2008–09 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season

The 2008–09 Venezuelan Professional Baseball League season (Spanish: Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional or LVBP):

Regular season standings

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct	GB
(C)Leones del Caracas	42	21	.667	–
(C)Tigres de Aragua	36	27	.571	6
(C)Cardenales de Lara	33	30	.524	9
(C)Tiburones de la Guaira	31	32	.492	11
(C)Aguilas del Zulia	31	32	.492	11
Navegantes del Magallanes	28	35	.444	14
Caribes de Anzoátegui	28	35	.444	14
Bravos de Margarita	23	40	.365	19

(C)Classified to the Round Robin

Round robin

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct	GB
#Tigres de Aragua	9	7	.563	–
#Leones del Caracas	9	7	.563	–
#Tiburones de la Guaira	9	7	.563	–
Cardenales de Lara	7	9	.438	2.5
Aguilas del Zulia	6	10	.375	3.5

(#)Aragua, Caracas and La Guaira played two extra-playoff-games:

1st Game: (C)Caracas defeated Aragua 5-2

2nd Game: (C)Aragua defeated La Guaira 3-1

(C)Classified to the Championship series.

Championship series

Team	Wins	Losses	Pct	GB
Tigres de Aragua	4	3	.571	–
Leones del Caracas	3	4	.429	1

Tigres de Aragua LVBP 2008-2009 Champions

Awards

Most Valuable Player (Víctor Davalillo Award): Jesús Guzmán (Caracas)

Overall Offensive Performer of the year: Jesús Guzmán (Caracas)

Rookie of the year: Max Ramírez (La Guaira)

Comeback of the year: Wilfredo Romero (La Guaira)

Manager of the year (Chico Carrasquel Award): Frank Kremblas (Caracas)

Pitcher of the year (Carrao Bracho Award): David Austen (Zulia)

Closer of the year: Alex Serrano (Margarita)

Setup of the year: Luke Gregerson (Margarita)

Highlights

Jesús Guzmán finished with 67 RBI to set a new league record, surpassing the old mark of 67 set by Pete Koegel in the 1973-1974 season.

The Tigres de Aragua won their 3rd straight championship, becoming the 2nd team in VPBL history to do it.