Representing Venezuela's main seaport on the Caribbean coast, Tiburones de La Guaira have navigated over a century of Venezuelan baseball since their 1917 founding. The 'Sharks' — whose maritime home gave them their predatory nickname — play at Estadio Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez in the hills above La Guaira, drawing fans from the port community and the greater Caracas metropolitan area. Their distinctive teal and blue colors evoke the Caribbean waters that define their city's identity.
Over a century of competition culminated in the most glorious achievement in franchise history: the 2024 Caribbean Series championship in Miami, Florida. Managed by the legendary Ozzie Guillén — himself Venezuelan and one of the game's most charismatic figures — Tiburones defeated Dominican Republic's Tigres del Licey in the final on neutral ground in Miami, delivering joy to a long-suffering fanbase and making the Guillén homecoming to Venezuelan baseball one of winter ball's great storylines.
Founded: 1917 · Location: La Guaira, Venezuela · League: LVBP (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League) · Country: Venezuela · Caribbean Series titles: 1 · Title years: 2024 · Appearances: 6+
1983 — Runners-Up in Caracas. Tiburones' first Caribbean Series final appearance, losing to Puerto Rico's Lobos de Arecibo on Venezuelan home soil, was a painful near-miss that would take more than four decades to avenge.
2024 — Miami Sharks. Managed by Ozzie Guillén, Tiburones de La Guaira claimed their first Caribbean Series title in Miami, delivering a century of pent-up championship joy to the Venezuelan port city in one of winter ball's most emotionally charged recent finals.