Venezuelan League
(Redirected from Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional)
The Venezuelan League, in Spanish Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP), is a winter league based in Venezuela. The league's champion represents the nation in the Caribbean Series, which it has won seven times (1970, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2006, 2009). The league was founded in late 1945, played its first season in 1946 before moving to a fall schedule later that year. The LVBP currently has eight teams. The teams play a first league round of 63 games from October to December and the best 5 teams play a second league phase of 16 games in Round-Robin format in January. The best 2 teams from the Round-Robin then face each other in a best of 7 Final to determine the league's champion.
History[edit]
League Founding[edit]
On December 27, 1945 the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional was founded by Martin Tovar Lange, Don Carlos Lavaud, Juan Rafael Reggeti, and Juan Antonio Yánez. The four founding teams were Cervecería Caracas, Navegantes del Magallanes, Vargas and Venezuela.
The first season began on January 12, 1946. At first, all games were played on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at Estadio Cerveza Caracas in San Agustín, Caracas during the day. After Cerveza Caracas (Caracas Brewery) provided the stadium with lighting, games were added on Tuesday nights. Vargas, managed by Daniel Canónico,won the first championship with 18 wins and 12 loses. The league's second season took place across two calendar years, which the league has continued to do since the 1946-1947 season.
The first Caribbean Series featured the league's 1948/1949 season champion, Caracas. On July 16, 1952 Cerveza Caracas sold its team to Pablo Morales and Oscar Prieto Ortiz who renamed it to the Leones del Caracas. During the same year, Estadio Universitario was built.
League Growth[edit]
The 1953/1954 season saw the replacement of two teams, Vargas and Venezuela, which had both left the LVBP due to economic difficulties. Taking their place were two teams, Gavilanes and Pastora, based in Estado Zulia in the far northwest of the country. The far-flung league would only last for a year. After the season, both Zulia-based teams were dropped. New investors bought back Venezuela and a new team Santa Marta was founded, based in La Guaira, Vargas. The LVBP began its tenth season, in 1954, with four teams. However, the two Zulia teams formed their own Western league with four teams: Gavilanes, Pastora, Rapiños, and Centauros.
Once again for the 1955/1956 season the LVBP's two teams other than Caracas and Magallanes changed. Industriales de Valencia was added to the league and Pampero replaced the Santa Marta and Venezuela franchises. For the 1956/1957 season the Magallanes was renamed Oriente after Joe Novas and Joe Cruz bought the team.
The 1957/1958 season saw the introduction of a post-season series between the two Venezuelan leagues, the Liga Central based around Caracas and the Liga Occidental, based in Zulia. The winner would then be the representative of Venezuela in the Caribbean Series. Up until this season the Venezuelan representative always came from the Liga Central. The first winner of this new playoff format was Industriales which swept Rapiños in four games.
First Strike[edit]
The 1959/1960 Liga Central season was marred by a labor dispute between the Player's Association the team owners. The players had demanded the termination of the recently instituted playoffs system, because the alleging that the players on the eliminated teams were not paid during the semi-finals. The league decided to eliminate playoffs.
In mid-December, Alejandro Carrasquel, manager of Pampero, struck Eduardo Moncada, journalist and a team director. The league suspended Carrasquel for two years and the Player's Association threatened to go on strike in support of Carrasquel, whose penalty seemed overly harsh.
The dissent escallated when the players refused to participate in the All-Star game on December 24 in Maracaibo. In response, several players were suspended by the League and the rest of the season was was cancelled. Rapiños, winners of Liga Occidental, would represented Venezuela in twelth the Caribbean Series in 1960. This would be the last series featuring Cuba or Panama and would be the last series played until 1970.
League Expansion[edit]
Before the 1962/1963 season Pampero franchise became the Tiburones de La Guaira and Oriente became the Orientales in the following season after being purchased by Alfonso Carrasquel and Humberto B. Lozano. That team became the Navegantes del Magallanes once again for the 1964/1965.
