Tigres de Cartagena

Tigres de Cartagena
Information
LeagueColombian Professional Baseball League
LocationCartagena, Colombia
BallparkEstadio Once de Noviembre
Founded1994
League championships6 (1995-96, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, 2006-07, 2013-14)
Latin American Series championships2014
ColorsRed, White
   
OwnershipTeam Rentería USA[1][2]
ManagerJhonatan Solano
PresidentNabil Baladi
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The Tigres de Cartagena (Cartagena Tigers) are a baseball team in the Colombian Professional Baseball League (LPB), playing in the Caribbean city of Cartagena de Indias. The team was founded in 1996 and plays at the Estadio Once de Noviembre. Its main rival is Caimanes, which plays in neighboring Barranquilla.[3]

Several Colombian MLB players have played for Tigres, including Gio Urshela, Harold Ramírez, Meibrys Viloria, and brothers Jolbert and Orlando Cabrera. For a time, the team was managed by former MLB All-Star Bill Madlock.[4]

In 2014, the team made history by winning the first international club title for Colombia, defeating Mexico's Brujos de Los Tuxtlas in the Latin American Series.[5]

  1. ^ "Tigres de Cartagena". Team Renteria USA.
  2. ^ ""Estamos tratando de mantener el béisbol vivo": Édinson Rentería" (in Spanish). Zona Cero. 24 October 2023.
  3. ^ "¿A los puños? Así fue le tenso momento del partido entre Tigres y Caimanes" (in Spanish). El Universal. 16 November 2022.
  4. ^ "BEISBOL. TIGRES, CAMPEÓN PROFESIONAL:". February 4, 2004 (in Spanish). El Tiempo.
  5. ^ "Colombia, campeón de la II Serie Latinoamericana de Béisbol" (in Spanish). El Universal. February 2, 2014.