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Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

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Established
1945 (79 years old)

First Recorded Event
2012-10-12

Current Season
2023-2024

API Football ID
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Venezuela

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27/01 Cardenales d home team badge 6 - 5home team badge Tiburones de
25/01 Cardenales d home team badge 5 - 7home team badge Tiburones de
24/01 Tiburones de home team badge 12 - 10home team badge Cardenales d
23/01 Tiburones de home team badge 6 - 0home team badge Cardenales d
21/01 Leones del C home team badge 8 - 4home team badge Bravos de Ma
21/01 Tiburones de home team badge 7 - 4home team badge Tigres de Ar
20/01 Cardenales d home team badge 11 - 5home team badge Bravos de Ma
20/01 Tiburones de home team badge 6 - 3home team badge Leones del C
19/01 Cardenales d home team badge 7 - 6home team badge Bravos de Ma

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The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League or Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional (LVBP) is the professional baseball league in Venezuela. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.

History
Early years
Baseball exploded in Venezuela in 1941, following the world championship in Havana. By then, the appearance of professional baseball in Venezuela attracted many ball players from the Caribbean and the United States to the country, showing a more integrated sport there than it was in the United States. This is evidenced in the hiring of stellar players like Ramón Bragaña, Martín Dihigo, Oscar Estrada, Cocaina Garcia, Bertrum Hunter, Roy Campanella, Sam Jethroe, Satchel Paige, and Roy Welmaker.

On December 27, 1945, the owners of Cervecería Caracas (Caracas Brewery), Sabios de Vargas (Vargas Wisemen), Navegantes del Magallanes (Magellan Navigators), and Patriotas de Venezuela (Venezuelan Patriots) created the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. The league was formally registered as an institution during January 1946, and in the same month organized its first tournament, starting on January 3, 1946.

Sabios de Vargas, led by Daniel 'Chino' Canónico, became the first champion, with a record of 18 wins and 12 losses.

During the first tournaments, games were played on Thursdays and Saturdays on the afternoons, and Sundays in the morning. This was the norm until Cervecería Caracas' park — located in the San Agustín del Norte zone of Caracas — was fitted with electric lights, enabling its use during night games. Thus, a game was added on Tuesday nights.

Eventually, the tournament was changed to accommodate two rounds, with the top team of each round having a best-of-5 play-off to determine the champion.
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2023-2024
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2022-2023
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2021-2022
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2020-2021
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Águilas del Zu
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Bravos de Marga
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Cardenales de L
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Caribes de Anzo
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Leones del Cara
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Navegantes del
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Tiburones de La
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Tigres de Aragu

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