Leones de León explained

Leones de León
Established:1945
City:León, Nicaragua
League:Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
Former Names:Mets de San Felipe
Mets de León
Melenudos de León
Ballpark:Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre
League Champs:7 (1957–58, 1959–60, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22)
Series:Latin American Series
Series Champs:2019
Colors:Black, gold, white

The Leones de León are a professional baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League (LPBN).

Their home games are played at Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre in León, Nicaragua.[1] Their biggest rival is Indios del Bóer, which are based in the capital of Managua.

Championships

Leones won the 1958 Pan American Series (Serie Panamericana), a one-off international club tournament against Venados de Mazatlán of the Mexican Pacific League and Vanytor de Barranquilla of the Colombian league.[2] [3] They also won the 2019 Latin American Series, the other counterpart of Caribbean Series, in a final game against the Chileros de Xalapa of the Mexican Liga Invernal Veracruzana.

Leones has also won the most titles in Nicaragua's amateur league, the Germán Pomares Ordóñez First Division (Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Germán Pomares Ordoñez), with 20 (1939, 1943, 1960, 1962–64, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2019).

Latin American Series record

YearVenueFinishWinsLossesWin%Manager
1st 7 0 Sandor Guido
Total 7 0

References

  1. Web site: Leones - Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional . lbpn.com.ni . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200122074635/https://lbpn.com.ni/leones/ . 2020-01-22.
  2. Book: Lou Hernández . The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961 . 10 October 2011 . 80 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8936-7 .
  3. News: Con Wilfredo Calvino . 13 February 2024 . La Prensa . 8 September 2003 . es.