Leones de León

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Leones de León
Information
LeagueNicaraguan Professional Baseball League
LocationLeón, Nicaragua
BallparkEstadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre
Established1945
League championships7 (1957–58, 1959–60, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22)
Latin American Series championships2019
Former name(s)Mets de San Felipe
Mets de León
Melenudos de León
ColorsBlack, 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[edit]

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[edit]

Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager
2019 Mexico Veracruz 1st 7 0 1.000 Nicaragua Sandor Guido
Total 7 0 1.000

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Leones - Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional". lbpn.com.ni. Archived from the original on 2020-01-22.
  2. ^ Lou Hernández. The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961. p. 80.
  3. ^ "Con Wilfredo Calvino" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2024.