique Rojas (July 24, 2023). "¿Por qué Colombia se quedó fuera de Serie Caribe 2024?". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish).
  3. ^ Caribe, Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del. "Calendario Serie del Caribe". Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe. Retrieved 2023-12-06.
  4. ^ "Así quedó el Equipo Todos Estrellas de la Serie del Caribe 2024". MLB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 February 2024.

Notes

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  1. ^ Agustín Murillo, Emilio Bonifacio, Dawel Lugo
  2. ^ Aaron Altherr, Wladimir Balentien, Julian Rafael Ornelas, Iván Herrera
  3. ^ Aaron Altherr, Iván Herrera
  4. ^ Zach Matson, Anthony Vizcaya, Anthony Castro, Jorgan Cavanerio, Alex Claudio, Chavez Fernander, Severino González, Heitor Tokar, Ronald Ramirez, Leo Crawford
  5. ^ Raúl Valdés, Jorge Martinez
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