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Leones de León
Information
LeagueNicaraguan Professional Baseball League
LocationLeón, Nicaragua
BallparkEstadio Rigoberto López
Established1945
Latin American Series championships2019
League championships9 (1957, 1957–58, 1959–60, 2004–05, 2009–10, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2021–22, 2024-25)
Former name(s)Mets de San Felipe
Mets de León
Melenudos de León
ColorsBlack, gold, white
     

The Leones de León are a professional baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League (LPBN).

Their home games are played at Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre in León, Nicaragua.[1] Their biggest rival is Indios del Bóer, which are based in the capital of Managua.

Championships

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Leones won the 1958 Pan American Series (Serie Panamericana), a one-off international club tournament against Venados de Mazatlán of the Mexican Pacific League and Vanytor de Barranquilla of the Colombian league.[2][3] They also won the 2019 Latin American Series, the other counterpart of Caribbean Series, in a final game against the Chileros de Xalapa of the Mexican Liga Invernal Veracruzana.

Leones has also won the most titles in Nicaragua's amateur league, the Germán Pomares Ordóñez First Division (Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Germán Pomares Ordoñez), with 20 (1939, 1943, 1960, 1962–64, 1967, 1968, 1973, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1990, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, and 2019).

Latin American Series record

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Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager
2019 Mexico Veracruz 1st 7 0 1.000 Nicaragua Sandor Guido
Total 7 0 1.000

Serie de las Americas record

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Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager
2025 Nicaragua Managua 2nd 5 2 .714 Nicaragua Sandor Guido
Total 5 5 .714

Roster

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Leones de León roster – 2024–25 LPBN champions
Players Coaches
Pitchers
  • 23 Dominican Republic José Acosta
  • 79 Nicaragua Joaquin Acuña
  • 98 Nicaragua Alvaro Amador
  • 30 Dominican Republic Ismael Cabrera Taveras
  •  5 United States Cole Cook
  • 29 Nicaragua Ernesto Glasgon
  • 33 United States Aaron Glickstein
  • 27 Dominican Republic Janser Lara
  • 54 Nicaragua Walter Lopez
  • 32 Nicaragua Dilmer Mejia
  • 48 Dominican Republic Luis Peña
  • 14 Nicaragua Joshua Quezada
  • 42 Dominican Republic Jean Carlo Sandoval
  • 77 Nicaragua Junior Tellez
  • 78 Nicaragua Bryan Torres
Catchers
  • 36 Italy Alberto Mineo
  • 43 Nicaragua Leonardo Ortiz

Infielders

  • 17 Nicaragua Benjamin Alegria
  • 24 Canada Kaiden Cardoso
  • 44 Dominican Republic Miguel Angel Hiraldo
  • 20 Nicaragua Saul Orozco
  •  2 Nicaragua Renato Morales
  • 31 Nicaragua Alvaro Rubi

Outfielders

  •  3 Nicaragua Dwight Britton
  •  4 United States Alec Craig
  • 97 United States Chase Dawson
  • 15 United States Caleb McNeely
  • 22 Nicaragua Isaac Mondragon
  • 65 Venezuela Jairo Perez
  • 12 Aruba Jiandido Tromp
Manager

Coaches

  • 13 Puerto Rico Juan Lopez
  • 88 Venezuela Gustavo Salcedo
  • 59 Nicaragua Jenrry Roa
  • 69 Venezuela Nery Carmona
  • 10 Nicaragua Yader Roa
  • 16 Nicaragua Barney Baltodano
  • 96 Venezuela Luis Alen

Roster updated on 13 April 2025


References

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  1. ^ "Leones - Liga de Béisbol Profesional Nacional". lbpn.com.ni. Archived from the original on 2020-01-22.
  2. ^ Lou Hernández (10 October 2011). The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961. McFarland. p. 80. ISBN 978-0-7864-8936-7.
  3. ^ "Con Wilfredo Calvino" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 8 September 2003. Retrieved 13 February 2024.