1958 Caribbean Series

Template:Short description Template:Infobox international baseball tournament The tenth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 1958. It was held from February 8 through February 13 with the champions teams from Cuba, Tigres de Marianao; Panama, Carta Vieja Yankees; Puerto Rico, Criollos de Caguas and Venezuela, Industriales de Valencia. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Estadio Sixto Escobar in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Summary

Cuba won the Series with a 4-2 record en route for a third straight championship (fifth overall). Managed by Napoleón Reyes, the team received offensive support from 2B Casey Wise (.407 BA), CF Solly Drake (.333) and LF Minnie Miñoso (.318). The pitching staff was led by Pedro Ramos (2-1, 18 strikeouts) and Bob Shaw (1-0, 1.69 ERA and no walks in 16 innings). The Cubans, who failed to hit a home run in the Series, also had 1B Julio Bécquer and C Ray Noble in addition to pitchers Mike Fornieles and Bill Werle. The Marianao club became the first repeat champions in the Series history.

Panama, led by catcher/manager Wilmer Shantz, posted a 3-3 record to tie the second place with Puerto Rico. The Panamanian squad got fine work of pitchers Humberto Robinson (2-0, 1.00 ERA, including a four-hit shutout) and Carl Duser (1-0, 3.00), while 3B Héctor López hit .474 with a .609 SLG.

Puerto Rico was guided by Ted Norbert and received a strong pitching performance from Juan Pizarro (1-0, 2.76 16+1⁄3 innings), who set two strikeout records with 17 in a game (#2) and 29 overall (12 in game 10). The Caguas attack was guided by 1B Víctor Pellot Power (.458 BA, eight RBI, .583 SLG) and CF Roberto Clemente (.391, six runs, .609 SLG), while P Jerry Nelson (1-1, 0.00 ERA) allowed three unearned runs over 18 innings. Other roster members included Mike Goliat (2B), Luis [Canena] Márquez (OF), Félix Mantilla (SS), José [Pantalones] Santiago (P) and Valmy Thomas (C).

Venezuela, piloted by Regino Otero, finished in last place with a 2-4 record. The offensive was anchored by catcher and Series MVP Earl Battey (.435 BA, four RBI, .739 SLG), 1B Lou Limmer (.381, two HR, five RBI, .762 SLG) and RF Bob Wilson, who won the batting title with a .500 BA (12-for-24) while collecting one home run, five runs, four RBI and a .708 SLG. For the second time, Limmer led the tournament in home runs. Pitchers Ramón Monzant (1-1, 3.95) and José Bracho (1-2, 4.37) got the victories for Valencia. OF Elio Chacón (.217, four runs, 3B, one RBI) and SS Chico Carrasquel (.240, four runs, two RBI) also homered in the Series. Besides, Julián Ladera made two relief appearances and struck out 10 batters in 10+2⁄3 innings of work.

Participating teams

Team	Manager
Template:Flagicon Carta Vieja Yankees	Template:Flagicon Billy Shantz
Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas	Template:Flagicon Ted Norbert
Template:Flagicon Industriales de Valencia	Template:Flagicon Regino Otero
Template:Flagicon Tigres de Marianao	Template:Flagicon Napoleón Reyes

Scoreboards

Game 1, February 8

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Cuba	0	2	0	0	0	3	5	0	0	10	13	0
Venezuela	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	7	5
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Triples Nine tied 1 Stolen bases Six tied 1 Wins Template:Flagicon Pedro Ramos Template:Flagicon Tigres de Marianao 2 Template:Flagicon Humberto Robinson Template:Flagicon Carta Vieja Yankees Earned run average Template:Flagicon Jerry Nelson Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas 0.00 Strikeouts Template:Flagicon Juan Pizarro Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas 29 Innings pitched Template:Flagicon Jerry Nelson Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas 18.0 Template:Flagicon Humberto Robinson Template:Flagicon Carta Vieja Yankees Awards Tournament Awards Award Player Team MVP Template:Flagicon Earl Battey Template:Flagicon Industriales de Valencia Best manager Template:Flagicon Napoléon Reyes Template:Flagicon Tigres de Marianao All Star Team Position Player Team First base Template:Flagicon Vic Power Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas Second base Template:Flagicon Casey Wise Template:Flagicon Tigres de Marianao Third base Template:Flagicon Héctor López Template:Flagicon Carta Vieja Yankees Shortstop Template:Flagicon Chico Carrasquel Template:Flagicon Industriales de Valencia Left field Template:Flagicon Minnie Miñoso Template:Flagicon Tigres de Marianao Center field Template:Flagicon Roberto Clemente Template:Flagicon Criollos de Caguas Right field Template:Flagicon Bob Wilson Template:Flagicon Industriales de Valencia Catcher Template:Flagicon Earl Battey Template:Flagicon Industriales de Valencia Pitcher Template:Flagicon Humberto Robinson Template:Flagicon Carta Vieja Yankees References 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 Official site Latino Baseball Series del Caribe, Las (Spanish)