Caimanes de Barranquilla
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League | Colombian Professional Baseball League | ||
Location | Barranquilla, Colombia | ||
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Year founded | 1984 | ||
League championships | 1984-85, 1993-94, 1997-98, 1998-99, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2020-21 | ||
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Website | http://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 1984–1985 season, playing in the 12,000-capacity in Barranquilla.
History[]
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 , Edgar Perez and (who led and contributed to the development of Colombian Professional Baseball between 1979 and 1985). The meeting was acknowledged by the MLB and the . 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 including Alfredo Navarro, , , , , and . 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, the Caimanes y Electricos de Barranquilla (The Barranquilla Alligators and Electric Eels) and the Tigres e Indios of Cartagena (The Cartagena Tigers and Indians).[1]
2021 Caribbean Series roster[]
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References[]
- ^ Team Rentería. Nosotros.[permanent dead link]
- Baseball teams in Colombia