2024 Caribbean Series

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2024 Caribbean Series
Tournament details
Country United States
City Miami
Venue(s) LoanDepot Park
DatesFebruary 1 – February 9, 2024
Teams7
Final positions
Champions Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de la Guaira (1st title)
Runner-up Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey
Third place Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí
Fourth place Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns
  2023
2025  

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]

Contents

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

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

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

TeamManagerMeans of qualification
Flag of Mexico.svg Naranjeros de Hermosillo Flag of Mexico.svg Juan Castro Winners of the 2023–24 Mexican Pacific League
Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí Flag of Panama.svg José Mayorga Winners of the 2023–24 Panamanian Professional Baseball League
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Yadier Molina Winners of the 2023–24 Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Gilbert Gómez Winners of the 2023–24 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira Flag of Venezuela.svg Ozzie Guillén Winners of the 2023–24 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Gigantes de Rivas Flag of Nicaragua.svg Marvin Benard Winners of the 2023–24 Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg Hainley Statia Winners of the 2023 Curaçao Professional Baseball League

Preliminary round

PosTeamPldWLRFRARDPCTGBQualification
1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira 6512914+15.833 [lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí 6513322+11.833 [lower-alpha 1]
3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey 63315216.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2
4 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns 63319212.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2
5 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas 6332220+2.500 [lower-alpha 2] 2
6 Flag of Mexico.svg Naranjeros de Hermosillo 6242321+2.3333
7 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Gigantes de Rivas 606143622.0005
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Wins; 2) Head-to-head matches; 3) Team quality balance; 4) Batting average; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:
  1. 1 2 Head-to-head: Tiburones 1-0; Federales 0-1
  2. 1 2 3 Head-to-head: Tigres 2-0; Suns 1-1; Criollos 0-2
Time zone: Time in Florida (UTC-5)
GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
1February 110:30 Gigantes de Rivas Flag of Nicaragua.svg 2−5 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (7,724)
2February 115:30 Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg 6−5 Flag of Mexico.svg Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (5,763)
3February 120:30 Tiburones de La Guaira Flag of Venezuela.svg 3−1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (27,338)
4February 210:30 Federales de Chiriquí Flag of Panama.svg 7−3 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (4,887)
5February 215:30 Tigres del Licey Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 5−4 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (10,710)
6February 220:30 Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 2−0 Flag of Mexico.svg Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (11,816)
7February 310:30 Tiburones de La Guaira Flag of Venezuela.svg 4−2 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (10,512)
8February 315:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo Flag of Mexico.svg 3−4 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (7,034)
9February 320:30 Tigres del Licey Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 5−2 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (35,972)
10February 410:30 Federales de Chiriquí Flag of Panama.svg 6−3 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (12,342)
11February 415:30 Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 6−2 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (32,092)
12February 420:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo Flag of Mexico.svg 9−1 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (14,308)
13February 510:30 Gigantes de Rivas Flag of Nicaragua.svg 3−6 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns LoanDepot Park (5,225)
14February 515:30 Tiburones de La Guaira Flag of Venezuela.svg 6−1 Flag of Mexico.svg Naranjeros de Hermosillo LoanDepot Park (9,021)
15February 520:30 Criollos de Caguas Flag of Puerto Rico.svg 7−9 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (7,218)
16February 610:30 Naranjeros de Hermosillo Flag of Mexico.svg 5−2 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Gigantes de Rivas LoanDepot Park (6,267)
17February 615:30 Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg 0−2 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey LoanDepot Park (8,761)
18February 620:30 Federales de Chiriquí Flag of Panama.svg 4−5 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (11,801)
19February 710:30 Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg 2−0 Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Criollos de Caguas LoanDepot Park (6,870)
20February 715:30 Tigres del Licey Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 1−3 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (8,817)
21February 720:30 Gigantes de Rivas Flag of Nicaragua.svg 0−9 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (13,488)

Knockout stage

Semi-finals Final
      
1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira 6
4 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns 2
1 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira 3
3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey 0
2 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí 1
3 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey 4Third-place play-off
2 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí 5
4 Flag of Curacao.svg Curaçao Suns 4

Semi-finals

GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
22February 815:00 Tigres del Licey Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg 4−1 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (14,265)
23February 820:00 Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg 2−6 Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira LoanDepot Park (20,459)

Third-place play-off

GameDateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
24February 915:00 Curaçao Suns Flag of Curacao.svg 4−5 Flag of Panama.svg Federales de Chiriquí LoanDepot Park (10,958)

Final

Game 25 February 9, 2024 20:00 at LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida
Team123456789 R H E
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey 000000000060
Flag of Venezuela.svg Tiburones de La Guaira 00012000X390
WP: Ricardo Pinto (1-0)   LP: Cesar Valdez (0-1)
Attendance: 36,677
Boxscore

Statistical leaders

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

Batting

StatisticNameTotal/Avg
Batting average* Flag of Venezuela.svg Alexi Amarista .474
Hits 3 tied with [note 1] 10
Runs Flag of Panama.svg Johnny Yussef Santos7
Home runs 5 tied with [note 2] 2
Runs batted in 2 tied with [note 3] 8
Stolen bases Flag of Venezuela.svg Hernán Pérez 4
On-base percentage* Flag of Panama.svg Iván Herrera .556
Slugging percentage* Flag of Panama.svg Johnny Yussef Santos.833
OPS* Flag of Mexico.svg Aaron Altherr 1.308

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game

Pitching

StatisticNameTotal/Avg
ERA 9 tied with [note 4] 0.00
Saves Flag of Venezuela.svg Arnaldo Jose Hernandez3
Innings pitched Flag of Venezuela.svg Angel Padron12.1
Strikeouts 2 tied with [note 5] 10
WHIP* Flag of Venezuela.svg Anthony Vizcaya0.25

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

Awards