The LVBP expanded by two teams for the 1965/1966 season, the Cardenales de Lara based in Barquisimeto and the Tigres de Aragua based in Maracay. Valencia moved outside of Caracas in the same year, three years later the team moved to Acarigua, Portuguesa becoming the Llaneros de Acarigua. The Llaneros lasted one year before being bought by Luis Rodolfo Machado, who had owned the Centauros. They became the Águilas del Zulia and moved to Maracaibo. During the same season (1969/1970), the Navegantes moved Valencia after being bought by a local ownership group. The newly moved team won the league's championship, and represented Venezuela in the reformed Caribbean Series, and become the first Caribbean champion in ten years.
Recent Years[edit]
The 1973/1974 season was cancelled due to a player's strike.
Before the 1975/1976 season the two Caracas-based teams could not reach an agreement to play in the Central University of Venezuela's Estadio Universitario. The Leones del Caracas and Tiburones de La Guaira merged their rosters to form the Llaneros de Portuguesa, nicknamed the Tibuleones. The teams unmerged after the season when they returned to the capital.
In 1991, the LVBP expanded to eight teams with the addition of the Caribes de Oriente and Petroleros de Cabimas. The league also split into two four-team divisions, Oriental (East) and Occidental (West). The top teams from both divisions would play in the semifinals and then the finals to determine the league's champion. The divisional set up was:
| Oriental | Occidental |
|---|---|
| Leones del Caracas | Tigres de Aragua |
| Tiburones de La Guaira | Petroleros de Cabimas |
| Navegantes del Magallanes | Cardenales de Lara |
| Caribes de Oriente | Águilas del Zulia |
The Caribes would change their name to the Caribes de Anzoátegui before the start of the 2005/2006 season. The Petroleros changed their name prior to the 1995/1996 season to the Pastora de Occidente and again before the 2001/2002 to Pastora de los Llanos, then they moved to Margarita Island in 2007/2008 changing their name to Bravos de Margarita. This last move, also marked the supression of the 2 divisions and now all the teams play the same amount of games against each other in the regular season, with the top 5 clubs advancing to the Round-Robin.
Political turmoil in Venezuela led to the league having to default on hosting the Caribbean Series in both 2018 and 2019, although the league champs were still able to take part in the event. Concerns about player safety increased greatly, especially after a tragic accident in which two players - Luis Valbuena and Luis Castillo - were killed in a botched robbery attempt while returning home after a game on December 6, 2018. In 2019, due to sanctions imposed by the U.S. Government on the government of Nicolas Maduro, Major League Baseball instructed its teams not to allow any players under contract to play in the Venezuelan League in order not to run afoul of these sanctions.
Current Teams[edit]
Former Teams[edit]
