The 2018 Latin American Series was the sixth edition of the Latin American Series, a baseball sporting event played by the champions of the professional winter leagues that make up the Latin American Professional Baseball Association (ALBP) and the first series containing representatives from outside the ALBP's founding nations.
The competition took place at the Dennis Martínez National Stadium in Managua, Nicaragua from January 26 to January 31, 2018.
Qualified teams LeagueTeam Argentine Baseball League Infernales de Salta Chilean Organized Baseball League Rangers de Santiago Colombian Professional Baseball League Leones de Montería Curaçao National Championship AA League WildCats KJ74 Veracruz State LeagueTobis de Acayucan Nicaraguan Professional Baseball LeagueTigres de Chinandega Panamanian Professional Baseball LeagueCaballos de CocléBravos de Urracá
Teams highlighted in red withdrew from the competition. Due to economic issues surrounding their respective leagues, both the Argentinian and Chilean representatives decided not to participate in this edition. Leones de Montería and Caballos de Coclé boycotted the competition, with Leones withdrawing due to a dispute over missing prize money from their Latin American Series win in 2015, and Caballos after failing to come to an agreement with ALBP over salaries.Caballos no participarán en la Serie Latinoamericana de Béisbol. Bravos de Urracá (highlighted in green), who came second in the Panamanian Professional Baseball League, were called in as the replacement representative for Panama.Los Bravos de Urracá irán a la Serie Latinoamericana.
Group Phase
Pos.TeamPWL%Dif1. Tigres de Chinandega3301.000—2. Tobis de Acayucan321.6671.03. WildCats KJ74312.3332.04. Bravos de Urracá303.0003.0
Qualified for the final Qualified for the semi-final Eliminated
Semi-final
Final
Statistics leaders
Batting
StatisticPlayerTotal/AvgAverage Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats)RBIs Leonardo Ortiz (Tigres)Home Runs Leonardo Ortiz (Tigres) Jamar Walton (Tigres)Runs Juan Díaz (Bravos)Hits Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats)Doubles Rojean Cleofa (Wildcats) Eliseo Aldazaba (Tobis) Edgard Montiel (Tigres) Yurendell de Caster (Wildcats)Triples Jamar Walton (Tigres) Elmer Reyes (Tigres)Stolen bases Enrique Osorio (Tobis) Yadil Mujica (Tobis) SLG Jamar Walton (Tigres) Pitching StatisticPlayerTotal/AvgERA Alberto Leyva (Tobis) Sammy Taveras (Bravos) Wilber Bucardo (Tigres) Fidencio Flores (Tigres)Complete Games Diegomar Markwell (Wildcats) Marcos Frías (Tigres) Alberto Leyva (Tobis) Raúl Ruiz (Tigres) Gilberto Méndez (Tobis) Nelson León (Tigres)Strikeouts Raúl Ruiz (Tigres) Wilton López (Tigres) Gilberto Méndez (Tobis)Saves Shairon Martis (Wildcats) Wilber Bucardo (Tigres)
References
External links Official Site