Tigres de Chinandega

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Tigres de Chinandega
Tigres Chinandega crest.png Tigres de Chinandega logo.png
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Information
League Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League
Location Chinandega, Nicaragua
Ballpark Estadio Efraín Tijerino
Latin American Series championships2 (2017, 2018)
League championships4 (2005–06, 2012–13, 2016–17, 2017–18)
ColorsBlue, gold, white, black
    

The Tigres de Chinandega (English: Chinandega Tigers) are a baseball club that competes in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League (LPBN), representing the city of Chinandega. The team has won the league championship four times, in 2006, 2012, 2017, and most recently in 2018. Tigres play their home games at Estadio Efraín Tijerino, which seats 9,000 people.

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The team has also won two championships while playing in the Nicaraguan amateur baseball league, the Germán Pomares Ordóñez First Division (Spanish: Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior Germán Pomares Ordoñez), in 1971 and 1974.

Tigres won their second championship in 2013 and went on to participate in the 2013 Latin American Series held in Veracruz, where they finished as runners-up with 2 wins and 1 loss. They returned to the tournament in 2017, where they won their first international title, defeating Colombia's Leones de Montería 4–0 in the final. [1] Tigres won again in the 2018 edition, making them the winningest team in Latin American Series history after the tournament was suspended in 2019. [2] [3]

International competition

Latin American Series

YearVenueFinishWinsLossesWin%Manager
2013 Flag of Mexico.svg Veracruz 2nd31.750 Flag of Cuba.svg Germán Mesa
2017 Flag of Colombia.svg Montería 1st31.750 Flag of Panama.svg Len Picota
2018 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Managua 1st401.000 Flag of Panama.svg Len Picota
Total92.818

Baseball Champions League Americas

YearVenueFinishWinsLossesWin%Manager
2025 Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico City 5th12.333 Flag of Nicaragua.svg Sandor Guido
Total12.333

Roster

Tigres de Chinandega roster
PlayersCoaches
Pitchers
  • 72 Leonardo Crawford
  • 77 Jesus Garrido
  • 44 Yeris Gonzalez
  • 41 Osman Gutierrez
  • 96 Santos Jarquin
  • 55 Walter Lopez
  • 36 Ronald Medrano
  • 32 Dilmer Mejia
  • 31 Angel Obando
  • 66 J. C. Ramírez
  • 30 Luis Somarriba
  • 78 Bryan Torres
  • 88 Axel Zapata
Catchers
  • 24 Rodolfo Bone
  • 20 Marlon Diaz
  • 23 Ronald Rivera

Infielders

  •  1 Benjamin Alegria
  •  5 Brandon Leyton
  • 34 Jesus Lopez
  •  4 Odlanyer Matamoros
  • 11 Bryan Munguia
  •  6 Saul Orozco
  • 18 Emanuel Trujillo

Outfielders

Designated hitters

  • 28 Elian Miranda
Manager

Coaches

  •  2 Adolfo Matamoros (1st base)
  •  8 Nery Colmenares (3rd base)
  • 27 Prospero González (Bench)
  • 46 Oswaldo Mairena (Pitching)


References

  1. TIGRES DE CHINANDEGA DE NICARAGUA CAMPEÓN DE LA SERIE LATINOAMERICANA 2017.
  2. "Nicaragua y México a la final". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
  3. "Estadísticas Finales Etapa Clasificatoria al 28 de enero 2018" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-30. Retrieved 2019-01-27.