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LeagueColombian Professional Baseball League
LocationBarranquilla, Colombia
BallparkEstadio Édgar Rentería
Founded1984
League championships13 (1984-85, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2023-24)
Caribbean Series championships2022
ColorsBlue, White, Red
     
ManagerColombia José Mosquera
PresidentColombia Jimmy Char
Websitehttp://www.caimanesbbc.com/
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The Caimanes de Barranquilla are a baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. They have participated in the league since the 1984–85 season, playing in the 12,000-capacity Estadio Édgar Rentería in Barranquilla. Caimanes are the most successful team in Colombian baseball, having won 13 league titles, most recently during the 2023–24 season. They also won the 2022 Caribbean Series, making Colombia the first new country to win the tournament since Mexico's Naranjeros de Hermosillo won their first title in 1976.

History

Caimanes was founded in 1984, during the so-called "second era" of professional Colombian baseball. It replaced two teams, Cerveza Águila and Café Universal, that both folded the season before, leaving Barranquilla without a professional team. Caimanes won the title in its inaugural season.[1] However, the league would fold by 1988.

In 1998, the success of Colombian-born players in Major League Baseball, most notably Édgar Rentería (who was on the 1997 world champion Florida Marlins), led to a meeting in Miami of Colombian baseball personalities including Edinson Rentería, Edgar Perez and José Martínez (who led and contributed to the development of Colombian Professional Baseball between 1979 and 1985). The meeting established a working group consisting of the businessmen involved with professional baseball in Colombia in the 1980s and new executives from the cities of Barranquilla and Cartagena. This working group was presented with a proposal to revive professional baseball in Colombia under the leadership of the Rentería family. The working group decided to move forward with the proposal, beginning the 1999–2000 season with four teams, two in Barranquilla (Caimanes and Electricos) and two in Cartagena (Tigres and Indios).[2]

2022 Caribbean Series roster

Colombia 2022 Caribbean Series Roster
Players Coaches

Pitchers

  • 28 Colombia Elkin Alcalá
  • 55 Colombia Rodrigo Benoit
  • 27 Colombia Randy Consuegra
  • 21 Colombia Luis De Ávila
  • 20 Dominican Republic Juan Díaz
  • 78 Colombia Luis Escobar
  • 41 Dominican Republic Elniery García
  • 67 United States Donald Goodson
  • 42 Dominican Republic Yaramil Hiraldo
  • 37 Dominican Republic Joel Inoa
  • 42 Dominican Republic Francisco Jiménez
  • 99 Dominican Republic Porfirio López
  • 16 Dominican Republic Eduar López
  • 25 Dominican Republic Deivy Méndez
  • 31 Colombia Luis Moreno
  • 69 Colombia Jeffry Niño
  • 47 Dominican Republic Fernando Pérez
  • 46 Colombia Ronald Ramírez

updated on 28 January 2022

Catchers

  •  9 Venezuela Sandy León
  •  7 Colombia Carlos Martínez
  •  2 Colombia Andrés Noriega

Infielders

Outfielders

  • 15 Colombia Brayan Buelvas
  • 24 Venezuela Robinson Cabrera
  • 16 Dominican Republic Édgar Figueroa
  • 10 Colombia Harold Ramírez
  • 13 Colombia Brallan Pérez

Manager

  • 28 Colombia José Mosquera

Coaches

References

  1. ↑ "Segunda Época (1979-1985, 1987-1988)" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2011-11-14.
  2. ↑ Team Rentería. Nosotros.
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