Caribbean World Series

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The CBWS was the brainchild of the Venezuelans Oscar "El Negro" Prieto and Pablo Morales, who devised the idea after the seeing the success of the Serie Interamericana (Inter-American Series) in 1946, which featured the Sultanes de Monterrey from Mexico; the All Cubans from Cuba; the Brooklyn Bushwicks from the United States; and Cervecería Caracas from Venezuela. The Bushwicks won each year from 1946 to 1949, but Cervecería Caracas won the final Serie Interamericana in 1950.

Inspired by the Serie Interamericana, Prieto and Morales presented their idea for a CBWS to a Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe (CBC, Baseball Confederation of the Caribbean in English) conference in Miami in late 1948. Cuba agreed to host the first series, which would feature the top team from each of the CBC member nations — Cuba, Panama, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela — in a six-day series of doubleheader games to determine the winner.

The series ran annually from 1949 to 1960, with Cuba winning seven times. However, the CBWS was cancelled after Fidel Castro dissolved all professional baseball in Cuba in 1961, replacing the professional teams with a state-run amateur system. It wouldn't be until 1970 that the CBWS was revived.

The Series, which is usually played over six days, typically features up to six games per team, although some series have had games cut from or added to the schedule. The winner of the series is the team with the most wins after each team plays six games.

Leagues participating

Currently, the Caribbean Baseball World Series is affiliated with the Winter League programs of Major League Baseball, featuring MLB players and prospects from the Dominican Winter League, Mexican Pacific League, Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Also, ideas to include teams from Colombia and Nicaragua are currently on the table.

Series

Year	Venue	Champion	Record
1949	La Habana	Almendares	6-0
1950	San Juan	Carta Vieja	5-1
1951	Caracas	Cangrejeros de Santurce	5-1
1952	Ciudad de Panama	La Habana	5-0
1953	La Habana	Cangrejeros de Santurce (2)	5-0
1954	San Juan	Criollos de Caguas	4-2
1955	Caracas	Cangrejeros de Santurce (3)	5-1
1956	Ciudad de Panama	Cienfuegos	5-1
1957	La Habana	Marianao	5-0
1958	San Juan	Marianao (2)	4-2
1959	Caracas	Almendares (2)	5-0
1960	Ciudad de Panama	Cienfuegos (2)	6-0
1961-1969	No held
1970	Caracas	Navegantes del Magallanes	7-1
1971	San Juan	Tigres del Licey
1972	Santo Domingo	Leones de Ponce
1973	Caracas	Tigres del Licey (2)
1974	Hermosillo	Criollos de Caguas
1975	San Juan	Vaqueros de Bayamón
1976	Santo Domingo & Santiago	Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1977	Caracas	Tigres del Licey (3)
1978	Mazatlan	Indios de Mayagüez
1979	San Juan	Navegantes del Magallanes (2)
1980	Santo Domingo	Tigres del Licey (4)
1981	No held
1982	Hermosillo	Leones del Caracas
1983	Caracas	Lobos de Arecibo
1984	San Juan	Águilas del Zulia
1985	Mazatlan	Tigres del Licey (5)
1986	Maracaibo	Águilas de Mexicali
1987	Hermosillo	Criollos de Caguas (2)
1988	Santo Domingo	Leones del Escogido
1989	San Juan	Águilas del Zulia (2)
1990	Miami	Leones del Escogido (2)
1991	Miami	Tigres del Licey (6)
1992	Hermosillo	Indios de Mayagüez (2)
1993	Mazatlan	Cangrejeros de Santurce (4)
1994	Puerto la Cruz	Tigres del Licey (7)
1995	San Juan	Senadores de San Juan
1996	Santo Domingo	Tomateros de Culiacán
1997	Hermosillo	Águilas Cibaeñas
1998	Puerto la Cruz	Águilas Cibaeñas (2)
1999	San Juan	Tigres del Licey (8)
2000	Santo Domingo	Cangrejeros de Santurce (5)
2001	Culiacan	Águilas Cibaeñas (3)
2002	Caracas	Tomateros de Culiacán (2)
2003	Carolina	Águilas Cibaeñas (4)
2004	Santo Domingo	Tigres del Licey (9)
2005	Mazatlán	Venados de Mazatlán	5-1
2006	Valencia & Maracay	Leones del Caracas (2)	6-0
2007	Carolina(5)	Carolina(6)	4-2 Championships by team File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Tigres del Licey, 9 times: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2007 File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Águilas Cibaeñas, 5 times: 1997-98, 2001, 2003, 2007 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Santurce Crabbers (baseball), 5 times: 1951, 1953, 1955, 1993, 2000 Championships by country File:Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic, 16 times: 1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990-91, 1994, 1997-99, 2001, 2003-04, 2007 File:Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico, 14 times: 1951, 1953-55, 1972, 1974-75, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1992-93, 1995, 2000 File:Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba, seven times: 1949, 1952, 1956-59, 1960 File:Flag of Venezuela 1930-2006.svg Venezuela, six times: 1970, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2006 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico, five times: 1976, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005 File:Flag of Panama.svg Panama, one time: 1950 Some notable players who have participated Bobby Abreu Felipe Alou Roberto Alomar Luis Aparicio Tony Armas Carlos Beltran George Bell Bobby Bonilla Melky Cabrera Robinson Canó Rod Carew Jose Canseco Alberto Castillo Vinny Castilla Orlando Cepeda Harry Chiti Roberto Clemente Dave Concepción Alex Cora Jose Contreras   Bo Diaz Carlos Delgado Luke Easter Héctor Espino Wilmer Fields Andrés Galarraga Josh Gibson Alex González Juan González Ken Griffey, Sr. Vladimir Guerrero Ozzie Guillén   Anderson Hernandez Roberto Hernández Monte Irvin Sam Jethroe Tommy Lasorda Javy Lopez Adderlyn Lora Tony Larussa Juan Marichal Edgar Martinez Pedro Martinez Willie Mays Mark McGuire Minnie Miñoso Melvin Mora Wally Moon Benji Molina Jose Molina Yadier Molina David Ortiz Satchel Paige Rafael Palmeiro Camilo Pascual Lou Pinella Tony Perez Tony Peña Mike Piazza   Hanley Ramírez Manny Ramirez Jose Reyes Alex Rios Frank Robinson Iván Rodríguez Mike Schmidt Rubén Sierra Alay Soler Sammy Sosa Miguel Tejada Quincy Trouppe Javier Vazquez Fernando Valenzuela Omar Vizquel Bernie Williams   Don Zimmer External links CWS History Cuba at the CWS Notes and references   Template:Caribbean Baseball World Series