Colombian Professional Baseball League

The Colombian Professional Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional) (LCBP), is a professional baseball league based in Colombia. It is a six-team winter league that plays during the Major League Baseball offseason. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series.

Colombian Professional Baseball League
SportBaseball
Founded1948
No. of teams6
CountryColombia
Most recent
champion(s)		Caimanes de Barranquilla (11th title)
TV partner(s)Claro
RCN
Related
competitions		Caribbean Series
Official websitelcbp.co.com

History

Colombian Professional Baseball League is commonly divided into three eras: from 1948 to 1958, from 1979 to 1988, and from 1993 to the present. In the middle of 2004 the Colombian Professional Baseball League was accepted in the Caribbean Confederation of Professional Baseball, but were not allowed to participate in the Caribbean Series until the level of play and the quality of baseball facilities improved. They joined the series in 2020.

The league added two teams for the 2010–11 season: the Potros de Medellín (Medellín Colts), based in Medellín, Colombia, and the Águilas de Bogotá (Bogotá Eagles), based in Bogotá, Colombia. Additionally, the Toros (Bulls) moved from Sincelejo to Cali for economic reasons.

Two new teams were added to the league for the 2019-2020 season. The Gigantes de Barranquilla, and The Vaqueros de Montería. The Vaqueros went on to become league champions in their inaugural season, becoming the first team to represent Colombia in the Caribbean Series.

Colombia made their Caribbean Series debut in 2020, replacing Cuba who could not participate due to visa issues.[1]

Partnerships

The league is televised by Cultiva Entertainment.[2] The league had an affiliation with the Yuma Scorpions of the Golden Baseball League for the 2009 season.[3]

Ownership

It is sponsored in large part by Major League Baseball players as it is owned by the Renteria Foundation, a charity run by former Major League Baseball shortstop Édgar Rentería.[4] In addition, players such as former Major League Baseball shortstop Orlando Cabrera have owned teams.[5]

Format

The league has six teams around the country. The season is played from October to January.[6] The top four teams at the end of the regular season, a first round robin phase of 50 games per team, advance to another round-robin (12 games for every team) with the two best teams contesting a best-of-seven final series to determine the league champion.[7]

Teams and stadiums
Team
Stadium
City
Capacity
Caimanes de BarranquillaEstadio Édgar RenteríaBarranquilla12,000
Gigantes de BarranquillaEstadio Édgar RenteríaBarranquilla12,000
Tigres de CartagenaEstadio Once de NoviembreCartagena12,000
Vaqueros de MonteríaEstadio 18 de JunioMontería12,000
Leones de Santa MartaEstadio La EsperanzaSanta Marta1,542
Toros de SincelejoEstadio 20 de EneroSincelejo10,000

Colombian baseball stadiums
NºStadiumCityCapacityHome Team
1Once de NoviembreCartagena de Indias12,000Tigres de Cartagena-Indios de Cartagena
220 de eneroSincelejo10,000Toros de Sincelejo-Rancheros de Sincelejo
3Edgar RenteriaBarranquilla8,000Caimanes de Barranquilla - Eléctricos de Barranquilla - Vaqueros de Barranquilla
4Luis Alberto VillegasMedellín8,000Potros de Medellín - Pumas de Antioquia
5Miguel Chávez del ValleCali4,500Azucareros del Valle
618 de junioMontería4.500Leones de Montería
7Estadio Distrital Hermes Barros CabasBogotá2,700Águilas de Bogotá/Metropolitanos de Bogotá
8Wellingwourth MaySan Andrés2,000Piratas de San Andrés
9Rafael NaarTurbaco1,200None
10Estadio Rafael Hernández PardoSanta Marta-Tiburones de Santa Marta
11Júlio Silva BolañoCiénaga3,000None
12Luis Támara SamudioTolú1,000None

Champions
Season
Champion
1948Indios
1949Filtta
1950Indios
1951Filtta
1952Indios
1953Willard
1953–54Torices
1954–55Willard
1955–56Indios
1956–57Kola Román
1957–58Vanytor
1979–80Indios
1980–81Indios
1981–82Café Universal
1982–83Café Universal
1983–84Cerveza Aguila
1984–85Caimanes de Barranquilla
1987–88Indios
1993–94Caimanes de Barranquilla
1994–95Rancheros
1995–96Tigres de Cartagena
1996–97Rancheros de Sincelejo
1997–98Caimanes de Barranquilla
1998–99Caimanes de Barranquilla
1999–00Vaqueros de Barranquilla
2000–01Didn't have a championship, no financial support
2001–02Eléctricos de Barranquilla
2002–03Eléctricos de Barranquilla
2003–04Tigres de Cartagena
2004–05Tigres de Cartagena
205–06Tigres de Cartagena
2006–07Tigres de Cartagena
2007–08Caimanes de Barranquilla
2008–09Caimanes de Barranquilla
2009–10Caimanes de Barranquilla
2010–11Season cancelled
2011–12Toros de Sincelejo
2012–13Caimanes de Barranquilla
2013–14Tigres de Cartagena
2014–15Leones de Montería
2015–16Caimanes de Barranquilla
2016–17Leones de Montería
2017–18Leones de Montería
2018–19Caimanes de Barranquilla
2019–20Vaqueros de Montería
2020–21Caimanes de Barranquilla

References
  1. https://latinamericanpost.com/31751-what-colombia-has-to-offer-in-the-caribbean-series
  2. "Hispanic PR Wire - CULTIVA Entertainment announces exclusive marketing agent relationship with the Colombian League of Professional Baseball". www.hispanicprwire.com. Archived from the original on 2008-05-17. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-05. Retrieved 2012-03-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Adams, David. "Edgar Renteria Online". www.edgarrenteria.com. Archived from the original on 2008-08-29. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  5. "Edgar Renteria and Orlando Cabrera do not get along these days - Big League... - MLB - Yahoo! Sports". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
  6. LCBP Official Site http://teamrenteria.info/teamrenteria/Joomla/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1148&Itemid=262 Archived 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-01-26.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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