Founded in 1914, Leones del Caracas are the most storied franchise in Venezuelan baseball — a club whose history parallels the nation's entire professional baseball development. The 'Red Lions' play at Estadio Universitario in Caracas, a venue steeped in decades of LVBP drama on the grounds of the Central University of Venezuela. Their crimson and black colors are worn with immense pride across the capital, and Leones' rivalry with Navegantes del Magallanes — the country's most intense — has sold out Caracas stadiums for over a century.
Two Caribbean Series championships (1982 in Hermosillo, Mexico, and 2006 in Valencia, Venezuela) mark the Lions' international high points, but their domestic dominance is even more remarkable. Leones del Caracas have won more Venezuelan titles than any other franchise and produced a lineage of legendary players from Chico Carrasquel through to the modern Venezuelan MLB stars who have shaped the contemporary game. Their Universitario stadium remains one of the most atmospheric environments in winter baseball.
Founded: 1914 · Location: Caracas, Venezuela · League: LVBP (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League) · Country: Venezuela · Caribbean Series titles: 2 · Title years: 1982, 2006 · Appearances: 12+
1982 — Mexican Conquest. Leones del Caracas claimed Venezuela's Caribbean Series title in Hermosillo, Mexico — crossing the Caribbean to defeat Puerto Rico's Leones de Ponce on foreign soil, vindicating Venezuela's capital city as its finest baseball standard.
2006 — Home Triumph in Valencia. On Venezuelan soil in Valencia, Caracas claimed their second Caribbean Series title by defeating Dominican Republic's Tigres del Licey — silencing the visitors and crowning Venezuela's most decorated franchise on home ground.
Ongoing — The Caracas Standard. Even in years without a Caribbean Series title, Leones del Caracas set the competitive standard for Venezuelan winter ball, developing talent and maintaining a winning culture that has endured for more than a century.