2024 Caribbean Series

2024 baseball tournament

2024 Caribbean SeriesTournament details

Country| United States
City| Miami
Venue(s)| LoanDepot Park
Dates| February 1 – February 9, 2024
Teams| 7
Final positions
Champions|  Tiburones de la Guaira (1st title)
Runners-up|  Tigres del Licey
Third place|  Federales de Chiriquí
Fourth place|  Curaçao Suns
Tournament statistics
Games played| 25
Attendance| 340,325 (13,613 per game)
Awards
MVP|  Ricardo Pinto (Tiburones de la Guaira)

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The 2024 Caribbean Series was the 66th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, played from February 1 to February 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]

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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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

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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

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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 |

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| 1 |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 6 | |
| 4 |  Curaçao Suns | 2 |
| | 1 |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 3 |
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| 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

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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

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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

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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

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Batting average*  |  Alexi Amarista |  Tiburones de La Guaira | .474
Hits | 3 tied with[note 1] | 10
Runs |  Jhonny Yussef Santos  |  Federales de Chiriquí | 7
Home runs | 5 tied with[note 2] | 2
Runs batted in | 2 tied with[note 3] | 8
Stolen bases |  Hernán Pérez |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 4
On-base percentage*  |  Iván Herrera |  Federales de Chiriquí | .556
Slugging percentage*  |  Jhonny Yussef Santos  |  Federales de Chiriquí | .833
OPS*  |  Aaron Altherr |  Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 1.308

* Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per team game

### Pitching

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Statistic  | Name  | Team  | Total/Avg

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ERA | 9 tied with[note 4] | 0.00
Saves |  Arnaldo Jose Hernandez  |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 3
Innings pitched |  Ángel Padrón |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 12.1
Strikeouts | 2 tied with[note 5] | 10
WHIP*  |  Anthony Vizcaya |  Tiburones de La Guaira | 0.25

* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

## Awards

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All-Tournament Team [4] Pos. | Player  | Team

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SP |  Ángel Padrón |  Tiburones de La Guaira
RP |  Jairo Asencio |  Tigres del Licey
C |  Iván Herrera |  Federales de Chiriquí
1B |  Hernán Pérez |  Tiburones de La Guaira
2B |  Robinson Canó |  Tigres del Licey
3B |  Dawel Lugo |  Tigres del Licey
SS |  Jack López |  Criollos de Caguas
OF |  Aaron Altherr |  Naranjeros de Hermosillo
Alexi Amarista |  Tiburones de La Guaira
Wladimir Balentien |  Curaçao Suns
DH |  Nelson Velázquez |  Criollos de Caguas
Man. |  José Mayorga  |  Federales de Chiriquí

## 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, Julián 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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