- Caribes de Oriente
- Industriales de Valencia
- Licoreros de Pampero
- Llaneros de Acarigua
- Llaneros de Portuguesa
- Oriente
- Pastora de los Llanos
- Pastora de Occidente
- Patriotas de Venezuela
- Petroleros de Cabimas
- Sabios de Vargas
- Santa Marta
League Champions[edit]
Championships by Team[edit]
- Leones del Caracas: 18 (1952/1953, 1956/1957, 1961/1962, 1963/1964, 1966/1967, 1967/1968, 1972/1973, 1977/1978, 1979/1980, 1980/1981, 1981/1982, 1986/1987, 1987/1988, 1989/1990, 1994/1995, 2005/2006, 2009/2010, 2022/2023)
- Navegantes del Magallanes: 12 (1949/1950, 1950/1951, 1954/1955, 1969/1970, 1976/1977, 1978/1979, 1993/1994, 1995/1996, 1996/1997, 2001/2002, 2012/2013, 2021/2022)
- Tigres de Aragua: 10 (1971/1972, 1974/1975, 1975/1976, 2003/2004, 2004/2005, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2011/2012, 2015/2016)
- Tiburones de La Guaira: 8 (1964/1965, 1965/1966, 1968/1969, 1970/1971, 1982/1983, 1984/1985, 1985/1986, 2023/2024)
- Águilas del Zulia: 6 (1983/1984, 1988/1989, 1991/1992, 1992/1993, 1999/2000, 2016/2017)
- Cardenales de Lara: 6 (1990/1991, 1997/1998, 1998/1999, 2000/2001, 2018/2019, 2019/2020)
- Industriales de Valencia: 5 (1955/1956, 1957/1958, 1958/1959, 1960/1961, 1962/1963)
- Caribes de Anzoátegui: 4 (2010/2011, 2014/2015, 2017/2018, 2020/2021)
- Cervecería Caracas: 3 (1947/1948, 1948/1949, 1951/1952)
- Equipo Vargas: 2 (1946, 1946/1947)
- Pastora de Occidente: 1 (1953/1954)
Seasonal Champions[edit]
| Team won the Serie del Caribe |
Award Winners[edit]
MVP[edit]
- 1985-1986 Andrés Galarraga, Caracas
- 1986-1987 Cecil Fielder, Lara
- 1987-1988 Luis Salazar, La Guaira
- 1988-1989 Phil Stephenson, Zulia
- 1989-1990 Luis Sojo, Lara
- 1990-1991 Greg Briley, Caracas
- 1991-1992 Chad Curtis, La Guaira
- 1992-1993 Willie Cañate, Lara
- 1993-1994 Luis Sojo, Lara
- 1994-1995 Eduardo Pérez, Aragua
- 1995-1996 Robert Pérez, Lara
- 1996-1997 Magglio Ordóñez, Anzoátegui
- 1997-1998 Alex Cabrera, Occidente
- 1998-1999 Luis Raven, Occidente
- 1999-2000 Roberto Zambrano, Aragua
- 2000-2001 Chris Jones, La Guaira
- 2001-2002 Roberto Zambrano, Aragua
- 2003-2004 Luis Landaeta, Llanos
- 2004-2005 Javier Colina, Llanos
- 2005-2006 Tom Evans, Lara
- 2006-2007 Robert Pérez, Lara
- 2007-2008 Eliezer Alfonzo, Anzoátegui
- 2008-2009 Jesus Guzman, Caracas
- 2009-2010 Ernesto Mejia, Zulia
- 2010-2011 Josh Kroeger, Caracas
- 2011-2012 Gregor Blanco, La Guaira
- 2012-2013 Ernesto Mejia, Zulia
- 2013-2014 Alex Cabrera, La Guaira
- 2014-2015 Odubel Herrera, La Guaira
- 2015-2016 Alex Cabrera, La Guaira
- 2016-2017 Breyvic Valera, Margarita
- 2017-2018 Not awarded
- 2018-2019 Delmon Young, Magallanes
- 2019-2020 Olmo Rosario, Zulia
- 2020-2021 Hernán Pérez, Aragua
Pitcher of the Year[edit]
- 1985-1986 Ubaldo Heredia, Caracas
- 1986-1987 Dennis Powell, Caracas
- 1987-1988 Oswaldo Peraza, Lara
- 1988-1989 Julio Strauss, Caracas
- 1989-1990 Jim Neidlinger, Caracas
- 1990-1991 Joe Ausanio, Aragua
- 1991-1992 Wilson Álvarez, Zulia
- 1992-1993 Tony Castillo, Lara
