Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League

La Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (LBPN) is the professional baseball league of Nicaragua. The league consists of five teams with a 30 game regular season schedule that runs from November to December. Followed by a four team round robin, with the two best teams advancing to a best of seven championship series.

Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
SportBaseball
Founded1956
No. of teams5
CountryNicaragua
Most recent
champion(s)		Gigantes de Rivas
Official websitehttp://lbpn.com.ni/ (in Spanish)

Inaugurated on March 30, 1956, in Estadio Nacional, the first game was between the teams from San Fernando and Bóer. The Nicaraguan public's excitement for baseball grew as foreign professional teams and foreign players came to play in their country. Due to economic difficulty, the league had to shut down in 1967. The teams from Bóer and León were the most successful teams in those years with three championships each.

The professional league was re-established in 2004. Since then, Bóer has lead the league in championships with five.

Current teams
Gigantes
Tren
Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League team locations


Defunct:

Stadiums
  • Dennis Martínez National Stadium, Managua
  • Estadio Efrain Tijerino, Chinandega
  • Estadio Yamil Rios Ugarte, Rivas
  • Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre, León
  • Estadio de Beisbol Rufo Marín, Estelí

Defunct:

Champions
Season
Champion
1957–58Leones de León
1958–59Oriental
1959–60Leones de León
1960–61No champion
1961–62Marlboro (Panamá)
1962–63Indios del Bóer
1963–645 Estrellas
1964–65Indios del Bóer
1965–66Indios del Bóer
1966–675 Estrellas
2004–05Leones de León
2005–06Tigres de Chinandega
2006–07Indios del Bóer
2007–08Indios del Bóer
2008–09Season suspended
2009–10Leones de León
2010–11Indios del Bóer
2011–12Indios del Bóer
2012–13Tigres de Chinandega
2013–14Gigantes de Rivas
2014–15Indios del Bóer
2015–16Gigantes de Rivas
2016–17Tigres de Chinandega
2017–18Tigres de Chinandega
2018–19Leones de León
2019–20Leones de León
Season
Final
2020–21Gigantes de Rivas – Tigres de Chinandega 4–2
Team Titles
Indios del Bóer 8
Leones de León 6
Tigres de Chinandega 4
Gigantes de Rivas 3
5 Estrellas 2
Oriental 1
Marlboro (Panamá) 1

Winner of the Serie Interamericana

One time a team from Nicaragua could win the Serie Interamericana.

Season Winner
19645 Estrellas

Winner of the Serie Latinoamericana

Four times a team from Nicaragua could win the Serie Latinoamericana.

Season Winner
2016Gigantes de Rivas
2017Tigres de Chinandega
2018Tigres de Chinandega
2019Leones de León

Individual leaders

Hitting

Season
Player
Team
Average
Player
Team
Home Runs
Player
Team
RBI
2004–05Adolfo MatamorosChinandega.378Luis IglesiasChinandega4Marlon AbeaSan Fernando33
Marlon AbeaSan Fernando4
2005–06Bárbaro CañizaresBóer.352Michel AbreuBóer14Wilson BatistaChinandega42
2006–07Justo RivasLeón.377Clyde WilliamsBóer16Clyde WilliamsBóer40
2007–08Ofilio CastroSan Fernando.351Luke GorsettChinandega6Danilo SoteloSan Fernando32
Jimmy HurtsSan Fernando6
Marcos SánchezSan Fernando6
2009–10Jimmy GonzálezGranada.363Lenín AragónBóer6Lenín AragónBóer38
Edgard LópezLeón38
2010–11José CampusanoBóer.363Brian NicholsLeón10Manuel MejíaBóer37
2011–12Renato MoralesGranada.387Esteban RamírezChinandega12Wuillians VásquezBóer51
2012–13Yurendell DeCasterChinandega.416Yurendell DeCasterChinandega13Yurendell DeCasterChinandega56
Ramón FloresChinandega13
2013–14Wuillians VasquezChinandega.351Ronald GarthGranada8Esteban RamírezChinandega35
2014–15Yurendell DeCasterRivas.368Rudy Van HeydoormRivas6Ramón FloresRivas38
2015–16Jonel PachecoChinandega.427Juan C. TorresGranada6Ronald GarthChinandega30
2016–17Wuillians VasquezRivas.407Wuillians VasquezRivas11Wuillians VasquezRivas55
2017–18Javier RoblesBoér.354Curt SmithChinandega6Elmer ReyesRivas34
2018–19Elmer ReyesBoér.360Juan SilverioBoér6Juan SilverioBoér19
2019–20Ofilio CastroLeón.409Alvaro GonzalezChinandega10Elian MirandaChinandega31
Alvaro GonzalezChinandega31
2020–21Ronald GarthLeón.400Cheslor CuthbertRivas9Héctor GómezTren41
Willy GarcíaTren9

Pitching

Season
Player
Team
ERA
Player
Team
Won/Lost
Player
Team
Strikeouts
2004–05Julio RaudezSan Fernando1.46Julio RaudezSan Fernando10–3Miguel PérezLeón99
2005–06Wilton LópezLeón1.34Julio RaudezChinandega10–0Devern HansackLeón89
2006–07José Luis SáenzSan Fernando1.96Wilton LópezLeón8–2Willy LebrónSan Fernando/León89
2007–08Wilton LópezLeón1.45Diego SandinoSan Fernando10–0Juan FigueroaBóer60
2009–10Wilfredo AmadorLeón1.95Wilder RayoLeón7–2Melvin CuevasGranada57
2010–11Carlos EstrellaGranada1.19Rodney RodríguezGranada8–5Rodney RodríguezGranada93
2011–12Eric BlackwellLeón2.75Wilder RayoLeón8–3Juan FigueroaGranada74
2012–13Wilder RayoLeón2.06Juan FigueroaGranada7–1Juan FigueroaGranada79
2013–14Carlos EstrellaRivas1.62Carlos TéllerBóer7–0Santos HernandezGranada71
2014–15Rodney RodríguezBóer2.29Paul EstradaChinandega8–1Rodney RodríguezBóer58
2015–16Austin DavisBóer1.12Roger LuqueGranada5–2Paul EstradaRivas52
Abraham ElviraChinandega52
2016–17Gustavo MartínezGranada1.95José RosarioRivas7–1Frankie de la CruzGranada58
2017–18Jorge BucardoBóer1.56Manauris BaezBóer5–0Paul EstradaBóer49
2018–19Luis Angel MateoLeón3.29Jorge BucardoLeón3–0Luis Angel MateoLeón35
2019–20Isaac SilvaLeón2.59Carlos SanoChinandega4–0Carlos SanoChinandega37
2020–21Leonardo CrawfordRivas2.65Willy ParedesLeón6-1Alexander SantanaChinandega47

See also


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