The 1995 Caribbean Series (Serie del Caribe) was the twenty-fifth edition of the second stage of the Caribbean Series. It was held in San Juan

San Juan, Puerto Rico

San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of...

, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 from February 3 to February 9. The series featured four teams from Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

, Mexico

Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

 and Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

. The hometown team, the Senadores de San Juan

Senadores de San Juan

The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....

 of the Puerto Rican League won the series. The team was were managed by Luis Meléndez

Luis Meléndez (baseball)

Luis Antonio Meléndez Santana is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from 1970 until 1977, for the St...

. The Most Valuable Player

Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player

The Caribbean Series Most Valuable Player is given to the player judged as the Most Valuable Player in the annual Caribbean Series.-Award winners:...

 was Roberto Alomar

Roberto Alomar

Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez is a former Major League Baseball player , regarded by many as one of the best second basemen in MLB history. During his career he won more Gold Gloves than any other second baseman in history, and also won the second-most Silver Slugger Awards for a second...

, a second baseman with the Senadores de San Juan

Senadores de San Juan

The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....

.

While the San Juan club had faced difficulty in emerging as the champions of the Puerto Rican Winter League, the team swept its way through the six-game Series by a 49-15 score. The Azucareros del Este

Azucareros del Este

The Toros del Este are a baseball team in the Dominican Winter League established in . Based in the eastern city of La Romana, the Toros have reached four championship series in their history, winning the title in and 2011....

 of the Dominican League lost one game 16-0 by Puerto Rico. However they went won all of their games against the other teams thanks to the arms of José Rijo

José Rijo

José Antonio Rijo Abreu is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who spent the majority of his career with the Cincinnati Reds .-Playing career:...

, Pedro Martínez

Pedro Martínez

Pedro Jaime Martínez is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He is an eight-time All-Star, three-time Cy Young Award winner, and 2004 World Series champion...

 and Pedro Astacio

Pedro Astacio

Pedro Julio Astacio is a Major League Baseball pitcher. He has played for the Los Angeles Dodgers , Colorado Rockies , Houston Astros , New York Mets , Boston Red Sox , Texas Rangers , the San Diego Padres and the Washington Nationals...

 to place second with a 4-2 record.

Puerto Rico was helped by having many major leaguers who normally would have taken off the time for spring training

Spring training

In Major League Baseball, spring training is a series of practices and exhibition games preceding the start of the regular season. Spring training allows new players to try out for roster and position spots, and gives existing team players practice time prior to competitive play...

. Roberto Alomar

Roberto Alomar

Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez is a former Major League Baseball player , regarded by many as one of the best second basemen in MLB history. During his career he won more Gold Gloves than any other second baseman in history, and also won the second-most Silver Slugger Awards for a second...

 (.560, 10 RBI, 9 R, .840 SLG, 2 SB) was the Series MVP and he was helped by Bernie Williams

Bernie Williams

Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and Puerto Rican musician.-Early life:...

 (.417, .875 SLG), Juan Gonzalez (.375, .667 SLG), Edgar Martinez

Edgar Martinez

Edgar Martínez , nicknamed "Gar" and "Papi", is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and designated hitter. He spent his entire 18-year Major League career with the Seattle Mariners. He is the cousin of Carmelo Martínez.-Seattle Mariners:On December 19, 1982, the Seattle Mariners signed...

 (.375, 9 RBI), Carlos Baerga

Carlos Baerga

Carlos Obed Baerga Ortiz is a former Major League Baseball player. After spending most of his career as a second baseman, he was used at various positions late in his career.-Cleveland Indians:...

, Ruben Sierra

Rubén Sierra

Rubén Angel Sierra García is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. Sierra also goes by the nicknames El Caballo and El Indio....

, a young Carlos Delgado

Carlos Delgado

Carlos Juan Delgado Hernández is a retired Puerto Rican professional baseball player. With 473 home runs and 1,512 RBI, he holds the all-time home run and RBI records among Puerto Rican players....

 hitting cleanup, Roberto Hernández, Rey Sánchez

Rey Sánchez

Rey Francisco Sánchez Guadalupe is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He attended high school in California and was drafted in the 13th round of the amateur baseball draft by the Texas Rangers. He played in their minor league system until , when he was traded to the Chicago Cubs for minor...

