According to BeisbolPlay.com, the 2024-25 Liga Venezolona de Beisbol Profesional (LVBP) regular season will begin on October 12, 2024.
Fifty-six regular season games will be played in the 2024-25 LVBP regular season.
The winner of the 2024-25 LVBP best-of-champion series will play in the 2025 Caribbean Series at Estadio Nido de Los Aguilas in Mexicali, Mexico.
The Estadio de Los Aguilas is home to the Aguilas de Mexicali in Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico.
The Navegantes del Magallanes will play on the road against the 2024 Caribbean Series champion Tiburones de La Guaira at Estadio Universitario in Caracas, Venezuela.
The Caribes de Anzoátegui will travel to Maracay, Venezuela, to play the Tigres de Aragua at Estadio José Pérez Colmenares.
The Leones del Caracas will host the Bravos de Margarita at Estadio Monumental Simon Bolivar de La Rinconada in Caracas, Venezuela.
The Cardenales de Lara will play the Aguilas del Zulia at home at Estadio Herrera Guiterrez in Barquisimeto, Venezuela.
The 2024-25 LVBP regular season will be dedicated to Venezuelan baseball legend and former Major League Baseball player Victor Davalillo, who passed away at 84 on December 6, 2023, in Caracas, Venezuela.
Davalillo was born in Cabimas, Zulia, Venezuela, on July 31, 1939, and is the only player in the history of the Liga Venezolana de Beisbol Profesional to play 30 seasons with Leones del Caracas, Tigres de Aragua, Llaneros de Portuguesa, Tiburones de La Guaira, and Industriales de Valencia. Davalillo has the most hits in LVBP with 1,505 and batted a lifetime average of .325 in Venezuela with 4,633 at-bats.
He played the most seasons with Leones del Caracas, serving 19 winter league years with the organization, and made his LVBP debut during the 1957-58 season.
Davalillo made his MLB debut on April 9, 1963, with the Cleveland Indians and played 16 seasons. He played from 1963-68 with the Indians, the California Angels from 1968-69, the St. Louis Cardinals from 1969-70, the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1971-73, the Oakland Athletics from 1973-74, and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1977-1980.
Davalillo was a two-time World Series champion with the Pirates in 1971 and 1973, won the Gold Glove award in 1964, and was an All-Star in 1965.
Davalillo played in 1,458 games in MLB while batting .279 with 4,296 plate appearances, recording 1,122 hits, 160 doubles, 37 triples, 36 home runs, 329 RBI, 125 stolen bases, caught stolen 58 times, 212 walks, 422 strikeouts, and .680 OPS.
Davalillo played in Liga Mexicana de Béisbol with the Cafeteros de Córdoba from 1974-75, Angeles de Puebla in 1976, and the Rieleros de Aguascalientes in 1977 and 1979-81.
Davalillo, during the 1977 LMB regular season, led the league in batting average at .384.
Davalillo played in 537 games in LMB with 2,281 plate appearances, recording 735 hits, 98 doubles, 22 triples, 33 home runs, 288 RBI, 36 stolen bases, 209 walks, and 134 strikeouts.
Davalillo was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame in Valencia in the museum’s first year in 2003 with Luis Aparicio, José Bracho, Alejandro Carrasquel, Alfonso Carrasquel, José Antonio Casanova, David Concepción, Luis García, Vidal López, Roberto Olivo, Diego Segui, Abelardo Raidi, Juan Antonio Yanes, and César Tovar.