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{{Short description|Annual baseball tournament}}
{{For|the similarly-named national team tournament|Caribbean Baseball Cup}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Caribbean Series
| logo            = CaribbeanSeries.PNG
| pixels          = 220px
| caption         = 
| organizer       = [[Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation]]
| region          = [[Caribbean]] and [[Latin America]]
| sport           = Baseball
| founded         = 
| fame            = 
| motto           = 
| inaugural       = {{Start date and age|df=yes|1949}}
| teams           = 
| countries       = [[Dominican Republic]]<br>[[Mexico]]<br>[[Puerto Rico]]<br>[[Venezuela]]
| venue           = 
| champion        = {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Leones del Escogido]] <br>(5th title)
| champ_season    = [[2025 Caribbean Series|2025]]
| most_champs     = {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Tigres del Licey]] <br>(11 titles)
| most successful club = 
| qualification   = 
| folded          = 
| website         = {{URL|https://www.seriedelcaribe.net/|seriedelcaribe.net}}
| singles         = 
| ceo             = 
| Director        = Juan Francisco Puello Herrera
| TV              = '''United States:'''<br>[[ESPN Deportes]] (Spanish)<br>[[MLB Network]] (English)
| related_comps   = [[Colombian Professional Baseball League|LPB]]<br>[[Dominican Winter Baseball League|LIDOM]]<br>[[Mexican Pacific League|LMP]]<br>[[Panamanian Professional Baseball League|PROBEIS]]<br>[[Puerto Rico Baseball League|LBPRC]]<br>[[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League|LVBP]]
| Founder         = 
| current         = [[2025 Caribbean Series]]
| last_season     = 
| upcoming_season = 
| footnotes       = 
}}

The '''Caribbean Series''' ([[Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Serie del Caribe'') is an annual club tournament contested by [[professional baseball]] teams in [[Latin America]]. It is organized by the [[Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation]]. The series is normally played in February, after the various [[Winter league baseball|winter leagues]] have ended their national tournaments.

The [[Dominican Republic]] has won the most Caribbean Series championships (23), with [[Tigres del Licey]] being the most successful team in the tournament's history. The series has been won by 29 teams from seven countries. Only two teams have won the tournament two consecutive years, the most recent being [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]] from Puerto Rico in [[2017 Caribbean Series|2017]] and [[2018 Caribbean Series|2018]].

==History==
The competition was the brainchild of Venezuelan baseball entrepreneur [[Pablo Morales Pérez|Pablo Morales]] and [[Oscar Prieto Ortiz]], who devised the idea after seeing the success of the [[Serie Interamericana]] in 1946, which featured the clubs [[Brooklyn Bushwicks]] from the [[United States]], [[Leones del Caracas|Cervecería Caracas]] from Venezuela, [[Sultanes de Monterrey]] from Mexico, and an All-Star team composed of Cuban players.<ref>[http://www.museodebeisbol.com.ve/salon_2008.html Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol de Venezuela Exaltados 2008 – Oscar Prieto Ortiz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231154149/http://www.museodebeisbol.com.ve/salon_2008.html |date=31 December 2013}} (Spanish).</ref>

[[File:Pablo Morales and Negro Prieto.jpg|150px|thumb|right|[[Pablo Morales Pérez|Pablo Morales]] and [[Oscar Prieto Ortiz|Oscar Prieto]] founded the Caribbean Series]]
Inspired by the Interamerican Series and his experience as a former president of the [[International Baseball Federation]], Morales joined Prieto and presented the idea to baseball representatives of Cuba, Panama, and Puerto Rico during a meeting held in [[Havana]] on August 21, 1948.<ref>Bjarkman, Peter (1994). ''Baseball with a Latin Beat: A History of the Latin American Game''. McFarland & Company. {{ISBN|978-0-89950-973-0}}.</ref> The representatives then agreed to stage a four-country, [[round-robin tournament]] 12-game to be known as the ''Serie del Caribe'', to be launched in Cuba from [[1949 Caribbean Series|February 20–25 of 1949]].

