Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League

Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League

Sport	Baseball
Founded	1956
No. of teams	4
Country	Nicaragua
Most recent champion(s)	Gigantes de Rivas
Official website	http://lbpn.com.ni/ (Spanish)

La Liga Nicaragüense de Beisbol Profesional (LNBP) was inaugurated on Saturday, March 30, 1956 in Estadio Nacional. The first game was between the teams from San Fernando and Bóer. The Nicaraguan public's excitement for baseball grew as foreign professional teams and foreign players came to play in their country. Due to economic difficulty, the league had to shut down in 1967. The teams from Bóer and León were the most successful teams in those years with three championships each. The professional league was re-established in 2004.

Teams

• Indios del Bóer (Managua)
• Tigres del Chinandega
• Gigantes de Rivas
• Orientales de Granada

Defunct:

• Leones de León
• Fieras del San Fernando

Stadiums

• Dennis Martínez National Stadium - Managua
• Estadio Efrain Tijerino - Chinandega
• Estadio Yamil Rios Ugarte - Rivas
• Estadio Roberto Clemente - Masaya
• Estadio Roque Tadeo Zavala - Granada

Champions

Season	Champion
1957-58	Leones de León
1958-59	Oriental
1959-60	Leones de León
1960-61	No champion
1961-62	Marlboro (Panamá)
1962-63	Indios del Bóer
1963-64	5 Estrellas
1964-65	Indios del Bóer
1965-66	Indios del Bóer
1966-67	5 Estrellas
2004-05	Leones de León
2005-06	Tigres de Chinandega
2006-07	Indios del Bóer
2007-08	Indios del Bóer
2008-09	Season suspended
2009-10	Leones de León
2010-11	Indios del Bóer
2011-12	Indios del Bóer
2012-13	Tigres de Chinandega
2013-14	Gigantes de Rivas
2014-15	Indios del Bóer
2015-16	Gigantes de Rivas

Individual Leaders

Hitting

Season	Player	Team	Average	Player	Team	Home Runs	Player	Team	RBI
2004-05	Adolfo Matamoros	Chinandega	.378	Luis Iglesias	Chinandega	4	Marlon Abea	San Fernando	33
				Marlon Abea	San Fernando	4
2005-06	Bárbaro Cañizares	Bóer	.352	Michel Abreu	Bóer	14	Wilson Batista	Chinandega	42
2006-07	Justo Rivas	León	.377	Clyde Williams	Bóer	16	Clyde Williams	Bóer	40
2007-08	Ofilio Castro	San Fernando	.351	Luke Gorsett	Chinandega	6	Danilo Sotelo	San Fernando	32
				Jimmy Hurts	San Fernando	6
				Marcos Sánchez	San Fernando	6
2009-10	Jimmy González	Granada	.363	Lenín Aragón	Bóer	6	Lenín Aragón	Bóer	38
							Edgard López	León	38
2010-11	José Campusano	Bóer	.363	Brian Nichols	León	10	Manuel Mejía	Bóer	37
2011-12	Renato Morales	Granada	.387	Esteban Ramírez	Chinandega	12	Wuillians Vásquez	Bóer	51
2012-13	Yurendel de Caster	Chinandega	.416	Yurendel de Caster	Chinandega	13	Yurendel de Caster	Chinandega	56
				Ramón Flores	Chinandega	13
2013-14	Willian Vásquez	Chinandega	.351	Ronald Garth	Granada	8	Esteban Ramírez	Chinandega	35
2014-15	Yurendell De Caster	Rivas	.368	Rudy Van Heydoorm	Rivas	6	Ramón Flores	Rivas	38

Pitching

Season	Player	Team	ERA	Player	Team	Won/Lost	Player	Team	Strikeouts
2004-05	Julio Raudez	San Fernando	1.46	Julio Raudez	San Fernando	10-3	Miguel Pérez	León	99
2005-06	Wilton López	León	1.34	Julio Raudez	Chinandega	10-0	Devern Hansack	León	89
2006-07	José Luis Sáenz	San Fernando	1.96	Wilton López	León	8-2	Willy Lebrón	San Fernando/León	89
2007-08	Wilton López	León	1.45	Diego Sandino	San Fernando	10-0	Juan Figueroa	Bóer	60
2009-10	Wilfredo Amador	León	1.95	Wilder Rayo	León	7-2	Melvin Cuevas	Granada	57
2010-11	Carlos Estrella	Granada	1.19	Rodney Rodríguez	Granada	8-5	Rodney Rodríguez	Granada	93
2011-12	Eric Blackwell	León	2.75	Wilder Rayo	León	8-3	Juan Figueroa	Granada	74
2012-13	Wilder Rayo	León	2.06	Juan Figueroa	Granada	7-1	Juan Figueroa	Granada	79
2013-14	Carlos Estrella	Rivas	1.62	Carlos Téller	Bóer	7-0	Santos Hernandez	Granada	71
2014-15	Rodney Rodríguez	Bóer	2.29	Paul Estrada	Chinandega	8-1	Rodney Rodríguez	Bóer	58

See also

• Baseball awards #Nicaragua

External links

• Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional official website