Puerto_rican_professional_baseball_league

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. As of August 8, 2007 their 2007-2008 season has been cancelled due to shrinking attendance & profits over the last 10 years plus with both Arecibo & Manati sitting out the season leaving the future of the league in question.

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)
• Atenienses de Manatí (Manatí Athenians)

Former teams

• Senadores de San Juan (San Juan Senators)
• Mets de San Juan
• Cangrejeros de Santurce (Santurce Crabbers)
• Venerables de Guayama
• Vaqueros de Bayamón (Bayamón Cowboys)
• Tiburones de Aguadilla
• Piratas Kofresi de Ponce
• Grises de Humacao

History

Championship teams

External links

• Official site

Lobos de Arecibo | Criollos de Caguas | Gigantes de Carolina
Atenienses de Manatí | Indios de Mayagüez | Leones de Ponce

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