Tigres de Aragua
Tigres de Aragua | |||||
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League | LVBP | ||||
Location | Maracay, Aragua | ||||
Ballpark | Estadio José Perez Colmenares | ||||
Year founded | October 15, 1965 | ||||
League championships | 1971–72, 1974–75, 1975–76, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16 | ||||
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The Tigres de Aragua (English: Aragua Tigers) is a baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and represents the state of Aragua.
Founded in 1965, the Tigres plays its home games at the Estadio José Pérez Colmenares in Maracay. The team won the Venezuelan National Series Championship for the third time in 2009, by defeating the Leones del Caracas at the UCV Stadium, 7–2, in the seventh game of a best-of-seven series. This championship made it their third in a row and eighth in history, including five of the prior six years.
The Tigres won their first Caribbean World Series title in 2009. Their most recent championship was in the 2015–2016 season, when they defeated Navegantes del Magallanes in six playoff games.
Championship titles/Managers
- 1971–1972: Rod Carew
- 1974–1975: Osvaldo Virgil
- 1975–1976: Osvaldo Virgil
- 2003–2004: Buddy Bailey
- 2004–2005: Buddy Bailey
- 2006–2007: Buddy Bailey
- 2007–2008: Buddy Bailey
- 2008–2009: Buddy Bailey
- 2011–2012: Buddy Bailey
- 2015–2016: Eddie Pérez
Caribbean Series appearances
All-time roster
- Tommie Aaron
- Paul Abbott
- Teolindo Acosta
- Edgardo Alfonzo
- Brant Alyea
- Oscar Azócar
- John Bateman
- Yorman Bazardo
- Ronald Belisario
- Dámaso Blanco
- Lyman Bostock
- Bob Burda
- Enos Cabell
- Miguel Cabrera
- Rod Carew
- Chico Carrasquel
- Rico Carty
- Pedro Castellano
- Ramón Castro
- Ronny Cedeño
- Raúl Chávez
- David Concepción
- Tim Corcoran
- Jerry Cram
- Víctor Davalillo
- Alex Delgado
- Argenis Díaz
- Jim Edmonds
- Dick Egan
- Dave Engle
- Eduardo Escobar
- Horacio Estrada
- Seth Etherton
- Ted Ford
- Sam Fuld
- Richard Garcés
- Avisail García
- Freddy García
- Rosman García
- Adrian Garrett
- Héctor Giménez
- Germán González
- Tom Grieve
- Tim Harikkala
- Roric Harrison
- Leonardo Hernández
- Rich Hill
- Jim Holt
- Tim Hosley
- Dave Hudgens
- Torii Hunter
- Enrique Izquierdo
- Von Joshua
- Joe Kerrigan
- Duane Kuiper
- Bill Landrum
- Jason Lane
- Wilfredo Ledezma
- Steve Luebber
- Anderson Machado
- Héctor Maestri
- Luis Maza
- Jesús Méndez
- José Mijares
- George Mitterwald
- Víctor Moreno
- Roberto Muñoz
- Graig Nettles
- Ray Olmedo
- Paul O'Neill
- Larry Parrish
- Mike Pazik
- Eddie Pérez
- Yohan Pino
- Leopoldo Posada
- Juan Carlos Pulido
- Wilson Ramos
- Ken Ray
- Luis Rodríguez
- Juan Rivera
- Alex Romero
- Skip Schumaker
- Diego Seguí
- Hernán Silva
- Yangervis Solarte
- Lester Straker
- Kevin Tolar
- Tim Tolman
- Milt Wilcox
- Jim Willoughby
- Eduardo Zambrano
See also
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Venezuelan Professional Baseball League
External links
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