The Series ran annually from 1949 through 1960, with Cuba winning seven times. However, the event was suspended in 1961, as a result of the [[Cuban Revolution]]. [[Fidel Castro]] dissolved all professional baseball in Cuba, and [[MLB Commissioner]] [[Ford Frick]] ruled that American major leaguers were barred from playing in Havana, where the 1961 series had been scheduled.<ref>{{cite news |title=Caracas Grabs Latin Title Set, Cuban Loop Out |url=https://paperofrecord.hypernet.ca/paper_view.asp?PaperId=834&RecordId=1&PageId=7663237 |page=21 |access-date=20 February 2024 |agency=The Sporting News |date=11 January 1961}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Historia Serie del Caribe |access-date=14 June 2023 |language=es |url=https://seriedelcaribe.lvbp.com/historia.php|website=LVBP.com}}</ref>

It was not until 1970 that the Caribbean Series was revived. Moreover, the 1981 Caribbean Series was not held due to a Venezuelan League player's strike.

The tournament featured the champions of the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Mexico]], [[Puerto Rico]], and [[Venezuela]] for over 40 years. [[Cuba]] returned in 2014. [[Panama]] returned to host the 2019 edition. [[Colombia]] was added for the 2020 edition, replacing [[Cuba]] who could not participate due to [[Travel visa|visa]] issues. [[Curaçao]] was invited as a guest in 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Oficial: Cuba y Curazao jugarán en próxima Serie del Caribe en Caracas 2023|url=https://espndeportes.espn.com/beisbol/nota/_/id/10364782/oficial-cuba-y-curazao-jugaran-en-proxima-serie-del-caribe-en-caracas-2023|website=ESPNdeportes.com|first=Enrique|last=Rojas|date=13 May 2022|access-date=14 June 2023|language=es}}</ref>

==Participants==
=== Permanent members ===
;Key
* {{color box|#ccddff|border=silver}} Member of the [[Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! League
! First edition
|-
|bgcolor="#ccddff"|{{flag|Dominican Republic}} 
|[[Dominican Professional Baseball League]]
|style="text-align:center"|1970
|-
|bgcolor="#ccddff"|{{flag|Mexico}} 
|[[Mexican Pacific League]]
|style="text-align:center"|1971
|-
|bgcolor="#ccddff"|{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|[[Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente]]
|style="text-align:center"|1949
|-
|bgcolor="#ccddff" |{{flag|Venezuela}} 
|[[Venezuelan Professional Baseball League]]{{ref label|VEN|b|b}}
|style="text-align:center"|1949
|}

=== Other participants ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Country
! League
! First edition
! Latest edition
|-
| rowspan=3 |{{flag|Cuba}} 
|[[Cuban League]]
|style="text-align:center"|1949
|style="text-align:center"|1960
|-
|[[Cuban National Series]]
|style="text-align:center"|2014
|style="text-align:center"|2019
|-
|[[Cuban Elite League]]
|style="text-align:center" colspan=2|2023
|-
|{{flag|Curaçao}} 
|[[Curaçao Professional Baseball League]]
|style="text-align:center"|2023
|style="text-align:center"|2024
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}} 
|[[Colombian Professional Baseball League]]
|style="text-align:center"|2020
|style="text-align:center"|2023
|-
|{{flag|Nicaragua}} 
|[[Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League]]
|style="text-align:center"|2024
|style="text-align:center"|2024
|-
|{{flag|Panama}} 
|[[Panamanian Professional Baseball League]]{{ref label|PAN|a|a}}
|style="text-align:center"|1949
|style="text-align:center"|2024
|-
|{{flag|Japan}} 
|Japan Breeze
|style="text-align:center" colspan=2|2025
|}

===Notes===
*{{note label|PAN|a|a}} After the [[1960 Caribbean Series|1960 tournament]], Panama would not appear in another Caribbean Series until [[2019 Caribbean Series|2019]].
*{{note label|VEN|b|b}} Venezuela's LVBP was replaced by the [[Liga Occidental de Béisbol Profesional]] for the 1960 tournament

