Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player Explained

The Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player is an annual award, given to one outstanding player in the Caribbean Series. Since 1949, it has been awarded by journalists of the countries participating in the tournament.

Award winners

Year	Player	Position	Country	Team
1949	Agapito Mayor	P	Cuba	Alacranes del Almendares
1950	Joe Tuminelli	3B	Panama	Carta Vieja Yankees
1951	Luis Olmo	OF	Puerto Rico	Cangrejeros de Santurce
1952	Tommy Fine	P	Cuba	Leones de la Habana
1953	Willard Brown	OF	Puerto Rico	Cangrejeros de Santurce
1954	Jim Rivera	OF	Puerto Rico	Criollos de Caguas
1955	Don Zimmer	SS	Puerto Rico	Cangrejeros de Santurce
1956	Ray Noble	C	Cuba	Elefantes de Cienfuegos
1957	Solly Drake	OF	Cuba	Tigres de Marianao
1958	Earl Battey	C	Venezuela	Industriales de Valencia
1959	Norm Cash	1B	Venezuela	Indios de Oriente
1960	Tommy Davis	OF	Puerto Rico	Criollos de Caguas
1970	Gonzalo Márquez	1B	Venezuela	Navegantes del Magallanes
1971	Manny Mota	OF	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1972	Carlos May	OF	Puerto Rico	Leones de Ponce
1973	Bobby Valentine	SS	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1974	Héctor Espino	1B	Mexico	Yaquis de Obregón
1975	Willie Montañez	1B	Puerto Rico	Vaqueros de Bayamón
1976	Héctor Espino	1B	Mexico	Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1977	Rico Carty	OF	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1978	Leon Roberts	OF	Venezuela	Leones del Caracas
1979	Mitchell Page	OF	Venezuela	Navegantes del Magallanes
1980	Rudy Law	OF	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1982	Baudilio Díaz	C	Venezuela	Leones del Caracas
1983	Glenn Walker	OF	Puerto Rico	Lobos de Arecibo
1984	Terry Francona	1B	Venezuela	Águilas del Zulia
1985	José Rijo	P	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1986	Randy Ready	3B	Puerto Rico	Indios de Mayagüez
1987	Carmelo Martínez	1B	Puerto Rico	Criollos de Caguas
1988	Rufino Linares	OF	Dominican Republic	Leones del Escogido
1989	Phil Stephenson	1B	Venezuela	Águilas del Zulia
1990	Gerónimo Berroa	OF	Dominican Republic	Leones del Escogido
1991	Gerónimo Berroa	OF	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1992	Chad Kreuter	C	Puerto Rico	Indios de Mayagüez
1993	Héctor Villanueva	1B	Puerto Rico	Cangrejeros de Santurce
1994	Jim Bowie	1B	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
1995	Roberto Alomar	2B	Puerto Rico	Senadores de San Juan
1996	Darryl Brinkley	OF	Mexico	Tomateros de Culiacán
1997	Matt Stark	DH	Mexico	Tomateros de Culiacán
1998	Neifi Pérez	SS	Dominican Republic	Águilas Cibaeñas
1999	Neifi Pérez	SS	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
2000	José Cruz Jr.	OF	Puerto Rico	Cangrejeros de Santurce
2001	Erubiel Durazo	1B	Mexico	Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2002	Adán Amezcua	C	Mexico	Tomateros de Culiacán
2003	David Ortiz	1B	Dominican Republic	Águilas Cibaeñas
2004	Francis Beltrán	P	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
2005	Francisco Campos	P	Mexico	Venados de Mazatlán
2006	Ramón Hernández	1B	Venezuela	Leones del Caracas
2007	Tony Batista	3B	Dominican Republic	Águilas Cibaeñas
2008	Ramón Ortiz	P	Dominican Republic	Tigres del Licey
2009	Francisco Buttó	P	Venezuela	Tigres de Aragua
2010	Fernando Martínez	OF	Dominican Republic	Leones del Escogido
2011	Jorge Vázquez	1B	Mexico	Yaquis de Obregón
2012	Jairo Asencio	P	Dominican Republic
		P		Yaquis de Obregón
		OF		Naranjeros de Hermosillo
		DH		Vegueros de Pinar del Río
		OF		Tigres de Aragua
	David Vidal	IF		Criollos de Caguas
	Anthony García	OF		Criollos de Caguas
	Javy Guerra	SS		Toros de Herrera
	Peter O'Brien	1B		Toros del Este
	Juan Lagares	CF		Águilas Cibaeñas
	Reynaldo Rodríguez	1B		Caimanes de Barranquilla
	César Valdez	P		Tigres del Licey
	Ricardo Pinto	P		Tiburones de La Guaira

See also

• Baseball Awards
• Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame

Sources

• Beisbol About
• Major League Baseball
• Nuñez, José Antero (1994). Serie del Caribe de la Habana a Puerto La Cruz. JAN Editor.