- Tigres de Aragua
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Tigres de Aragua League LVBP Location Maracay, Aragua Ballpark Estadio José Perez Colmenares Year Founded October 15, 1965 League championships 1971-72, 1974-75, 1975-76, 2003-04, 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 Uniforms The Tigres de Aragua (English: Aragua Tigers) are a baseball team that plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
Founded in 1965, they play at the Estadio José Perez Colmenares in Maracay. The Tigres de Aragua won the Venezuelan National Series Championship for the third time in 2009, by defeating the Leones del Caracas at the UCV Stadium 7-2 (in 9 innings) in the seventh game of a seven-game series. This championship made it their third in a row and eighth in history, including five of the prior six years. They won their first Caribbean World Series in 2009.
Notable players
- Brant Alyea
- Oscar Azócar
- John Bateman
- Yorman Bazardo
- Lyman Bostock
- Enos Cabell
- Teo Acosta
- Alex Romero
- Miguel Cabrera
- Rod Carew
- Rico Carty
- Pedro Castellano
- Ronny Cedeño
- David Concepción
- Tim Corcoran
- Jerry Cram
- Víctor Davalillo
- Alex Delgado
- Jim Edmonds
- Dave Engle
- Horacio Estrada
- Ted Ford
- Sam Fuld
- Richard (El Guapo) Garcés
- Rosman García
- Germán González
- Tom Grieve
- Leonardo Hernández
- Rich Hill
- Tim Hosley
- Dave Hudgens
- Torii Hunter
- Joe Kerrigan
- Duane Kuiper
- Luis Maza
- Jesús (Chalao) Méndez
- George Mitterwald
- Víctor Moreno
- Roberto Muñoz
- Paul O'Neill
- Larry Parrish
- Mike Pazik
- Eddie Pérez
- Leopoldo Posada
- Juan Carlos Pulido
- Wilson Ramos
- Juan Rivera
- Luis Rodríguez
- Hernán Silva
- Lester Straker
- Tim Tolman
- Milt Wilcox
- Jim Willoughby
- Eduardo Zambrano
Championship titles/Managers
Regular Season record
Season Games played Wins Losses Win–loss % Position 2004–2005 62 31 31 .500 Wild Card 2005–2006 — — — — — 2006–2007 62 41 21 .661 — 2007–2008 63 32 31 .508 3rd External links
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional Teams Caribes de Anzoátegui • Tigres de Aragua • Leones del Caracas • Tiburones de La Guaira • Cardenales de Lara • Navegantes del Magallanes • Bravos de Margarita • Águilas del ZuliaSeasons 1946 • 1946-47 • 1947-48 • 1948-49 • 1949-50 • 1950-51 • 1951-52 • 1952-53 • 1953-54 • 1954-55 • 1955-56 • 1956-57 • 1957-58 • 1958-59 • 1959-60 • 1960-61 • 1961-62 • 1962-63 • 1963-64 • 1964-65 • 1965-66 • 1966-67 • 1967-68 • 1968-69 • 1969-70 • 1970-71 • 1971-72 • 1972-73 • 1973-74 • 1974-75 • 1975-76 • 1976-77 • 1977-78 • 1978-79 • 1979-80 • 1980-81 • 1981-82 • 1982-83 • 1983-84 • 1984-85 • 1985-86 • 1986-87 • 1987-88 • 1988-89 • 1989-90 • 1990-91 • 1991-92 • 1992-93 • 1993-94 • 1994-95 • 1995-96 • 1996-97 • 1997-98 • 1998-99 • 1999-00 • 2000-01 • 2001-02 • 2002-03 • 2003-04 • 2004-05 • 2005-06 • 2006-07 • 2007-08 • 2008-09 • 2009–10 • 2010-11Categories:- Baseball teams in Venezuela
- Baseball team stubs
- Venezuelan sport stubs
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