==Series==
{{small div|
* From 1949 to 2012 the winner was determined by win-loss record.
* In 2013 the winner was determined by championship game between the two teams with the best records.
* Since 2014 the winner has been determined by knockout round between the four teams with the best records.
}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Year!!Champion!!Manager!!Record!!Finals<br>Score!!Runners-up!!Location
|-
|[[1949 Caribbean Series|1949]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Almendares (baseball club)|Alacranes del Almendares]]''' || [[Mike Guerra|Fermin Guerra]] ||style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Cerveceria Caracas]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Havana]]
|-
|[[1950 Caribbean Series|1950]] ||'''{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Carta Vieja Yankees]]''' ||[[Wayne Blackburn]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || {{flagicon|PRI|1895}} [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]] || {{flagicon|PRI|1895}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1951 Caribbean Series|1951]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1895}} '''[[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]''' ||[[George Scales]]|| style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Leones del Habana]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1952 Caribbean Series|1952]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Habana (baseball club)|Leones del Habana]]''' ||[[Mike González (catcher)|Mike González]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Carta Vieja Yankees]] ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panama City]]
|-
|[[1953 Caribbean Series|1953]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Buster Clarkson]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Leones del Habana]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Havana]]
|-
|[[1954 Caribbean Series|1954]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]''' ||[[Mickey Owen]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Almendares (baseball club)|Alacranes del Almendares]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1955 Caribbean Series|1955]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]''' {{small|(3)}} ||[[Herman Franks]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Navegantes del Magallanes]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1956 Caribbean Series|1956]]||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]''' ||[[Oscar Rodríguez (baseball)|Oscar Rodríguez]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panamanian Professional Baseball League#1948–1960 years|Chesterfield Smokers]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1957 Caribbean Series|1957]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Marianao (Cuban League baseball club)|Tigres de Marianao]]''' ||[[Nap Reyes|Napoleón Reyes]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panamanian Professional Baseball League#Champion teams|Cerveza Balboa]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Havana]]
|-
|[[1958 Caribbean Series|1958]] ||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Marianao (Cuban League baseball club)|Tigres de Marianao]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Nap Reyes|Napoleón Reyes]] {{small|(2)}} || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || {{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1959 Caribbean Series|1959]]||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Almendares (baseball club)|Alacranes del Almendares]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Clemente Carreras]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Indios de Oriente]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1960 Caribbean Series|1960]]||{{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Tony Castaño]] || style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panamanian Professional Baseball League#Champion teams|Marlboro Smokers]] ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panama City]]
|-
|colspan="7" style="text-align:center;"  bgcolor=#efefef | ''Not held from 1961–1969; see [[Interamerican Series]]''
|-
|[[1970 Caribbean Series|1970]]||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Navegantes del Magallanes]]''' ||[[Carlos Pascual (baseball)|Carlos Pascual]] ||style="text-align:center;"|7–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1971 Caribbean Series|1971]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' ||[[Manny Mota]] || style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|[[Mexico]]'s [[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]], [[Puerto Rico]]'s [[Santurce Crabbers (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]], and [[Venezuela]]'s [[Tiburones de La Guaira]] all tied for second place, with a 2-4 record.}} ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1972 Caribbean Series|1972]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]]''' ||[[Frank Verdi]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] and Venezuela's [[Tigres de Aragua]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} || {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[1973 Caribbean Series|1973]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Tommy Lasorda]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Santurce Crabbers (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]] and Venezuela's [[Leones del Caracas]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} || {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1974 Caribbean Series|1974]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Bobby Wine]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Tigres del Licey]] and Mexico's [[Venados de Mazatlán]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[1975 Caribbean Series|1975]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Vaqueros de Bayamón (baseball)|Vaqueros de Bayamón]]''' ||[[José Pagán]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||  ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's  [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] and Mexico's [[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1976 Caribbean Series|1976]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]]''' ||[[Cananea Reyes]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Tigres de Aragua]] || {{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]] & [[Santiago de los Caballeros|Santiago]]
|-
|[[1977 Caribbean Series|1977]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(3)}} ||[[Buck Rodgers]] || style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Navegantes del Magallanes]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1978 Caribbean Series|1978]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Indios de Mayagüez]]''' ||[[Rene Lachemann]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] and Venezuela's [[Leones del Caracas]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]]
|-
