Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League

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Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League
Sport	Baseball
Founded	1938
No. of teams	6
Country(ies)	Puerto Rico
Most recent champion(s)	Gigantes de Carolina
Official website	hitboricua.com

The Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico or LBPPR) is the main professional baseball league in Puerto Rico. Currently consisting of six teams, the league's champion participates in the Caribbean World Series. In August 2007, it was announced that the 2007-2008 season had to be canceled due to shrinking attendance & profits over the last 10 years, and the league would instead work on a marketing plan and reorganization.

On May 2008, it was announced that the league would come back for the 2008-09 season, and that the Manati Athenians would be moved once again to Santurce, and become the Santurce Crabbers, one of the most important teams in the league's history.

In recent years the PRPBL has faced increasing competition from the growing popularity of Football as a spectator sport in Puerto Rico.

[edit] Current teams

• Lobos de Arecibo (Arecibo Wolves)
• Criollos de Caguas (Caguas Creoles)
• Gigantes de Carolina (Carolina Giants)
• Indios de Mayagüez (Mayagüez Indians)
• Leones de Ponce (Ponce Lions)
• Cangrejeros de Santurce (Santurce Crabbers)

[edit] Former teams

• Senadores de San Juan (San Juan Senators)
• Mets de San Juan ((San Juan Mets)
• Atenienses de Manati (Manati Athenians)
• Venerables de Guayama
• Vaqueros de Bayamón (Bayamón Cowboys)
• Tiburones de Aguadilla (Aguadilla Sharks)
• Piratas Kofresi de Ponce (Ponce Kofresi Pirates)
• Grises de Humacao (Humacao Pirates)

[edit] History

[edit] Championship teams

[edit] External links

• Official site

v • d • e Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (LBPPR) Lobos de Arecibo | Criollos de Caguas | Gigantes de Carolina | Atenienses de Manatí | Indios de Mayagüez | Leones de Ponce

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