- 1993-1994 Carlos Pulido, Magallanes
- 1994-1995 Rich Garces, Aragua
- 1995-1996 Omar Daal, Caracas
- 1996-1997 Omar Daal, Caracas
- 1997-1998 Beiker Graterol, Lara
- 1998-1999 Mike Romano, Lara
- 1999-2000 Keith Evans, Occidente
- 2000-2001 Edwin Hurtado, Lara
- 2001-2002 Jeff Farnsworth, Lara
- 2003-2004 Edwin Hurtado, Lara
- 2004-2005 Ricardo Palma, Los Llanos
- 2005-2006 Willie Eyre, Aragua
- 2006-2007 Horacio Estrada, Aragua
- 2007-2008 Alex Herrera, Anzoátegui
- 2008-2009 David Austen, Zulia
- 2009-2010 Jean Machi, Magallanes
- 2010-2011 Andrew Baldwin, Anzoátegui
- 2011-2012 Renyel Pinto, Anzoátegui
- 2012-2013 Dwayne Pollok, Zulia
- 2013-2014 Mitch Lively, Magallanes
- 2014-2015 Jose Alvarez, Anzoátegui
- 2015-2016 Raul Rivero, Lara
- 2016-2017 Raul Rivero, Lara
- 2017-2018 Guillermo Moscoso, Aragua
- 2018-2019 Jorge Martínez, Lara
- 2019-2020 Yohan Pino, Magallanes
- 2020-2021 Erick Leal, Magallanes
Rookie of the Year[edit]
- 1946 Chico Carrasquel, Cerveceria Caracas SS
- 1948-1949 José Bracho, Cerveceria Caracas P
- 1949-1950 Luis García, Magallanes 3B
- 1950-1951 Emilio Cueche, Cerveceria Caracas P
- 1952-1953 Yo-Yo Davalillo, Cerveceria Caracas 3B
- 1953-1954 Luis Aparicio, Gavilanes SS
- 1954-1955 Dario Rubenstein, Magallanes OF
- 1955-1956 Elio Chacón, Valencia IF
- 1956-1957 Teodoro Obregón, Valencia SS
- 1957-1958 Jose Ocanto, Oriente 1B
- 1958-1959 Medardo Nava, Pampero C
- 1959-1960 César Tovar, Magallanes IF
- 1960-1961 Dámaso Blanco, Pampero 3B
- 1961-1962 Hector Urbano, Caracas P
- 1962-1963 Nelson Castellanos, Oriente IF
- 1963-1964 Juan Quintana, La Guaira P
- 1964-1965 Nestor Chavez, Magallanes P
- 1965-1966 Jose Tovar, Aragua 3B
- 1966-1967 Gustavo Sposito, Magallanes IF
- 1967-1968 Carlos Santeliz, Lara OF
- 1968-1969 Roberto Romero, Aracigua ??
- 1969-1970 Virgilio Mata, Aragua IF
- 1970-1971 Simon Barreto, Caracas P
- 1971-1972 Alfonso Collazo, Zulia P
- 1972-1973 Tony Armas Sr., Caracas OF
- 1973-1974 Romualdo Blanco, La Guaira P
- 1974-1975 Willibaldo Quintana, Caracas OF
- 1975-1976 Oswaldo Olivares, Magallanes OF
- 1976-1977 Juan Monasterios, La Guaira OF
- 1977-1978 Alfredo Torres, Magallanes C
- 1978-1979 William Ereu, Lara IF
- 1979-1980 Cesar Suarez, Zulia IF
- 1980-1981 Gus Polidor, La Guaira IF
- 1981-1982 Angel Salazar, La Guaira IF
- 1982-1983 Norm Carrasco, La Guaira 2B
- 1983-1984 Johnny Paredes, Zulia 2B
- 1984-1985 Omar Bencomo, Magallanes P
- 1985-1986 Jesús Méndez, Aragua 1B
- 1986-1987 Luis Sojo, Lara 2B
- 1987-1988 Benigno Placeres, Lara P
- 1988-1989 Not awarded
- 1989-1990 Robert Pérez, Lara OF
- 1990-1991 Juan Castillo, Magallanes P
- 1991-1992 Eddy Díaz, Magallanes IF
- 1992-1993 Roger Cedeño, Caracas OF
- 1993-1994 Luis Raven, Magallanes DH
- 1994-1995 Fernando Mejias, Aragua P
- 1995-1996 Ronnie Sorzano, Caracas P
- 1996-1997 Luis Tinoco, Los Llanos OF
- 1997-1998 Juan Rincon, Lara P
- 1998-1999 Luis Rivas, Magallanes 2B
- 1999-2000 Endy Chávez, Magallanes OF
- 2000-2001 Carlos Mendoza, La Guaira 3B