|[[1979 Caribbean Series|1979]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Navegantes del Magallanes]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Willie Horton (baseball)|Willie Horton]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1980 Caribbean Series|1980]] ||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(4)}} ||[[Del Crandall]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Vaqueros de Bayamón (baseball)|Vaqueros de Bayamón]] and Venezuela's [[Leones del Caracas]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[1981 Caribbean Series|1981]] || colspan="7" style="text-align:center;" bgcolor=#efefef |''Not held''
|-
|[[1982 Caribbean Series|1982]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Leones del Caracas]]''' ||[[Chico Carrasquel]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[1983 Caribbean Series|1983]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Lobos de Arecibo]]''' ||[[Ron Clark (baseball)|Ron Clark]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Tiburones de La Guaira]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[1984 Caribbean Series|1984]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Águilas del Zulia]]''' ||[[Rubén Amaro, Sr.|Rubén Amaro]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Cañeros de Los Mochis]] ||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1985 Caribbean Series|1985]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(5)}} ||[[Terry Collins]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tomateros de Culiacán]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]]
|-
|[[1986 Caribbean Series|1986]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Águilas de Mexicali]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Cananea Reyes]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] and Venezuela's [[Tiburones de La Guaira]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Maracaibo]]
|-
|[[1987 Caribbean Series|1987]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]''' {{small|(3)}} ||[[Ramón Avilés]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[1988 Caribbean Series|1988]]|| {{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Leones del Escogido]]''' ||[[Phil Regan (baseball)|Phil Regan]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Indios de Mayagüez]] and Mexico's [[Potros de Tijuana]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[1989 Caribbean Series|1989]]||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Águilas del Zulia]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Pete Mackanin]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI|1954}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]]
|-
|[[1990 Caribbean Series|1990]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Leones del Escogido]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Felipe Alou]] ||style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Senadores de San Juan]] and Venezuela's [[Leones del Caracas]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami]]
|-
|[[1991 Caribbean Series|1991]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(6)}} ||[[John Roseboro]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Cardenales de Lara]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami]]
|-
|[[1992 Caribbean Series|1992]]||{{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Indios de Mayagüez]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Pat Kelly (catcher)|Pat Kelly]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Águilas del Zulia]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[1993 Caribbean Series|1993]]|| {{flagicon|PRI|1952}} '''[[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]''' {{small|(4)}} || [[Mako Oliveras]] ||{ style="text-align:center;"|5–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]] 
|-
|[[1994 Caribbean Series|1994]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(7)}} ||[[Casey Parsons]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Navegantes del Magallanes]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Puerto la Cruz]]
|-
|[[1995 Caribbean Series|1995]]||{{flagicon|PRI}} '''[[Senadores de San Juan]]''' ||[[Luis Meléndez (baseball)|Luis Meléndez]] || style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Azucareros del Este]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[1996 Caribbean Series|1996]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Tomateros de Culiacán]]''' ||[[Francisco Estrada]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Lobos de Arecibo]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[1997 Caribbean Series|1997]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' ||[[Mike Quade]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} || ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Mexico's [[Tomateros de Culiacán]] and Venezuela's [[Navegantes del Magallanes]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[1998 Caribbean Series|1998]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Tony Peña]] || style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Puerto la Cruz]]
|-
|[[1999 Caribbean Series|1999]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(8)}} ||[[Dave Jauss]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[2000 Caribbean Series|2000]]||{{flagicon|PRI}} '''[[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]''' {{small|(5)}} ||[[Mako Oliveras]] {{small|(2)}}||style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[2001 Caribbean Series|2001]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' {{small|(3)}} ||[[Félix Fermín]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||  ''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Venezuela's [[Cardenales de Lara]] and Mexico's [[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Culiacán]]
|-
|[[2002 in baseball|2002]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Tomateros de Culiacán]]''' {{small|(2)}} || [[Francisco Estrada]] {{small|(2)}}|| style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Vaqueros de Bayamón (baseball)|Vaqueros de Bayamón]] and the Dominican Republic's [[Tigres del Licey]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}}||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]]
|-
|[[2003 Caribbean Series|2003]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' {{small|(4)}} ||[[Félix Fermín]] {{small|(2)}}||style="text-align:center;"|6–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]]
|-
|[[2004 Caribbean Series|2004]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(9)}} ||[[Manny Acta]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tomateros de Culiacán]] ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[2005 Caribbean Series|2005]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Venados de Mazatlán]]'''||[[Juan José Pacho]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] and Venezuela's [[Tigres de Aragua]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]]
|-
