The seventeenth edition of the

Caribbean Series The Caribbean Series (''Spanish'': ''Serie del Caribe''), also called Caribbean World Series, is the highest tournament for professional baseball teams in Latin America. The tournament location is rotated annually among the countries and is norma ...

(''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 1 through February 6 with the champions teams from

Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic ( ; es, República Dominicana, ) is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean region. It occupies the eastern five-eighths of the island, which it shares with ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

and

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

, represented by the

Tigres del Licey Tigres del Licey (English: Licey Tigers) is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The team was founded in 1907 and based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It is one of two LIDOM franchises based in ...

Venados de Mazatlán Venados de Mazatlán ( en, Mazatlán Deer) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Mazatlan, Sinaloa. In 2016, the team won the Mexican Pacific League Championship and went on to win their second Caribbean Series ...

and Criollos de Caguas, respectively. This time

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

did not participate in the tournament due to a players strike, being replaced by the second place team from the

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule ru ...

, the

Yaquis de Obregón The Yaquis de Obregón ( en, Obregón Yaquis) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Ciudad Obregón, Sonora. The “Yaquis” are the only team in league history to have won three consecutive league championship ...

. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played in

Hermosillo Hermosillo (), formerly called Pitic (as in ''Santísima Trinidad del Pitic'' and ''Presidio del Pitic''), is a city located in the center of the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora. It is the municipal seat of the Hermosillo municipality, the ...

, Sonora, to become the first Caribbean Series held in Mexican baseball history.

Summary

Scoreboards

Game 1, February 1

Game 2, February 1

Game 3, February 2

Game 4, February 2

Game 5, February 3

Game 6, February 3

Game 7, February 4

Game 8, February 4

Game 9, February 5

Game 10, February 5

Game 11, February 6

Game 12, February 6

Sources

*Antero Núñez, José. ''Series del Caribe''. Impresos Urbina, Caracas, Venezuela. *Araujo Bojórquez, Alfonso. ''Series del Caribe: Narraciones y estadísticas, 1949-2001''. Colegio de Bachilleres del Estado de Sinaloa, Mexico. *Figueredo, Jorge S. ''Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961''. Macfarland & Co., United States. *González Echevarría, Roberto. ''The Pride of Havana''. Oxford University Express. *Gutiérrez, Daniel. ''Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela'', Caracas, Venezuela.

External links

Las Series del Caribe
(Spanish)
SoloBeisbol.com – Hermosillo 1974, la primera Serie del Caribe en México
(Spanish)
{{Caribbean Series , state=collapsed Caribbean Caribbean Series International baseball competitions hosted by Mexico 1974 in Mexican sports 1974 in Caribbean sport