- 2001-2002 Luis Ugueto, Lara SS
- 2002-2003 Season cancelled; no award given
- 2003-2004 Francísco Rodriguez, La Guaira P
- 2004-2005 Jesus Reina, Caracas P
- 2005-2006 Ronny Cedeño, La Guaira SS
- 2006-2007 Luis Bolivar, Zulia 2B
- 2007-2008 Gerardo Avila, Zulia 1B
- 2008-2009 Max Ramirez, La Guaira C
- 2009-2010 Ernesto Mejia, Zulia 1B
- 2010-2011 Jose Pirela, Zulia SS
- 2011-2012 Hector Sanchez, La Guaira C
- 2012-2013 Salvador Pérez, La Guaira C
- 2013-2014 Carlos Sanchez, La Guaira 2B
- 2014-2015 Odubel Herrera, La Guaira CF
- 2015-2016 Jose Osuna, Margarita LF-1B
- 2016-2017 Carlos Tocci, Lara OF
- 2017-2018 Alexander Palma, Zulia OF
- 2018-2019 Moises Gomez, Magallanes LF-RF
Manager of the Year[edit]
- 2003-2004 Luis Dorante, Llanos
- 2004-2005 Luis Dorante, Llanos
- 2005-2006 Al Pedrique, Magallanes
- 2006-2007 Buddy Bailey, Aragua
- 2007-2008 Marco Antonio Davalillo, Anzoategui
- 2008-2009 Frank Kremblas, Caracas
- 2009-2010 Carlos Garcia, Magallanes
- 2010-2011 Jody Davis, Zulia
- 2011-2012 Marco Davalillo, La Guaira
- 2012-2013 Al Pedrique, Anzoategui
- 2013-2014 Al Pedrique, Anzoategui
- 2014-2015 Omar López, Anzoategui
- 2015-2016 Henry Blanco, Margarita
- 2016-2017 Lipso Nava, Zulia
- 2017-2018 Mike Rojas, Caracas
- 2018-2019 Luis Dorante, Magallanes
Finals MVP[edit]
- 1998-1999 Mike Romano, Lara P
- 1999-2000 Jolbert Cabrera, Zulia SS
- 2000-2001 Miguel Cairo, Lara IF
- 2001-2002 Robert Pérez, Magallanes OF
- 2002-2003 No finals
- 2003-2004 Mike Romano, Aragua P
- 2004-2005 Eddy Díaz, Aragua IF
- 2005-2006 Carlos Guillén, Caracas SS
- 2006-2007 Alex Romero, Aragua OF
- 2007-2008 Jose Santiago, Aragua P
- 2008-2009 René Reyes, Aragua OF
- 2009-2010 Gregor Blanco, Caracas OF
- 2010-2011 Luis Jimenez, Anzoategui 1B
- 2011-2012 Yusmeiro Petit, Aragua P
- 2012-2013 Pablo Sandoval, Magallanes 3B
- 2013-2014 Ramón Hernández, Magallanes C
- 2014-2015 Félix Pérez, Anzoategui OF
- 2015-2016 Alfredo Marte, Aragua OF
- 2016-2017 José Pirela, Zulia OF
- 2017-2018 Luis Jimenez, Anozategui DH
- 2018-2019 Juniel Querecuto, Lara SS
Closer of the Year[edit]
- 1985-1986 Jim Winn, Magallanes
- 1986-1987 Jay Baller, Zulia
- 1987-1988 Mike Schooler, Caracas
- 1988-1989 Jay Baller, Caracas
- 1989-1990 Luis Aponte, Lara & Julio Machado, Zulia
- 1990-1991 Joe Ausanio, Aragua
- 1991-1992 Benito Malave, Magallanes
- 1992-1993 Jay Baller, Zulia
- 1993-1994 John Hudek, Magallanes
- 1994-1995 Rich Garces, Aragua
- 1995-1996 Rich Garces, Aragua & Tony Phillips, Occidente
- 1996-1997 Ken Robinson, Lara
- 1997-1998 Santos Hernandez, Los Llanos
- 1998-1999 Orber Moreno, Caracas
- 1999-2000 Santos Hernandez, Los Llanos
- 2000-2001 Jose Solarte, Zulia
- 2001-2002 Alex Herrera, Anzoategui
- 2002-2003 Todd Erdos, Aragua
- 2003-2004 Elio Serrano, Anzoategui
- 2004-2005 Kevin Henthorne, Caracas
- 2005-2006 Francisco Butto, Aragua
- 2006-2007 Rich Garces, Zulia
- 2007-2008 Rich Garces, Zulia
- 2008-2009 Alex Serrano, Margarita
- 2009-2010 Jean Machi, Magallanes
- 2010-2011 Ronald Belisario, Margarita
