Criollos de Caguas (baseball)
Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League team
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The Criollos de Caguas (English: Caguas Creoles) are a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League. Based in the city of Caguas, they have won 21 national titles and five Caribbean World Series, including the 2017-2018 back-to-back championships.
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| League | Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC) | |||
| Location | Caguas | |||
| Ballpark | Estadio Yldefonso Solá Morales | |||
| Founded | 1938 | |||
| Caribbean Series championships | 5 (1954, 1974, 1987, 2017, 2018) | |||
| League championships | 21 (1941, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1960, 1968, 1974, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1987, 2001, 2011, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2024) | |||
| Website | CaguasCriollos.com | |||
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From the mid-1940s until roughly 1970, the team was known as Caguas-Guayama and was jointly based in Caguas and in a nearby city, Guayama.
History
Early seasons
On December 19, 1951, Earl Harrist recorded the third no-hitter in the LBPPR for Caguas, defeating Mayagüez 9-0.[1] On November 30, 1957, Juan Lizarro pitched the sixth no-hitter in a 7-0 win over Mayagüez.[2]
Puerto Rico Baseball League
On November 18, 2009, the Gigantes defeated the Criollos.[3] After beginning the season with three consecutive losses, the Leones defeated the Criollos to win their first game.[4] On November 22, 2009, the Leones defeated the Criollos by nine runs.[5] On November 29, 2009, the Criollos defeated the Indios in a game that was shortened due to rain.[6] In the first week of December, the team's reinforcement players, Iván Rodríguez, Yonder Alonso, Luis Villareal and Horacio Ramírez began joining the roster.[7] On December 1, 2009, the Criollos traded Héctor Pellot to the Lobos in exchange of Adrián Ortiz, who the team's general manager, Frankie Thon, intended to employ as pinch runner.[8] The team also released Quintin Berry and placed Helder Velázquez and Luis Cruz in the inactive list, opening places for the reinforcement players.[8] On December 1, 2009, the Criollos defeated the Gigantes to win their first home game of the season.[9] Earlier that day, Alex Cora began practicing with the team, seeking a spot in the roster.[10]
2024 Caribbean Series roster
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