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The 2008-2009 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional or LVBP):
Contents
Regular season standings
(C)Classified to the Round Robin
Round robin
(#)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
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.