- 2011-2012 Jon Hunton, Anzoategui
- 2012-2013 Juan Gutierrez, Caracas
- 2013-2014 Hassan Peña, Zulia
- 2014-2015 Hassan Peña, Magallanes
- 2015-2016 Hassan Peña, Magallanes
- 2016-2017 Hassan Peña, Magallanes
- 2017-2018 Andrés Santiago, Anzoategui
- 2018-2019 Pedro Rodríguez, Magallanes
Setup Man of the Year[edit]
- 2008-2009 Luke Gregerson, Margarita
- 2009-2010 Elio Serrano, La Guaira
- 2010-2011 Luis Ramirez, Margarita
- 2011-2012 Yohan Pino, Aragua
- 2012-2013 Jean Toledo, Anzoategui
- 2013-2014 Aaron Thompson, Aragua
- 2014-2015 Deolis Guerra, Magallanes & Jorge Rondon, Aragua
- 2015-2016 Zack Thornton, Magallanes
- 2016-2017 José Flores, Magallanes
- 2017-2018 Loiger Padron, Caracas
- 2018-2019 Ricardo Gómez, Lara
Comeback Player of the Year[edit]
- 1985-1986 Luis Aponte, Lara P
- 1986-1987 Luis Salazar, La Guaira IF
- 1987-1988 Gil Marcano, Caracas P
- 1988-1989 Alfredo Torres, Aragua C
- 1989-1990 Andres Espinoza, Lara 1B
- 1990-1991 Oswaldo Peraza, Lara P
- 1991-1992 Angel Escobar, Cabimas IF
- 1992-1993 Pedro Chavez, Anzoategui IF
- 1993-1994 Rich Garces, Aragua P
- 1994-1995 Carlos Martinez, La Guaira IF
- 1995-1996 Roberto Zambrano, Aragua OF
- 1996-1997 Luis Lunar, Occidente P
- 1997-1998 Alex Cabrera, Los Llanos 1B
- 1998-1999 Pedro Castellano, Aragua 3B
- 1999-2000 Danilo Leon, Zulia P
- 2000-2001 Jose Malave, Anzoategui OF
- 2001-2002 Pedro Castellano, Aragua 3B
- 2002-2003 Not awarded
- 2003-2004 Liu Rodriguez, La Guaira 2B
- 2004-2005 Rich Garces, Magallanes P
- 2005-2006 Alex Herrera, Anzoategui P
- 2006-2007 Robert Pérez, Lara OF
- 2007-2008 Edgardo Alfonzo, Magallanes 3B
- 2008-2009 Wilfredo Romero, La Guaira OF
- 2009-2010 Tom Evans, Lara 3B
- 2010-2011 Yusmeiro Petit, Margarita P
- 2011-2012 Edgardo Alfonzo, Aragua 3B
- 2012-2013 Jose Castillo, Anzoategui 3B
- 2013-2014 Bobby Abreu, Caracas OF
- 2014-2015 Alberto González, Margarita IF
- 2015-2016 Luis Rodriguez, Magallanes IF
- 2016-2017 Jesús Flores, Zulia C
- 2017-2018 Freddy García, Aragua P
- 2018-2019 Wilfredo Boscán, Magallanes P
Famous Players/Managers[edit]
- Bobby Abreu
- Teolindo Acosta
- Edgardo Alfonzo
- Eliezer Alfonzo
- Felipe Alou
- Luís Aparicio
- Tony Armas
- Barry Bonds
- José Bracho
- Alex Cabrera
- Miguel Cabrera
- Rod Carew
- Alejandro Carrasquel
- Alfonso Carrasquel
- José Casanova
- David Concepción
- Omar Daal
- Víctor Davalillo
- Baudilio Díaz
- Martín Dihigo
- Andrés Galarraga
- Carlos García
- Luis "Camaleón" García
- Adrian Garrett
- Ozzie Guillén
- Enzo Hernández
- Willie Horton
- Edwin Hurtado
- Luis Leal
- Vidal López
- Greg Maddux
- Gonzalo Márquez
- Carlos "Café" Martínez
- Oswaldo Olivares
- Magglio Ordoñez
- Dave Parker
- Robert Pérez
- Pete Rose
- Luis Salazar
- Pablo Sandoval
- Diego Seguí
- Luis Sojo
- Darryl Strawberry
- Luis Tiant
- César Tovar
- Manny Trillo
- Omar Vizquel
- Roberto Zambrano
See Also[edit]
Sources[edit]
- Venezuela Años 60 (in Spanish)
- Equipos del Béisbol de Venezuela (in Spanish)
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