Santurce Crabbers (baseball)

This article is about the baseball team. For the basketball team of the same name, see Santurce Crabbers (basketball).

Cangrejeros de Santurce

League

Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League

Location

Ballpark

Year Founded

1939

League championships

1951, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1962, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1991, 1993, 2000

1951, 1953, 1955, 1993, 2000

Colors

Very similar to that of the Los Angeles Dodgers

Uniforms

The Santurce Crabbers (Spanish: Cangrejeros de Santurce) were a professional baseball team in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico for over 70 years. Playing in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League (Spanish: LBPRR), the Cangrejeros were very successful, winning 12 domestic titles and five Caribbean World Series.

[edit] Dissolution of team

In 2004, after a big decline in attendance in recent years, the Crabbers were sold to journeyman major league baseball player José Valentín. Valentin moved the team to Manatí, with the approval of the mayor of San Juan—causing controversy among fans of the Crabbers. In response, the mayor changed the name of the San Juan Senators to Santurce Crabbers for the 2004-05 season. However, the following season, the new "Crabbers" moved and the team changed its name to the Lobos de Arecibo, leaving Santurce without a baseball team for the first time in the league's history. Some famous players of the Crabbers include Joshua Gibson, Willard Brown, Bob Thurman, Rubén Gómez, Willie Mays, Roberto Clemente, Orlando Cepeda, Rogelio Moret, Juan Pizarro, Frank Robinson, Reggie Jackson, Ron Cey, Don Baylor, Juan Beniquez, Ismael "Trucutu" Oquendo, Ivan Calderon and Tony Pérez.