2010–11 LVBP season


The 2010-2011 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League was contested in two round robin league phases and a playoff final.

First league phase

This round is called "Ronda Eliminatoria" or "Regular" by the league.
It was played from October, 12th to December, 30th.
TeamGamesWinsLossesPctGB
Leones del Caracas633528.556-
Aguilas del Zulia633528.556-
Caribes de Anzoátegui633429.5401
Tigres de Aragua633330.5242
Bravos de Margarita613130.5083
Navegantes del Magallanes632835.4447
Cardenales de Lara632835.4447
Tiburones de La Guaira612635.4268

The first five teams advanced to the second league phase.

Offensive and Defensive Leaders

Pitching
Batting
This round is called "Round Robin" or "Semi-final" by the league.
It was intended to be played from January, 2nd to January, 21st, but Aragua and Caracas ended in a tie, and had to play an extra tie-breaking game on January, 22nd. The extra game was played in Caracas because the Leones had finished with a better record during the first phase of the tournament.
TeamGamesWinsLossesPctGB
Caribes de Anzoátegui16115.688-
Tigres de Aragua16106.6251
Leones del Caracas16106.6251
Bravos de Margarita16511.3136
Águilas del Zulia16412.2507

The top two teams classified to the championship series.
Aragua and Caracas played an extra, tie-breaking game to decide who would play against Anzoátegui in the final after finishing with a 10W-6L record during the round robin/semi final phase. The extra game was played on January, 22nd 2011 in Caracas' "Universitario" stadium, with victory for the away team, Tigres de Aragua, with a 5-2 score.

Championship series

Games:
DateStadiumCityScoreSeries progression
23 January 2011Alfonso "Chico" CarrasquelPuerto la CruzTigres 5 - Caribes 8Caribes leads 1-0
24 January 2011Alfonso "Chico" CarrasquelPuerto la CruzTigres 7 - Caribes 8Caribes leads 2-0
26 January 2011José Pérez ColmenaresMaracayCaribes 4 - Tigres 8Caribes leads 2-1
27 January 2011José Pérez ColmenaresMaracayCaribes 0 - Tigres 16tied 2-2
28 January 2011José Pérez ColmenaresMaracayCaribes 8 - Tigres 7Caribes leads 3-2
29 January 2011Alfonso "Chico" CarrasquelPuerto la CruzTigres 4 - Caribes 1tied 3-3
30 January 2011Alfonso "Chico" CarrasquelPuerto la CruzTigres 7 - Caribes 8Caribes wins series 4-3

The Caribes de Anzoátegui were crowned LVBP 2010-2011 Champions. This is the first title in the franchise's 20-year history.
The Championship Series' MVP was Luis Jiménez who was playing for the Caribes as a reinforcement.

Awards

Most Valuable Player : Josh Kroeger
Overall Offensive Performer of the year: Luis Jiménez
Rookie of the year: José Pirela
Comeback of the year: Yusmeiro Petit
Manager of the year : Jody Davis
Pitcher of the year : Andrew Baldwin
Closer of the year: Ronald Belisario
Setup of the year: Luis Ramírez

Highlights