Serie Monumental
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Tournament details | |
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Country | Venezuela |
City | Caracas and Maracaibo |
Venue(s) | Estadio Cerveza Caracas de San Agustín Estadio Olímpico de Maracaibo |
Dates | November 24, 1945 – January 1, 1946 |
Teams | 4 |
The Serie Monumental (English: Monumental Series) was an international club baseball tournament held in
Although the
The series came in the wake of Venezuela hosting the 1944 and 1945 Amateur World Series.[3] The tournament was a commercial success, and an impetus for the professionalization of the baseball in Venezuela; the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League opened its first season in early January 1946, with Venezuelan teams contracting several Black players from the tour.[4] Sabios de Vargas reportedly tried to hire Jackie Robinson, who hit .339 in the series with a home run and five RBIs, but either he or the Brooklyn Dodgers (who had recently signed him) declined.[5][6][4]
Participants
- Negro All-Stars (Spanish: Estrellas Negras or Estrellas Norteamericanas, managed by Felton Snow)
- Criollo All-Stars (Spanish: Estrellas Criollanas, managed by José Antonio Casanova)
- Caribbean All-Stars (Spanish: Estrellas del Caribe, managed by Chino Canónico)
- Zulia All-Stars (Spanish: Estrellas Zulianas)
Rosters
- Keys
- Bold denotes a player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame
- † denotes a player inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame
Negro All-Stars
Managed by Felton Snow of the Baltimore Elite Giants, the Negro All-Stars were composed of players from the Negro National League and Negro American League:[1][4][2]
Criollo All-StarsManager: José Antonio Casanova†
Source:[4] |
Caribbean All-StarsManager: Daniel "Chino" Canónico
Source:[4] |
The Zulia All-Stars were composed of
References
- ^ a b c González and Ruiz, Campos de Gloria, p. 389—91
- ^ a b Layton Revel; Luis Munoz (2018). "Forgotten Heroes: Marvin "Tex" Williams" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research: 9.
- ^ "El Béisbol en Venezuela: Serie Interamericana, semilla de la Serie del Caribe". La Gran Aldea (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b c d e "El Béisbol en Venezuela: Las estrellas negras visitan Venezuela". La Gran Aldea (in Spanish).
- ^ Castrovince, Anthony. "Negro Leagues difficult but fruitful for Jackie". MLB.com.
- ^ "Jackie Robinson en Venezuela" (in Spanish). Caracas Chamber of Commerce.
- ^ González and Ruiz, El Vuelo de Las Águilas, p. 79—87
Bibliography
- Javier González; Carlos Figueroa Ruiz. Campos de Gloria: El beisbol en Venezuela, 127 años de historia 1895–2022 (PDF) (in Spanish). Biblioteca Digital Banesco.
- Javier González; Carlos Figueroa Ruiz. El Vuelo de Las Águilas: 52 Anos en la LVBP (PDF) (in Spanish). Biblioteca Digital Banesco.