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Tigres del Licey

Tigres del Licey (English: Licey Tigers) is a professional baseball team in the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM). The team was founded in 1907 and is based in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Tigres is the oldest team in LIDOM and has won 24 LIDOM titles and 11 Caribbean Series titles, the most out of any team.

Tigres del Licey
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LeagueDominican Professional Baseball League
LocationSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic
BallparkEstadio Quisqueya
Established1907; 117 years ago (1907)
Nickname(s)El Glorioso (The Glorious)
League championships24 (1951, 1953, 1959, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2014, 2017, 2023, 2024)
Caribbean Series championships11 (1971, 1973, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2008, 2023)
ColorsRoyal blue and white
   
ManagerGilbert Gomez
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It is one of two LIDOM franchises based in the nation's capital, the other being Leones del Escogido; the two teams share Estadio Quisqueya as their home ballpark. Some of the team's best players[according to whom?] have included Alonzo Perry, Pedro González, Manuel Mota, Guayubín Olivo, César Gerónimo, and Elvio Jiménez. Many of the best Dominican players and Major League Baseball players have taken part in the long history of the Tigres, including Tommy Lasorda, a National Baseball Hall of Fame inductee who took the team to the 1973 Caribbean World Series title. The Licey team is nicknamed "El Glorioso" (the Glorious One), and has a passionate fan base.

History

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The Licey team was founded as the result of a meeting that took place in the house of Vicente María and Jacinto "Pichán" Vallejo, on el Conde Street, in Santo Domingo's Colonial Zone, on 7 November 1907. The club's founding members were Vicente María Vallejo, George "Geo" and Carlos "Cuncún" Pou, Luis and Federico E. Fiallo, Luis Castillo, Salvador Piñeyro, Álvaro Álvarez, Ricardo Arturo "Tutú" Martínez, Ángel and Chichí Mieses, Arturo "Tutulí" Perdomo, Manuel E. "Bi" Sánchez, Virgilio Abreu L., Alberto Peña, Arturo Nolasco and Tulio H. Piña and Virgilio "Niñito" Penson. Many of the founding members of the original team were also part of the first roster.[1]

Over the next 16 years, Licey became so dominant that an agreement was made among the three other competing teams (Los Muchachos, San Carlos and Delco Lite) to form a new team, composed of their best players, in order to beat Licey. This team, called "Leones del Escogido" ( Lions of the Chosen one ), still exists, and the teams share the same stadium in Santo Domingo.

During what Dominicans call the "first stage" of the country's baseball history, games were played only during daylight hours. The game's "second stage" didn’t begin until dictator Rafael Trujillo built the capital's Estadio Quisqueya in 1955, a brilliantly designed and built stadium for the time. With the stadium came lights and what is considered the golden age of Dominican baseball.[citation needed]

Licey has won the Caribbean Series a record 12 times. In an unusual situation during the 2008 season, Licey finished second in the Dominican championship and would have failed to qualify for the series, but took the place of a Puerto Rican team that had withdrawn from the tournament due to financial difficulties. Licey won the series, defeating teams from Mexico and Venezuela as well as Aguilas Cibaeñas, their Dominican rivals.

Roster

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Tigres del Licey roster - 2020–21 Dominican Professional Baseball League
Players
Pitchers
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Notable players and managers

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Championships

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Season Champion Manager Sub-Champion
1924 Tigres del Licey
1929 Tigres del Licey
1951 Tigres del Licey Félix Delgado Leones del Escogido
1953 Tigres del Licey Oscar Rodríguez Águilas Cibaeñas
1958-59 Tigres del Licey Joe Schultz Leones del Escogido
1963-64 Tigres del Licey Vernon Benson Águilas Cibaeñas
1969-70 Tigres del Licey Billy Muffett Águilas Cibaeñas
1970-71 Tigres del Licey Fred Hatfield Leones del Escogido
1972-73 Tigres del Licey Tom Lasorda Estrellas Orientales
1973-74 Tigres del Licey Tom Lasorda Águilas Cibaeñas
1976-77 Tigres del Licey Buck Rodgers Águilas Cibaeñas
1979-80 Tigres del Licey Del Crandall Estrellas Orientales
1982-83 Tigres del Licey Manny Mota Águilas Cibaeñas
1983-84 Tigres del Licey Manny Mota Águilas Cibaeñas
1984-85 Tigres del Licey Terry Collins Azucareros del Este
1990-91 Tigres del Licey John Roseboro Leones del Escogido
1993-94 Tigres del Licey Casey Parsons Águilas Cibaeñas
1998-99 Tigres del Licey Dave Jauss Leones del Escogido
2001–02 Tigres del Licey Bob Geren Águilas Cibaeñas
2003–04 Tigres del Licey Manny Acta Gigantes del Cibao
2005–06 Tigres del Licey Rafael Landestoy Águilas Cibaeñas
2008–09 Tigres del Licey José Offerman Gigantes del Cibao
2013-14 Tigres del Licey José Offerman Leones del Escogido
2016-17 Tigres del Licey Audo Vicente Águilas Cibaeñas
2022-23 Tigres del Licey José Offerman Estrellas Orientales
2023-24 Tigres del Licey Gilbert Gómez Estrellas Orientales

References

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  1. ^ "Guía de medios 2019-2020" (PDF) (in Spanish). Tigres del Licey. p. 6. Retrieved 2 June 2023.
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