 (.333), Doug Brocail

Doug Brocail

Douglas Keith Brocail is a former American Major League Baseball pitcher. He is currently the interim pitching coach for the Houston Astros.-High school years:...

 (1-0, 1.00), Jose Alberro

Jose Alberro

José Edgardo Alberro is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Texas Rangers. He batted and threw right-handed.-Texas Rangers:...

 (1-0, 0.00 in 4 games), Eric Gunderson

Eric Gunderson

Eric Andrew Gunderson is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played in the major leagues from - and -. He attended college at Portland State University.-External links:...

 (1-0, 1.13), Ricky Bones

Ricky Bones

Ricardo "Ricky" Bones is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who had a 10-year career from 1991 to 2001. He played for three National League teams - the San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, and Florida Marlins - and four American League teams - the Milwaukee Brewers, Kansas City Royals, New York...

 and Chris Haney

Chris Haney

Christopher Deane Haney is an American former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched from 1991–2000 and in 2002 for the Montreal Expos, Kansas City Royals, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and Boston Red Sox. In 2001, he played in Japan for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Haney gave up...

 (2.45) among others. Sanchez had won the Puerto Rican Winter League batting title but batted 9th with the superb lineup in front of him.

Final standings

Team	| League	G	W	L	WPCT	Manager
Senadores de San Juan Senadores de San Juan The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....	Puerto Rico Puerto Rican League	6	6	0	1.000	Luis "Torito" Meléndez Luis Meléndez (baseball) Luis Antonio Meléndez Santana is a former professional baseball player. He played all or part of eight seasons in Major League Baseball from 1970 until 1977, for the St...
Azucareros del Este Azucareros del Este The Toros del Este are a baseball team in the Dominican Winter League established in . Based in the eastern city of La Romana, the Toros have reached four championship series in their history, winning the title in and 2011....	Dominican Republic Dominican League	6	4	2	0.667	Art Howe Art Howe Arthur Henry Howe Jr. is a former Major League Baseball infielder, coach, scout and manager. He is an alumnus of the University of Wyoming...
Leones del Caracas Leones del Caracas The Leones del Caracas is a Venezuelan baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Since its inception, the team has played in the Estadio Universitario in Caracas...	Venezuela Venezuelan League	6	1	5	0.167	Pompeyo Davalillo Pompeyo Davalillo Pompeyo Antonio "Yo-Yo" Davalillo Romero [da-va-LEE-yo] is a former Major League Baseball player. Listed at 5' 3", 140 lb., Davalillo batted and threw right-handed. He is listed in major league records as having been born on June 30, 1931, in Cabimas, Venezuela...
Naranjeros de Hermosillo	Mexico Mexican Pacific League	6	1	5	0.167	Derek Bryant Derek Bryant (baseball) Derek Roszell Bryant is a former professional baseball player. He played in 39 games in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics in , primarily as an outfielder. He currently serves as manager of the Olmecas de Tabasco in the Mexican League....

Leaders

• Batting Average: .560 - Roberto Alomar
  Roberto Alomar
  Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez is a former Major League Baseball player , regarded by many as one of the best second basemen in MLB history. During his career he won more Gold Gloves than any other second baseman in history, and also won the second-most Silver Slugger Awards for a second...
  
  , Senadores de San Juan
  Senadores de San Juan
  The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....
  
  
• Home Runs: 3 - Bernie Williams
  Bernie Williams
  Bernabé Williams Figueroa Jr. is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and Puerto Rican musician.-Early life:...
  
  , Senadores de San Juan
  Senadores de San Juan
  The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....
  
  
• Runs Batted In: 10 - Roberto Alomar
  Roberto Alomar
  Roberto "Robbie" Alomar Velázquez is a former Major League Baseball player , regarded by many as one of the best second basemen in MLB history. During his career he won more Gold Gloves than any other second baseman in history, and also won the second-most Silver Slugger Awards for a second...
  
  , Senadores de San Juan
  Senadores de San Juan
  The ' are a professional baseball team based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. They are currently members of the Puerto Rico Baseball League....
  
  
• Wins: 1 - Seven tied