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The fifty-fifth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was played in 2013.. The Series was held from February 1 through February 7, featuring the champion teams of the 2012–2013 season in the Dominican Winter League (Leones del Escogido), Mexican Pacific League (Yaquis de Obregón), Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (Criollos de Caguas), and Venezuelan Professional ...
February 7 – At Winter Baseball, Doug Clark hits a solo home run in the top of the 18th inning to lead Mexico's Yaquis de Obregón in beating Dominican Republic's Leones del Escogido, 4–3, to clinch the 2013 Caribbean Series final. The game lasts seven hours and 28 minutes, making it the longest game in Caribbean Series (55-year) history.
The Caribbean Series is the longest-running international club baseball tournament in the Americas, but its participants have generally been limited to members of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation (CPBC), an organization which includes the domestic winter leagues of Venezuela, Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the Dominican Republic.
Puig, who hit .418 with 10 home runs during 25 winter-ball games with Tiburones, had just one hit in the Caribbean Series — a solo home run in Venezuela’s tournament-opening win against the ...
It was the largest crowd ever for a Caribbean Series game, topping the crowd of 35,972 for the Dominican Republic-Puerto Rico game during the round-robin portion of the tournament on Saturday, and ...
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The series is normally played in February, after the various winter leagues have ended their national tournaments. The Dominican Republic has won the most Caribbean Series championships (22), with Tigres del Licey being the most successful team in the tournament's history. The series has been won by 29 teams from seven different countries.
This will be the first time the Serie Del Caribe will be held at an MLB ballpark.