|[[2006 Caribbean Series|2006]]||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Leones del Caracas]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Carlos Subero]] ||style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Tigres del Licey]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Valencia, Carabobo|Valencia]] and [[Maracay]]
|-
|[[2007 Caribbean Series|2007]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' {{small|(5)}} ||[[Félix Fermín]] {{small|(3)}}||style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Gigantes de Carolina (baseball)|Gigantes de Carolina]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Carolina, Puerto Rico|Carolina]]
|-
|[[2008 Caribbean Series|2008]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(10)}} ||[[Héctor de la Cruz]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Venados de Mazatlán]] ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santiago de los Caballeros|Santiago]]
|-
|[[2009 Caribbean Series|2009]]||{{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Tigres de Aragua]]''' ||[[Buddy Bailey]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexicali]]
|-
|[[2010 Caribbean Series|2010]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Leones del Escogido]]''' {{small|(3)}} ||[[Ken Oberkfell]] || style="text-align:center;"|5–1 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]]||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Margarita Island]]
|-
|[[2011 Caribbean Series|2011]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Yaquis de Obregón]]'''||[[Eddie Díaz]] || style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|The Dominican Republic's [[Toros del Este]] and Puerto Rico's [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}} ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]
|-
|[[2012 Caribbean Series|2012]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Leones del Escogido]]''' {{small|(4)}} ||[[Ken Oberkfell]] {{small|(2)}}|| style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center;"|{{—}} ||''Tied'' {{refn|group=n|Puerto Rico's [[Indios de Mayagüez]] and Venezuela's [[Tigres de Aragua]] tied for second place, with a 3-3 record.}}||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[2013 Caribbean Series|2013]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Yaquis de Obregón]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Eddie Díaz]] {{small|(2)}}||style="text-align:center;"|4–3 ||style="text-align:center"|4–3 {{small|(F/18)}} ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Leones del Escogido]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]]
|-
|[[2014 Caribbean Series|2014]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]]''' {{small|(2)}}||[[Matías Carrillo]] ||style="text-align:center;"|4–2 ||style="text-align:center"|7–1 ||{{flagicon|PUR}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]] || {{flagicon|VEN}} [[Margarita Island]]
|-
|[[2015 Caribbean Series|2015]]|| {{flagicon|CUB}} '''[[Pinar del Río (baseball)|Vegueros de Pinar del Río]]''' ||[[Alfonso Urquiola]] ||style="text-align:center;"|3–3 ||style="text-align:center"|3–2 ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tomateros de Culiacán]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[2016 Caribbean Series|2016]]|| {{flagicon|MEX}} '''[[Venados de Mazatlan]]''' {{small|(2)}} ||[[Juan José Pacho]] ||style="text-align:center;"|6–0 ||style="text-align:center"|5–4 ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Tigres de Aragua]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[2017 Caribbean Series|2017]]|| {{flagicon|PUR}} '''[[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]''' {{small|(4)}} ||[[Luis Matos (baseball, born 1978)|Luis Matos]] ||style="text-align:center;"|3−3 ||style="text-align:center"|1–0 {{small|(F/10)}} ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Águilas de Mexicali]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Culiacán]]
|-
|[[2018 Caribbean Series|2018]] ||{{flagicon|PUR}} '''[[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]''' {{small|(5)}} ||[[Luis Matos (baseball, born 1978)|Luis Matos]] {{small|(2)}}||style="text-align:center;"|4−2 ||style="text-align:center"|9–4 ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]]||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Guadalajara]]
|-
|[[2019 Caribbean Series|2019]] ||{{flagicon|PAN}} '''[[Probeis|Toros de Herrera]]''' ||Manuel Rodríguez ||style="text-align:center;"|4−1 ||style="text-align:center"|3–1 ||{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Las Tunas (baseball)|Leñadores de Las Tunas]] ||{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Panama City]]
|-
|[[2020 Caribbean Series|2020]]||{{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Toros del Este]]''' ||Lino Rivera ||style="text-align:center;"|6−1 ||style="text-align:center"|9–3 ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Cardenales de Lara]] ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]]
|-
|[[2021 Caribbean Series|2021]]|| {{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Águilas Cibaeñas]]''' {{small|(6)}} ||[[Félix Fermín]] {{small|(4)}} ||style="text-align:center;"|7−0 ||style="text-align:center"|4–1 ||{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]] ||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mazatlán]]
|-
|[[2022 Caribbean Series|2022]]|| {{flagicon|COL}} '''[[Caimanes de Barranquilla]]''' ||[[José Mosquera]] || style="text-align:center;" |5−2 ||style="text-align:center"|4–1 ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Gigantes del Cibao]] ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Santo Domingo]]
|-
|[[2023 Caribbean Series|2023]]|| {{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Tigres del Licey]]''' {{small|(11)}}||[[Jose Offerman]] || style="text-align:center;" |6−3 ||style="text-align:center;"|3–0 ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Leones del Caracas]] ||{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Caracas]] and [[La Guaira]]
|-
|[[2024 Caribbean Series|2024]] || {{flagicon|VEN}} '''[[Tiburones de La Guaira]]''' ||[[Ozzie Guillén]] || style="text-align:center;" |7−1 ||style="text-align:center;"|3–0 ||{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Tigres del Licey]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami]]
|-
|[[2025 Caribbean Series|2025]] || {{flagicon|DOM}} '''[[Leones del Escogido]]''' {{small|(5)}} ||[[Albert Pujols]] || style="text-align:center"|4–2 || style="text-align:center"|1–0 |||{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Charros de Jalisco]] || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Mexicali]] 
|-
|[[2026 Caribbean Series|2026]] || colspan="5" bgcolor=#efefef | || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Guadalajara]] 
|-
|[[2027 Caribbean Series|2027]] || colspan="5" bgcolor=#efefef | || {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Hermosillo]] 
|-
|[[2028 Caribbean Series|2028]] || colspan="5" bgcolor=#efefef | || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Miami]]
|}

