1953 Caribbean Series

1953 Caribbean Series

The V edition of the Caribbean Series ("Serie del Caribe") was played in 1953. It was held from February 20 through February 25 with the champions teams from Cuba (Habana) Panama (Chesterfield) Puerto Rico (Santurce) and Venezuela (Caracas). The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice. The games were played at Estadio del Cerro in Havana, the Cuban capital.

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Puerto Rico finished undefeated and won the title by going 6-0, outscoring their opponents 50 to 23. The Santurce club, who hit a collective .367 batting average and committed only two errors, was led by right fielder and Series MVP Willard Brown, who enjoyed one of the most productive offensive in tournament's history. Brown led the hitters in home runs (4), RBI (13), runs (8), doubles (3) and SLG (1,042), while hitting .417 (10-for-24). The pitching staff was anchored by Bobo Holloman (2-0), Cot Deal (2-0, one save) and Rubén Gómez (1-0, one save). In addition to Brown, shortstop/manager Buster Clarkson (.467 BA), 2B Jim Gilliam (.545, two HR), RF Bob Thurman (.474, .684 SLG) and 3B Víctor Pellot Power (.385, one HR) also contributed to the attack. Other players for Puerto Rico included CF Luis (Canena) Márquez, P José (Pantalones) Santiago and catchers Joe Montalvo and Valmy Thomas.

The Cuban team, who many considered a favorite before the start of the event, wasted home-field advantage and a solid lineup managed by Miguel Ángel González to end in second place with a 3-3 record. The Habana team was led by RF Pedro Formental, who posted a .560 mark to clinch the batting title. Other contributions came from 1B Bert Haas (.360, two HR, .600 SLG) and 3B Lou Klein (.316, one HR, .579 SLG). Pitchers Bob Alexander and Mario Picone collected wins, while Carlos (Patato) Pascual dropped two of three decisions. Cuba included LF Sandy Amorós, 2B Spider Jorgensen, CF Bob Usher and P Adrián Zabala, between others.

Panama was managed by Stanford Graham and finished 2-4 in third place. The Panamanian squad got fine work of CF Nat Peeples (.400, .733 SLG), as well as pitchers Humberto Robinson (1-0) and Pat Scantlebury (1-1, 11 strikeouts in three games). Collectively, Chesterfield scored the fewest runs (18) and committed the most errors (10) in the Series.

Venezuela, with Martín Dihigo at the helm, finished in last place with a 1-5 record. The Caracas lone victory came from Charlie Bishop, who pitched a one-hit shutout in Game 5. Among others were Chico Carrasquel (SS), Lenny Yochim (P) and Pompeyo Davalillo (3B).

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Game 1, February 20

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WP=Rubén Gómez (1-0)|LP=Hisel Patrick (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Víctor Pellot (1), Rubén Gómez (1)
* Game was called after seven innings due to time limit.|

Game 2, February 20

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Game 3, February 21

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WP=Bobo Holloman (1-0)|LP=Dick Starr (0-1)|SV=Cot Deal (1)
RoadHR=Willard Brown (1), Jim Gilliam (1)|HomeHR=Dalmiro Finol (1)|

Game 4, February 21

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Road=Cuba|RoadAbr=CUB
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WP=Mario Picone (1-0)|LP=Pat Scantlebury (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Lou Klein (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 5, February 22

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WP=Charlie Bishop (1-0)|LP= Peter Nicolis (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|

Game 6, February 22

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RSP=|HSP=
WP=Cot Deal (1-0)|LP=Carlos Pascual (1-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Bert Haas (1)|HomeHR=Willard Brown (2)|

Game 7, February 23

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WP=Cot Deal (2-0)|LP=Alberto Osorio (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|

Game 8, February 23

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Road=Cuba|RoadAbr=CUB
R1=0|R2=0|R3=1|R4=2|R5=3|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=6|RH=14|RE=0
Home=Venezuela|HomeAbr=VEN
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RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bob Alexander (1-0)|LP=Lenny Yochim (0-2)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=|

Game 9, February 24

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Road=Venezuela|RoadAbr=VEN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=0|R4=1|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=0|R9=1|RR=2|RH= 6|RE=2
Home=Puerto Rico|HomeAbr=PRI
H1=2|H2=1|H3=0|H4=4|H5=0|H6=2|H7=0|H8=0|H9=X|HR=9|HH=13|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Bobo Holloman (2-0)|LP=Jehosie Heard (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=|HomeHR=Willard Brown (3), Joe Montalvo (1)|

Game 10, February 24

Linescore|
Road=Panama|RoadAbr=PAN
R1=2|R2=0|R3=0|R4=0|R5=2|R6=1|R7=0|R8=0|R9=0|RR=5|RH=10|RE=0
Home=Cuba|HomeAbr=CUB
H1=0|H2=0|H3=2|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=1|H9=0|HR=3|HH=11|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Humberto Robinson (1-0)|LP=Carlos Pascual (1-2)|SV=Pat Scantlebury (1)
RoadHR=Bobby Prescott (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 11, February 25

Linescore|
Road=Panama|RoadAbr=PAN
R1=0|R2=0|R3=2|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=1|R8=0|R9=0|RR=3|RH=6|RE=0
Home=Venezuela|HomeAbr=VEN
H1=1|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=0|H9=0|HR=2|HH=8|HE=1
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Pat Scantlebury (1-1)|LP=José Bracho (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Arthur Peeples (1)|HomeHR=|

Game 12, February 25

Linescore|
Road=Puerto Rico|RoadAbr=PRI
R1=0|R2=0|R3=3|R4=0|R5=0|R6=0|R7=0|R8=1|R9=3|RR=7|RH=16|RE=0
Home=Cuba|HomeAbr=CUB
H1=0|H2=0|H3=1|H4=0|H5=0|H6=0|H7=0|H8=2|H9=X|HR=3|HH= 9|HE=0
RSP=|HSP=
WP=Roberto Vargas (0-1)|LP=Jocko Thompson (0-1)|SV=
RoadHR=Jim Gilliam (2), Willard Brown (4)|HomeHR=|

ee also

*Ballplayers who have played in the Series

ources

*Antero Núñez, José. "Series del Caribe". Jefferson, Caracas, Venezuela: Impresos Urbina, C.A., 1987.
*Gutiérrez, Daniel. "Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela – 1895-2006 ". Caracas, Venezuela: Impresión Arte, C.A., 2007.

External links

* [http://www.ebeisbol.com Official site]
* [http://latinobaseball.com/cws-history.php Latino Baseball]
* [http://www.juanperez.com/baseball/series.htm Series del Caribe, Las (Spanish)]


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