2001 Caribbean Series

The XLII edition of the Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was held from February 1 through February 6 of 2001 with the champion baseball teams of the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Naranjeros de Hermosillo; Puerto Rico, Cangrejeros de Santurce, and Venezuela, Cardenales de Lara. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Estadio General Ángel Flores in Culiacán, Mexico.

Final standings


Country	Club	W	L	W/L %	Managers
Dominican Republic	Águilas Cibaeñas	4	2	.667	Félix Fermín
Mexico	Naranjeros de Hermosillo	3	3	.500	Derek Bryant
Venezuela	Cardenales de Lara	3	3	.500	Nick Leyva
Puerto Rico	Criollos de Caguas	2	4	.333	Sandy Alomar, Sr. *

* Had to attend family issues and was replaced by coach José López.

Individual leaders


Player	Statistic
Batting
Erubiel Durazo (MEX)	Batting average	.455
Six players tied	Runs	6
Erubiel Durazo (MEX)	Hits	10
Jolbert Cabrera (VEN) Luis Raven (VEN)	Doubles	4
Three players tied	Triples	1
Erubiel Durazo (MEX) Ramón Hernández (VEN)	Home runs	3
Luis Raven (VEN)	RBI	8
Trenidad Hubbard (MEX)	Stolen bases	2
Pitching
Tewlve players tied	Wins	1
Daniel Garibay (MEX)	Strikeouts	10
Gary Glover (VEN)	ERA	0.00

All-Star team


Name	Position
Ramón Hernández (VEN)	Catcher
Erubiel Durazo (MEX)	First baseman
Luis Sojo (VEN)	Second baseman
Vinny Castilla (MEX)	Third baseman
Miguel Tejada (DOM)	Shortstop
Luis Polonia (DOM)	Left fielder
Carlos Beltrán (PUR)	Center fielder
Gary Matthews, Jr. (PUR)	Right fielder
Juan Cañizales (MEX)	Designated hitter
Pablo Ochoa (MEX)	Right-handed pitcher
Angel Moreno (MEX)	Left-handed pitcher
Awards
Erubiel Durazo (MEX)	Most Valuable Player
Félix Fermín (DOM)	Manager

Sources

Bjarkman, Peter. Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-31-332268-6
Baseball Reference Bullpen
Serie del Caribe : History, Records and Statistics (Spanish)
Estadísticas Serie del Caribe 2001 (Spanish)

Caribbean Series

Years	1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Circuits	Dominican Professional Baseball League Mexican Pacific League Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

Related articles	Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame List of players who have played in the Series Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame

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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