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The Venezuela national baseball team won the Baseball World Cup several times in the 1940s, and the baseball tournament at the Pan American Games in 1959. The team finished 7th in the inaugural World Baseball Classic and 3rd in the 2009 event , but has dropped to 10th in the 2013 event .
The Venezuela national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Venezuela [2] or Selección de Venezuela) [3] is the national team of Venezuela. [4] It is currently ranked sixth in the world by the World Baseball Softball Confederation , behind Chinese Taipei and ahead of the Netherlands .
On 2 June 2021, the Chinese Taipei national baseball team withdrew from the final round of the qualifiers for the 2020 Summer Olympics due to concerns related to player safety from COVID-19 in Mexico. [5] On 8 June, the Australia national baseball team withdrew from the same round due to logistical issues caused by COVID-19. [6]
The Venezuelan champion moves on to the Caribbean Series to face the champions of the baseball leagues of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Panama and Colombia. Venezuelan teams have won the Caribbean Series eight times, most recently in 2024 by the Tiburones de La Guaira, after having won the LVBP title during the 2023–24 season.
Since 1939, over 400 Venezuelan baseball players have played in Major League Baseball. This list shows players who appeared in at least one game in MLB, including number indicating order of arrival, name of player, position, starting team, and dates of debut and final game. Abbreviations for position P: Pitcher C: Catcher; 1B: First baseman
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Through 2024, the Caracas team has won 21 championship titles (3 as Cervecería Caracas and 18 as Leones del Caracas), more than any other team in Venezuelan Professional Baseball League history. In the 2015-16 season, they became the club with the highest average home attendance in the league, with an average of 10,845. [ 2 ]
The Venezuelan Major League, officially the Major League of Professional Baseball (Spanish: Liga Mayor de Béisbol Profesional or LMBP) is a professional baseball league in Venezuela. Unlike the top-level Venezuelan Professional Baseball League , which plays a winter league schedule , the LMBP is played during the summer.