The Industriales de Valencia was a baseball club who played from 1955 through 1968 in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. The Industriales joined the league as a replacement for the Santa Marta BBC.
The Industriales were based at Valencia, the capital city of Carabobo state, and played their home games at Estadio Cuatricentenario.
The Valencia club won five season titles, four championships and three sub-championships in its 13-season history, representing Venezuela in the first stage of the Caribbean Series in the 1956 and 1958 tournaments. It also won the 1961 Interamerican Series.
Despite their successful performance at the league, the Industriales folded in 1968 due to low attendance numbers. They relocated to Portuguesa state for the 1968–1969 season, and were renamed Llaneros de Acarigua.
Yearly team records Season Record Finish Manager Notes 1955-56 33-21 1st Regino Otero Championship title 1956-57 12-14 18-8 4th1st Regino Otero Lost championship series 1957-58 23-18 1st Regino Otero 1st round series winner 2nd round series winner Championship title 1958-59 28-18 1st Regino Otero Lost semifinal round 1959-60 16-13 -- Jim Fanning Season suspended by players' strike 1960-61 30-22 1st Rodolfo Fernández Won semifinal roundChampionship title 1961-62 21-30 3rd Rodolfo FernándezJulio Bracho Did not qualify for the playoffs 1962-63 23-16 1st Robert Hoffman Won semifinal roundChampionship title 1963-64 26-24 Dave Bristol Lost championship series 1964-65 25-25 3rd Rodolfo FernándezRobert Davis Did not qualify for the playoffs 1965-66 36-24 2nd Johnny Lipon Won semifinal roundLost championship series 1966-67 32-30 Johnny Lipon Lost semifinal round 1967-68 27-23 4th Mel McGaha Alfonso Carrasquel Did not qualify for the playoffs
All-time roster
Teolindo Acosta Joe Altobelli Carlos Ascanio Ed Bailey Bob Balcena Earl Battey Larry Bearnarth Babe Birrer Dámaso Blanco Gary Blaylock Ángel Bravo Tommy Brown Billy Bryan Don Bryant Elio Chacón Emilio Cueche Mike Cuellar George Culver Gary Dotter Bobby Durnbaugh Dick Egan Turk Farrell Hank Foiles Jim Frey Adrian Garrett Gustavo Gil Lenny Green Joe Hague Steve Hargan Ken Harrelson Jim Hicks Enrique Izquierdo Deron Johnson Lou Johnson Dick Kenworthy Ed Kirkpatrick Julián Ladera Dick LeMay Lou Limmer Jim McGlothlin Leo Marentette Héctor Martínez Lee May Ed Mickelson Bob Miller (LHP) Bob Miller (RHP) Jesús Mora Daniel Morejón Bubba Morton Mo Mozzali Ron Mrozinski Roberto Muñoz Red Murff Howie Nunn Jim Owens Jim Pearce Aaron Pointer Rudy Regalado Tommie Reynolds Tony Roig Chico Ruiz Ed Sadowski Ken Sanders Diego Seguí R. C. Stevens Dean Stone Luis Tiant Ken Turner Bruce Von Hoff
Sources Gutiérrez, Daniel; Alvarez, Efraim; Gutiérrez (h), Daniel (2006). La Enciclopedia del Béisbol en Venezuela. LVBP, Caracas. PuraPelota.com – Industriales de Valencia es.Wikipedia.org – Industriales de Valencia