Starting with the [[2013 Caribbean Series]], a championship game was introduced where the two teams with the best win–loss record from the [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] first stage would meet to determine the champion. In [[2013 Caribbean Series|2013]] the first round consisted of 12 games and each team faced the other teams twice, one as home club and the other as an away team; from [[2014 Caribbean Series|2014]] on, with the return of Cuban teams to the tournament, the first stage was changed to a round robin of 10 games where each team faced the other teams once.

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==Championships by team==

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!Team!!Wins!!Years
|-
!1
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Tigres del Licey]]
|align=center|11
|1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2023
|-
!2
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]]
|align=center|6
|1997, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2007, 2021
|-
!rowspan=3|4
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]
|align=center rowspan=3|5
|1951, 1953, 1955, 1993, 2000
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Criollos de Caguas (baseball)|Criollos de Caguas]]
|1954, 1974, 1987, 2017, 2018
|-
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Leones del Escogido]]
|1988, 1990, 2010, 2012, 2025
|-
!rowspan=11|5
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Marianao (Cuban League baseball club)|Tigres de Marianao]]
|align=center rowspan=11|2
|1957, 1958
|-
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Almendares (baseball)|Alacranes del Almendares]]
|1949, 1959
|-
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]
|1956, 1960
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Navegantes del Magallanes]]
|1970, 1979
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Águilas del Zulia]]
|1984, 1989
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Indios de Mayagüez]]
|1978, 1992
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Tomateros de Culiacán]]
|1996, 2002
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Leones del Caracas]]
|1982, 2006
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Yaquis de Obregón]]
|2011, 2013
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Naranjeros de Hermosillo]]
|1976, 2014
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Venados de Mazatlán]]
|2005, 2016
|-
!rowspan=13|6
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Carta Vieja Yankees]]
|align=center rowspan=13|1
|1950
|-
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Habana (Cuban League)|Leones del Habana]]
|1952
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Leones de Ponce (baseball)|Leones de Ponce]]
|1972
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Vaqueros de Bayamón (baseball)|Vaqueros de Bayamón]]
|1975
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Lobos de Arecibo]]
|1983
|-
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Águilas de Mexicali]]
|1986
|-
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Senadores de San Juan]]
|1995
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Tigres de Aragua]]
|2009
|-
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Pinar del Río (baseball)|Vegueros de Pinar del Río]]
|2015
|-
|{{flagicon|PAN}} [[Toros de Herrera]]
|2019
|-
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Toros del Este]]
|2020
|-
|{{flagicon|COL}} [[Caimanes de Barranquilla]]
|2022
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Tiburones de La Guaira]]
|2024
|}

