Carrao Bracho Trophy

Carrao Bracho Trophy

Sport	Baseball
League	Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
Awarded for	Best regular season pitcher
History
First award	1986 (Ubaldo Heredia)
Most wins	Omar Daal, Jeff Farnsworth, Raul Rivero (2)
Most recent	Junior Guerra

The Carrao Bracho Trophy (Spanish: Premio Carrao Bracho, lit. "Carrao Bracho Award") is given annually to the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League pitcher who has recorded the best individual performance in that year, as voted on by members of the media.

The award was originally created in 1985 as the VPBL Pitcher of the Year Award, and was renamed Carrao Bracho Trophy since 1995 to honour José "Carrao" Bracho, who spent 26 years in the league.

Bracho still owns all-time career records in several pitching categories, including most wins, complete games, strikeouts and innings pitched, as well as the record for the most wins in a single-season.

Award winners

As of 30 January 2014. ^[1]

Season	Pitcher	Team	Record	ERA	K's	Ref.
1985–86	Ubaldo Heredia	Leones del Caracas	8-3	2.44	48
1986–87	Dennis Powell	Leones del Caracas	7-0	1.68	31
1987–88	Oswald Peraza	Cardenales de Lara	6-1	1.16	42
1988–89	Julio César Strauss	Leones del Caracas	8-1	2.14	31
1989–90	Jim Neidlinger	Leones del Caracas	8-2	2.99	65
1990–91	Joe Ausanio	Tigres de Aragua	8-4	2.94	68
1991–92	Wilson Álvarez	Águilas del Zulia	8-0	1.47	64
1992–93	Antonio Castillo	Cardenales de Lara	9-4	2.22	79
1993–94	Juan Carlos Pulido	Navegantes del Magallanes	11-1	2.24	50
1994–95	Richard Garcés	Tigres de Aragua	3-0	0.30	32
1995–96	Omar Daal	Leones del Caracas	10-2	1.68	73
1996–97	Omar Daal (2)	Leones del Caracas	9-1	1.49	64
1997–98	Beiker Graterol	Cardenales de Lara	9-1	1.67	50
1998–99	Mike Romano	Cardenales de Lara	8-1	2.49	36
1999–00	Keith Evans	Pastora de los Llanos	9-2	2.49	47
2000–01	Edwin Hurtado	Cardenales de Lara	11-1	3.24	66
2001–02	Jeff Farnsworth	Cardenales de Lara	7-0	1.51	38
2002–03	Not held due to a player's strike
2003–04	Jeff Farnsworth (2)	Cardenales de Lara	8-3	2.08	86
2004–05	Ricardo Palma	Pastora de los Llanos	6-2	2.02	51
2005–06	Scott Eyre	Tigres de Aragua	9-0	1.26	39
2006–07	Horacio Estrada	Tigres de Aragua	5-1	1.96	50
2007–08	Alex Herrera	Caribes de Anzoátegui	8-2	3.89	52
2008–09	David Austen	Águilas del Zulia	8-2	1.98	38
2009–10	Jean Machí	Navegantes del Magallanes	2-0	1.25	27
2010–11	Andrew Baldwin	Caribes de Anzoátegui	5-2	2.08	47	[2]
2011–12	Renyel Pinto	Caribes de Anzoátegui	6-1	2.43	73	[3]
2012–13	Dwayne Pollok	Águilas del Zulia	7–2	2.36	46	[4]
2013–14	Mitch Lively	Navegantes del Magallanes	6–1	1.70	41	[5]
2014–15	José Álvarez	Caribes de Anzoátegui	6–2	1.91	40	[6]
2015–16	Raul Rivero	Cardenales de Lara	7–4	2.03	54	[7]
2016–17	Raul Rivero (2)	Cardenales de Lara	7–1	2.17	61	[7]
2017–18	Guillermo Moscoso	Tigres de Aragua	5–2	2.05	45	[7]
2018–19	Jorge Martínez	Cardenales de Lara	5–3	2.26	40	[7]
2019–20	Yohan Pino	Navegantes del Magallanes	5–1	2.11	40	[7]
2020–21	Erick Leal	Navegantes del Magallanes	7–7	1.31	24	[7]
2021–22	Jackson Stephens	Cardenales de Lara	6–3	1.82	44	[7]
2022–23	Mario Sanchez	Águilas del Zulia	2–3	2.38	34	[7]
2023–24	Osmer Morales	Bravos de Margarita	7–0	2.26	51	[7]
2024–25	Junior Guerra	Navegantes del Magallanes	8–1	2.63	48	[7]

References

1. "Historia - lvbp.com". 2014-01-30. Archived from the original on 2014-01-30. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
2. "Andrew Baldwin, Ryan Vogelsong, Yusmeiro Petit y Yorman Bazardo se contaron entre los mejores lanzadores del campeonato. ¿Quién fue el mejor?". El Emergente. 3 January 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
3. "Renyel Pinto le ganó a Austin Bibens-Dirkx el duelo de pitcheo". El Emergente. 13 January 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
4. "Pollok es el Pitcher del Año en la LVBP". MLB.com. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
5. "Mitch Lively named Venezuelan Winter League Pitcher of the Year". MiLB.com. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
6. "José Álvarez se llevó el «Carrao Bracho»". El Emergente. 10 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2025.
7. "Lideres". LVBP.com. Retrieved 5 October 2025.