# 2024 Caribbean Series

The 2024 Caribbean Series was the 66th edition of the Caribbean Series club baseball tournament, played from February 1-9, 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.
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).
Tiburones de la Guaira won their first championship, representing Venezuela.

## Summary

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

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.

## Participating teams

| Team | Manager | Means of qualification |
| 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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | RF | RA | RD | PCT | GB | Qualification |
| 1 | Tiburones de La Guaira | 6 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 14 | +15 | .833 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Federales de Chiriquí | 6 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 22 | +11 | .833 | — | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tigres del Licey | 6 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 21 | −6 | .500 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 4 | Curaçao Suns | 6 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 21 | −2 | .500 | 2 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 5 | Criollos de Caguas | 6 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 20 | +2 | .500 | 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 | |
* 1 2 Head-to-head: Tiburones 1-0; Federales 0-1
* 1 2 3 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 |
| 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

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final | Final |
| 1 | Tiburones de La Guaira | 6 | | | |
| 4 | Curaçao Suns | 2 | | | |
| 4 | Curaçao Suns | 2 | 1 | Tiburones de La Guaira | 3 |
| | | | 3 | Tigres del Licey | 0 |
| 2 | Federales de Chiriquí | 1 | 3 | Tigres del Licey | 0 |
| 3 | Tigres del Licey | 4 | Third-place play-off | Third-place play-off | Third-place play-off |
| | | | 2 | Federales de Chiriquí | 5 |
| | | | 4 | Curaçao Suns | 4 |

### Semi-finals

| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
| 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

| Game | Date | Time | Away | Result | Home | Stadium |
| 24 | February 9 | 15:00 | Curaçao Suns | 4−5 | Federales de Chiriquí | LoanDepot Park (10,958) |

### Final

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 |
| 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

The following tables do not include statistics from the knockout stage.

### Batting

| Statistic | Name | | Total/Avg |
| Batting average* | Alexi Amarista | Tiburones de La Guaira | .474 |
| Hits | 3 tied with | 3 tied with | 10 |
| Runs | Jhonny Yussef Santos | Federales de Chiriquí | 7 |
| Home runs | 5 tied with | 5 tied with | 2 |
| Runs batted in | 2 tied with | 2 tied with | 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

| Statistic | Name | Team | Total/Avg |
| ERA | 9 tied with | 9 tied with | 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 | 2 tied with | 10 |
| WHIP* | Anthony Vizcaya | Tiburones de La Guaira | 0.25 |
* Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per team game

## Awards

All-Tournament Team :
| Pos. | Player | Team |
| 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 |
| OF | Alexi Amarista | Tiburones de La Guaira |
| OF | Wladimir Balentien | Curaçao Suns |
| DH | Nelson Velázquez | Criollos de Caguas |
| Man. | José Mayorga | Federales de Chiriquí |