Leones del Caracas
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The Caracas Base Ball Club C.A., better known by its commercial name as the Leones del Caracas, is a professional baseball team of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVPB). The owner and sole shareholder of the sports club is Ricardo Cisneros, president of Ateneas Sports Holding.
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League | Venezuelan Professional Baseball League | ||||
Location | Caracas, Venezuela | ||||
Ballpark | Monumental Stadium of Caracas Simón Bolívar | ||||
Founded | May 7, 1942 | ||||
League championships | 21 (1947–48, 1948–49, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1961–62, 1963–64, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1972–73, 1977–78, 1979–80, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1994–95, 2005–06, 2009–10, 2022–23) | ||||
Caribbean Series championships | 2 (1982, 2006) | ||||
Interamerican Series championships | 1 (1950) | ||||
Former name(s) | Cerveceria Caracas | ||||
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Its name comes from the official name of the city of Caracas—Santiago de León de Caracas—which Diego de Losada assigned to it when it was founded in 1567. Consequently, a lion appears as a symbol on the representative coat of arms of the city of Caracas.
Los Leones del Caracas is a very popular team in Venezuela, and is the team with the most titles (21), and has runners-up (17), played finals (34), played post-seasons (3&). Second highest win percentage in the LVBP in regular season: (D-D 2187-2100 51%), post-season: (D-D 206-178 55.0%), finals (D-D 97-78 55.4%).
The team's colors are dark blue and gold and the crest features a lion, a symbol of the city of Caracas since 1591.[1]