2014 Caribbean Series Explained

The fifty-sixth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in . It was held from February 1 through February 8 of 2014 with the champion baseball teams of Cuba, Naranjas de Villa Clara; Dominican Republic, Tigres del Licey; Mexico, Naranjeros de Hermosillo; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez, and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The games were played at Estadio Nueva Esparta in Margarita Island, Porlamar, Venezuela. Unlike previous Series, the five teams competed through a ten-game round robin schedule, each team facing the other teams once, followed by a final four playoff round. This was the first time since 1960 that a Cuban team took part.

Round robin

Schedule

Time zone VET (UTC–4½)

DateTimeAwayResultHomeStadium
February 115:00 Indios de Mayagüez 7–6 Tigres del LiceyNueva Esparta
February 121:004–9 Naranjeros de HermosilloNueva Esparta
February 215:00Naranjeros de Hermosillo 6–3 Indios de MayagüezNueva Esparta
February 221:005–8 Navegantes del MagallanesNueva Esparta
February 315:30Tigres del Licey 9–2 Naranjas de Villa ClaraNueva Esparta
February 320:00Navegantes del Magallanes 6–3 Naranjeros de HermosilloNueva Esparta
February 415:301–2 Naranjas de Villa ClaraNueva Esparta
February 420:001–2 Navegantes del MagallanesNueva Esparta
February 515:306–7 Tigres del LiceyNueva Esparta
February 520:004–5 Indios de MayagüezNueva Esparta

Standings

PosTeamGWLPCTDIFH–HTQB
1 4 3 1 .750
2 4 2 2 .500 1 1-1 0.0784
3 4 2 2 .500 1 1-1 0.0380
4 4 2 2 .500 1 1-1 -0.1053
5   Naranjas de Villa Clara4 1 3 .250 2

Linescores

Game 10, February 5

Playoff round

Semifinals

DateTimeAwayResultsHomeStadium
February 620:00 2–3 Naranjeros de HermosilloNueva Esparta
February 720:00Indios de Mayagüez 2–0 Navegantes del MagallanesNueva Esparta

Linescores

Game 13, February 8

Individual leaders

Player Statistic
Batting
Emilio Bonifacio (DOM)
Ramón Lunar (CUB)
  .432
Chris Roberson (MEX)       6
Chris Roberson (MEX)     10
Yulieski Gurriel (CUB)       3
Yordan Manduley (CUB)
Chris Roberson (MEX)
Jon Weber (MEX)
      1
Zelous Wheeler (MEX) Home runs       3
Sebastián Valle (MEX)       7
Ezequiel Carrera (VEN)
Héctor Gómez (DOM)
Yulieski Gurriel (CUB)
Juan Pérez (DOM)
Chris Roberson (MEX)
Stolen bases       2
Chris Roberson (MEX)     19
Emilio Bonifacio (DOM)   .591
Sebastián Valle (MEX)   .733
Pitching
Juan Delgadillo (MEX)       2
Juan Delgadillo (MEX)
Jon Leicester (DOM)
Joel Piñeiro (PUR)
  0.00
Alfredo Aceves (MEX)
Juan Delgadillo (MEX)
  14.0
Tyler Herron (PUR)
Jean Machi (VEN)
      3
Logan Williamson (PUR)       6
Juan Delgadillo (MEX) Strikeouts       9
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All-Star team

Name Position
Sebastián Valle (MEX) Catcher
Ramón Lunar (CUB) First baseman
Alberto Callaspo (VEN) Second baseman
Yunesky Sánchez (MEX) Third baseman
Héctor Gómez (DOM) Shortstop
Yuniet Flores (CUB) Outfielder
Chris Roberson (MEX) Outfielder
Jon Weber (MEX) Outfielder
Ronny Paulino (DOM) Designated hitter
Juan Delgadillo (MEX) Right handed pitcher
Elvis Araújo (VEN) Left handed pitcher
Tyler Herron (PUR) Relief pitcher
Awards
Chris Roberson (MEX) Most Valuable Player
Matías Carrillo (MEX)
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Sources

Notes and References

  1. http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l162&lid=162&t=l_bat MLB.com – 2014 Caribbean Series Batting Statistics
  2. http://mlb.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l162&lid=162&t=l_pit MLB.com – 2014 Caribbean Series Pitching Statistics
  3. http://mlb.mlb.com/es/news/article.jsp?ymd=20140208&content_id=67580656&vkey=news_mlb_es&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb MLB.com – El J Chris Roberson fue nombrado JMV de la SC