The Industriales de Valencia was a baseball club who played from 1955 through 1968 in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. The Industriales joined the league as a replacement for the Santa Marta BBC.
The Industriales were based at Valencia, the capital city of Carabobo state, and played their home games at Estadio Cuatricentenario.
The Valencia club won five season titles, four championships and three sub-championships in its 13-season history, representing Venezuela in the first stage of the Caribbean Series in the 1956 and 1958 tournaments. It also won the 1961 Interamerican Series.
Despite their successful performance at the league, the Industriales folded in 1968 due to low attendance numbers. They relocated to Portuguesa state for the 1968–1969 season, and were renamed Llaneros de Acarigua.
Season | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes |
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1955-56 | 33-21 | 1st | Regino Otero | Championship title |
1956-57 | 12-14 (1st half) 18-8 (2nd half) | 4th 1st | Regino Otero | Lost championship series |
1957-58 | 23-18 | 1st | Regino Otero | 1st round series winner 2nd round series winner Championship title |
1958-59 | 28-18 | 1st | Regino Otero | Lost semifinal round |
1959-60 | 16-13 | -- | Jim Fanning | Season suspended by players' strike |
1960-61 | 30-22 | 1st | Rodolfo Fernández | Won semifinal round Championship title |
1961-62 | 21-30 | 3rd | Rodolfo Fernández Julio Bracho | Did not qualify for the playoffs |
1962-63 | 23-16 | 1st | Robert Hoffman | Won semifinal round Championship title |
1963-64 | 26-24 | (tied for 1st) | Dave Bristol | Lost championship series |
1964-65 | 25-25 | 3rd | Rodolfo Fernández Robert Davis | Did not qualify for the playoffs |
1965-66 | 36-24 | 2nd | Johnny Lipon | Won semifinal round Lost championship series |
1966-67 | 32-30 | (tied for 3rd) | Johnny Lipon | Lost semifinal round |
1967-68 | 27-23 | 4th | Mel McGaha Alfonso Carrasquel | Did not qualify for the playoffs |
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