Inter-American Series

Note: This page links to Inter-American Series, a winter league post-season series that superseded the Carribean Series in the 1960s. For the precursor to the Carribean Series, see Serie Interamericana.

The Inter-American Series was a a winter league post-season tournament that was played between the champions of Latin American winter leagues from 1961 to 1963.

History

The Inter-American Series was the successor to the Serie del Caribe (which was discontinued after the Cuban Winter League ended in 1960) and was overseen by the Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe, which had also run the Serie del Caribe.

The four-team tournament featured the league champions of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico of Puerto Rico, the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional of Venezuela, the Panamanian League of Panama and a second team from the host country in 1961 and 1962. Starting with the 1963 Series the champion of the Nicaraguan League of Nicaragua became the fourth team. The Series was abandoned after 1963.

Yearly Results

Year	Host City	Host Country	Dates	First Place	Second Place	Third Place	Fourth Place
1961	Caracas	Venezuela	February 10-16	Industriales de Valencia ( Venezuela )	Rapiños de Occidente (Venezuela)	Senadores de San Juan (Puerto Rico)	Cerveza Balboa (Panama)
1962	San Juan	Puerto Rico	February 6-14	Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)	Leones del Caracas ( Venezuela )	Indios de Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)	Marlboro (Panama)
1963	Ciudad de Panamá	Panama	February 8-14	Chriqui-Bocas (Panama)	Indios del Bóer (Nicaragua)	Indios de Mayagüez (Puerto Rico)	Industriales de Valencia (Venezuela)