Isla de la Juventud (baseball)

Isla de la Juventud
League Cuban National Series (Group A)
Location Nueva Gerona, Isla de la Juventud
Ballpark Cristóbal Labra Stadium
Year founded 1977–78
Nickname(s) Toronjeros (Grapefruit croppers), Pineros
League championships None
2005–06 54–35 (1st, Group A)
Quarterfinalist, lost to Industriales
Manager Armando Johnson
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Isla de la Juventud is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in Nueva Gerona (on the Isle of Youth), the Toronjeros finished first in Group B of the league last season.

History

From their inception in 1977 until the mid-1990s, Isla de la Juventud was a perennial cellar-dweller in the National Series. However, since the 1998–99 season, when they took Industriales to a seventh game in the western final, they have been a playoff contender every year.

Current roster

32 Carlos Alberto Yanes Artiles
49 Jesús Amador
75 Wilber Pérez Rodríguez
04 Alieski Perera Tarrau
85 Ronald García Álvarez
18 Reimundo Vázquez
28 Oscar Jacomino Ebanks
19 Danni Aguilera Rives
29 Carlos M. Puentes Morales
63 Luis M. Suárez Aldana
99 Yalieski Diéguez Mayet
25 Yunier Gamboa Correoso
37 Rafael Silva
26 Raicel Iglesias
38 Javier Leyva Naranjo
57 Vladimir García Martínez
37 Luis Castro de Armas
31 Eduardo Rives Farías
88 Luis Felipe Rivera Despaigne
11 Dainier Gálvez Guerra
12 Michel Enríquez Tamayo
27 Ángel Miguel Fernández
07 Reinier Llanes Santi
33 Jorge Luis Medina Carreño
15 José Velásquez
10 Víctor Rivas Goire
23 Alejandro Ortiz Arias
14 Yoanis Pérez García
66 Jhoyce Su Casella
40 Juan Carlos Lescaille
90 Rodmy Proenza
67 Alexander Cantalapiedra
06 Armando Johnson Zaldívar
02 José Pérez Pérez
21 Orlis Luís Díaz Cordero
30 Alexander Ramos Rabell
03 Carlos Luis Soto
46 Dioel Reyes Viquillón
Ramón González Sosa Cb
Dr. Alexis Santana Pierre
Benedicto Arias
Héctor Ariosa
Roberto Cañete Lago
Enrique Gómez Valdés

Statistics

JJ 75
JG 29
JP 46
HC 14–22
VS 15–24
AVE 387

References