==Championships by country==

{| class="wikitable"
!Rank!!Country!!Wins!!Years
|-
!1
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}
|align=center|23
|1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2025
|-
!2
|{{flag|Puerto Rico}}
|align=center|16
|1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1995, 2000, 2017, 2018
|-
!3
|{{flag|Mexico}}
|align=center|9
|1976, 1986, 1996, 2002, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016
|-
!rowspan=2|4  
|{{flag|Cuba}}
|align="center" rowspan=2|8
|1949, 1952, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 2015
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela}}
|1970, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1989, 2006, 2009, 2024
|-
!6
|{{flag|Panama}}
|align=center|2
|1950, 2019
|-
!7
|{{flag|Colombia}}
|align=center|1
|2022
|}

==Undefeated teams==
{| class="wikitable"
!No.!!Team!!Record!!Years
|-
|align="center"|3
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Tigres del Licey]]
|align="center"|6–0<br>6–0<br>5–0
|align="center"|1971<br>1977<br>1991
|-
|align="center"|2
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)|Cangrejeros de Santurce]]
|align="center"|6–0<br>6–0
|align="center"|1953<br>2000
|-
| align="center" |2
|{{flagicon|DOM}} [[Águilas Cibaeñas]]
| align="center" |6–0<br>7–0
| align="center" |1998<br>2021
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Almendares (baseball)|Alacranes del Almendares]] &nbsp;
|align="center"|6–0
|align="center"|1949
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Habana (Cuban League)|Leones del Habana]]
|align="center"|5–0
|align="center"|1952
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|CUB}} [[Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)|Elefantes de Cienfuegos]]
|align="center"|6–0
|align="center"|1960
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|PRI}} [[Senadores de San Juan]]
|align="center"|6–0
|align="center"|1995
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Leones del Caracas]]
|align="center"|6–0
|align="center"|2006
|-
|align="center"|1
|{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Venados de Mazatlán]]
|align="center"|6–0
|align="center"|2016
|}

==See also==
* [[List of baseball players who have played in the Caribbean Series]]
* [[Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame]]
* [[Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player|Caribbean Series MVPs]]
* [[Serie de las Américas]]
* [[Latin American Series]]
* [[Interamerican Series]]
* [[Asia Series]]
* [[European Cup (baseball)|European Cup]]
* [[Baseball awards#Americas|Caribbean Series Awards]]

==Notes==
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==Sources==
*Antero Núñez, José. ''Series del Caribe''. Jefferson, [[Caracas, Venezuela]]: Impresos Urbina, C.A., 1987.
*Gutiérrez, Daniel. ''Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela – 1895–2006''.  Caracas, Venezuela: Impresión Arte, C.A., 2007.

==External links==
{{commons category|Serie del Caribe}}
*[http://www.beisbolencuba.com/ Béisbol en Cuba] (Spanish)
*[http://www.cubanball.com/caribe.html Cuban Teams in the Caribbean Series]
*[http://latinobaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=140&Itemid=6 Historia de las Series del Caribe] (Spanish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071026021916/http://www.juanperez.com/baseball/series.htm Las Series del Caribe] (Spanish)
*{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20121103072437/http://www.sobreeldiamante.com/temas/serie-del-caribe Sobre el Diamante]}} (Spanish)

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