The Leones de Ponce (English: Lions ) is a baseball team in the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC). The organization is based in the municipality of Ponce, Puerto Rico . The team plays at the Francisco Montaner Stadium . Contrary to popular belief, the name Leones comes from their team owner being photographed with a whip as if taming lions. At one time, the "legendary" team scored a continuous run of thirteen championships. The team's owner is Héctor “Tito” Gracia, and former baseball player with the Leones himself. The team's colors are black and red.
7-607: Ponce Lions (Spanish: Leones de Ponce ) may refer to: Leones de Ponce (baseball) , a baseball team in the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, Ponce, Puerto Rico Ponce Lions (basketball) , a basketball team in the National Superior Basketball League, Ponce, Puerto Rico Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with
14-560: The Lobos de Arecibo in the final bracket. In the final series, the team won the first game, before losing the second in Arecibo. The Leones then won three consecutive games, including the decisive contest before 15,000 fans in Ponce. With this streak, the team finished with a 12–1 record in the final month of action, including the latter part of the regular season. With this victory, Eduardo Pérez became
21-564: The Leones defeated Carolina. On November 28, 2009, the Leones defeated the Gigantes del Cibao in inter-league action. On November 30, 2009, Ramón Martínez began practicing with the Leones, marking his return to the league since 2001–02. In September 2021, the LBPRC granted the franchise rights of the Leones from the 2022–23 season onwards to Ponce Sports and Entertainment, marking the team's return after
28-566: The Leones played against the New York Yankees as part of the eventual World Series champions ’ preseason Latin American tour, which featured Ponce defeating the visiting team 12-8. After the suspension of the 2007-2008 season, the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico reestablished itself, while doing several changes to its format. The Leones chose Eduardo Pérez , son of Tony Pérez , to coach
35-575: The first son of a Major League Baseball Hall of Famer to win a championship in a professional baseball league. After beginning the 2009–10 season with three consecutive losses, the Leones defeated the Criollos to win their first game. On November 20, 2009, the Gigantes defeated the team, scoring 17 hits. On November 25, 2009, the Indios defeated the Leones to win their fourth game of the season. In their next game,
42-451: The team during the season. The Leones were the first team to surpass twenty victories during the regular season, eventually concluding in the first place. For his team's performance, Eduardo Pérez won the award for "Manager of the Year", while Jorge Padilla was selected the league's Most Valuable Player. After concluding the first two stages of the playoffs undefeated, the Leones were joined by
49-523: The title Ponce Lions . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ponce_Lions&oldid=1254196478 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Articles containing Spanish-language text Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Leones de Ponce (baseball) In 1947,
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