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04/20/2005 Archived Entry: "Venezuela's "other" league"

Venezuela's Little-known "Other" League

For those of you who follow the Latin area leagues, I’m sure you are aware that there are two separate seasons in some countries, the summer and the winter leagues. But I wonder how many of you are aware that in Venezuela there are actually two winter leagues in addition to the summer league.

That league is called the Parallel League, or Liga Paralela. That league’s play is conducted at the same time as the more well known winter league, thus the “Parallel” name. One feature of it is that some players from the regular winter league often cross over and play in the Parallel League (PL).

The PL is divided into two divisions, the Valencia and the Barquiusimeto. Unfortunately, the 2004 season statistics for the Barquisimeto Division are not known because, strangely, that division did not pay the fee to have the stats entered into the data base. Therefore the statistics below are strictly from the Valencia Division. I can tell you, though, that the teams in the Barquisimeto Division are: Cleveland. Cardenales, Zulia, Oriente, Seattle and La Guaira.

Here are some detailed statistics from the 2004 season, completed on December 18th.

STANDINGS

Team W L Pct
Tigres de Aragua.... 43 10 .811
Caracas............. 38 18 .679
Pastora............. 36 19 .655
New York Mets....... 32 20 .615
Navegantes.......... 33 22 .600
Houston Astros...... 24 30 .444
Magallanes.......... 21 34 .382
Philadelphia........ 20 34 .370
San Luis............ 19 35 .352
Leones.............. 18 35 .343
Boston.............. 12 39 .240

TEAM BATTING G Avg AB R H 2B 3B HR BB SO SB-ATT
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Tigres de Aragua.... 53 .323 1893 406 611 120 14 38 239 298 89-131
Caracas............. 56 .293 1892 333 554 129 17 45 211 384 76-127
Pastora............. 55 .278 1816 332 504 120 13 44 220 349 64-112
Philadelphia........ 54 .274 1820 240 498 100 25 14 154 342 45-79
Navegantes.......... 55 .265 1822 316 483 94 19 25 207 330 84-129
Magallanes.......... 55 .260 1870 250 487 79 22 35 158 391 52-84
New York Mets....... 52 .257 1723 274 442 88 22 30 170 401 53-106
Boston.............. 52 .252 1757 221 443 86 5 23 165 347 33-53
Houston Astros...... 54 .252 1744 223 439 75 16 23 192 356 97-147
San Luis............ 54 .240 1744 225 418 94 10 17 165 398 18-48
Leones.............. 54 .237 1751 222 415 94 6 24 178 377 53-101
Totals.............. 297 .267 19832 3042 5294 1079 169 318 2059 3973 664-1117

TEAM PITCHING G ERA W L Sv IP H R ER BB SO
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New York Mets....... 52 3.34 32 20 13 455.1 453 238 169 174 381
Caracas............. 56 3.34 38 18 18 490.1 454 233 182 145 431
Tigres de Aragua.... 53 3.61 43 10 15 471.1 455 227 189 187 396
Pastora............. 55 3.68 36 19 16 476.2 448 227 195 194 363
Navegantes.......... 55 3.90 33 22 10 480.0 482 267 208 163 371
Houston Astros...... 54 4.09 24 30 13 464.0 471 289 211 201 315
Magallanes.......... 55 4.32 21 34 9 485.2 526 292 233 202 357
Leones.............. 54 4.46 18 35 14 470.2 497 305 233 214 323
Philadelphia........ 54 4.48 20 34 6 470.1 507 309 234 174 355
San Luis............ 54 4.60 19 35 11 459.2 510 330 235 204 333
Boston.............. 52 5.16 12 39 3 450.1 491 325 258 201 348
Totals.............. 297 4.08 296 296 128 5174.1 5294 3042 2347 2059 3973


INDIVIDUAL BATTING
Min 2.5 AB/Team game G Avg AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR BB
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Nunez, Alex TIG........... 42 .429 133 38 57 30 10 0 4 34
Arratia, Yilmer TIG....... 35 .364 143 33 52 23 11 2 4 7
Perez, Eduardo CCS........ 47 .359 181 37 65 40 19 2 11 16
Ramirez, Manuel PAS....... 35 .353 139 28 49 41 13 1 9 15
Utrera, Jose TIG.......... 40 .347 147 35 51 35 6 1 2 21
Martinez, Jose STL........ 49 .339 177 35 60 19 12 1 3 17
Gonzalez, Jesus CCS....... 50 .335 200 37 67 25 18 2 3 10
Morales, Douglas PHI...... 51 .326 178 29 58 31 16 4 1 12
Cambero, Alberto PHI...... 44 .324 142 28 46 17 4 4 1 21
Granadillo, Tony STL...... 50 .318 176 27 56 37 17 2 7 11

INDIVIDUAL PITCHING
Min 0.8 IP/Team game App ERA W-L Sv IP H R ER BB SO
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Garate, Victor CCS........ 11 0.78 5-0 0 46.1 27 10 4 10 47
Requena, Ricardo TIG...... 11 1.40 5-1 0 51.1 46 16 8 18 41
Guedez, Raul MAG.......... 13 1.54 3-3 0 46.2 37 11 8 16 32
Perdomo, Javier NYM....... 11 1.63 4-2 0 49.2 54 17 9 12 23
Pino, Johan TIG........... 11 2.36 6-0 0 49.2 39 14 13 5 38
Estanga, Edgar NAV........ 12 2.51 1-3 0 57.1 48 24 16 7 45
Marquez, Angel PAS........ 13 2.81 7-1 0 57.2 48 19 18 22 67
Lugo, Henderson STL....... 17 3.00 1-2 2 45.0 52 36 15 9 31
Cordova, Jose HOU......... 15 3.07 1-3 1 44.0 32 19 15 9 28
Gomez, Epifiano BOS....... 13 3.07 1-4 0 44.0 40 23 15 18 34

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