1997 Caribbean Series

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The thirty-ninth edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 4 through February 9 of 1997 with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Tomateros de Culiacán; Puerto Rico, Indios de Mayagüez, and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio Héctor Espino in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.

Summary

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Country	Club	W	L	W/L %	Managers

Dominican Republic	Águilas Cibaeñas	4	2	.667	Mike Quade
Mexico	Tomateros de Culiacán	3	3	.500	Francisco Estrada
Venezuela	Navegantes del Magallanes	3	3	.500	John Tamargo
Puerto Rico	Indios de Mayagüez	2	4	.333	Tom Gamboa

Player	Statistic

Batting
Bobby Abreu (VEN)	Batting average	.588
Jesús Tavárez (DOM)	Runs	10
José Offerman (DOM)	Hits	12
Four players tied	Doubles	3
Two players tied	Triples	1
Armando Ríos (PUR) Matt Stark (MEX)	Home runs	4
Tony Batista (DOM)	RBI	13
Roberto Alomar (PUR)	Stolen bases	4
Pitching
Twelve players tied	Wins	1
José Parra (DOM)	Strikeouts	11
Ramón García (VEN)	ERA	0.00
Darío Veras (DOM)	Saves	2

Bjarkman, Peter. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-313-32268-6
Serie del Caribe : History, Records and Statistics (Spanish)

Editions

Participants

Full CPBC members	Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Venezuela
Invited members (2024)	Curaçao Nicaragua Panama
Former participants	Colombia Cuba National Series Elite League

1961 to 1969 - The Series was not held during these years following the dissolution of Cuba's professional league.
1981 - The Series was not held due to a Venezuelan player's strike.

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