Tigres de Cartagena
| Tigres de Cartagena | ||||
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| Information | ||||
| League | Colombian Professional Baseball League | |||
| Location | Cartagena, Colombia | |||
| Ballpark | Estadio Once de Noviembre | |||
| Founded | 1994 | |||
| League championships | 6 (1995-96, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2013-14) | |||
| Latin American Series championships | 2014 | |||
| Colors | Red, White | |||
| Ownership | Team Rentería USA[1][2] | |||
| Manager |  Joe Alvarez[3] | |||
| President |  Nabil Baladi | |||
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The Tigres de Cartagena (Cartagena Tigers) are a baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball League (LPB), playing in the Caribbean city of Cartagena de Indias. The team was founded in 1996 and plays at the Estadio Once de Noviembre. Its main rival is Caimanes, which plays in neighboring Barranquilla.[4]
Several Colombian MLB players have played for Tigres, including Gio Urshela, Harold Ramírez, Meibrys Viloria, and brothers Jolbert and Orlando Cabrera. For a time, the team was managed by former MLB All-Star Bill Madlock.[5]
In 2014, the team made history by winning the first international club title for Colombia, defeating Mexico's Brujos de Los Tuxtlas in the Latin American Series.[6]
History[edit]
Tigres reached their first title in the1995-96 season, under the management of Jolbert Cabrera Sr., and with his two sons Jolbert and Orlando on the roster.
The team again earned the title in the 2003-04 season, under the direction of Bill Madlock (a previous four-time batting champion in LPB), beating Leones de Cartagena in the final play off. They repeated this feat in 2004-05, 2005-06, and 2006-07, defeating Caimanes de Barranquilla in three straight finals.
Tigres would not win another title until 2013-14. Afterwards, the team made history by winning the first title of the Latin American Series for Colombian baseball, defeating Brujos de Los Tuxtlas of Mexico's Veracruz Winter League in the final play-off by 9-1.
Tigres did not play in the 2016-17 tournament, but returned in the 2017-18 season.
References[edit]
- ^ "Tigres de Cartagena". Team Renteria USA.
- ^ ""Estamos tratando de mantener el béisbol vivo": Édinson Rentería" (in Spanish). Zona Cero. 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Esta es la experiencia de Joe Álvarez, el mánager de Tigres de Cartagena". El Universal. 26 October 2023.
- ^ "¿A los puños? Así fue le tenso momento del partido entre Tigres y Caimanes" (in Spanish). El Universal. 16 November 2022.
- ^ "BEISBOL. TIGRES, CAMPEÓN PROFESIONAL:". February 4, 2004 (in Spanish). El Tiempo.
- ^ "Colombia, campeón de la II Serie Latinoamericana de Béisbol" (in Spanish). El Universal. February 2, 2014.