Vegueros de Pinar del Río

Vegueros de Pinar del Río
Information
League	Cuban National Series
Location	Pinar del Río, Pinar del Río Province
Ballpark	Estadio Capitán San Luis
Established	1969 (1969)
Nickname(s)	Vegueros (Meadow Growers) Tsunami verde (Green Tsunami) Pativerdes (Green Socks)
National Series championships	10 (1977–78, 1980–81, 1981–82, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2010–11, 2013–14)
Caribbean Series championships	1 (2015)
Former name(s)	Forestales
Colors	Green, yellow and white
Manager	Alexander Urquiola
Uniforms
Home Away

Vegueros de Pinar del Río (English: Pinar del Río Tobacco Growers) is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Based in the western city of Pinar del Río, the Vegueros are historically one of the more successful teams in the Cuban National Series, winning ten championships, most recently in 2014. It is also the only Cuban team to win a Caribbean Series in the National Series era (post-1961).

History

Vegueros were founded in 1969, and were one of the most successful teams in the early years of the National Series, considered along with Industriales, Santiago de Cuba and Villa Clara. They won their first title in 1978 and would do so five more times in the next decade, including back-to-back wins in 1981 and 1982 and playoff wins in 1987 and 1988. In 1986, the first year that the Cuban champion was determined by playoffs, Vegueros sensationally lost in extra innings against Industriales.

Prior to the 1992-93 Cuban National Series, two teams competed in the province of Pinar del Río: Forestales (also known as Pinar del Río during some seasons) and Vegueros. A 1992–1993 contraction of the league, in which eight teams were eliminated, caused Vegueros and Forestales to be combined into a single team.

In 2015, Pinar del Río won the Caribbean Series, becoming the first Cuban winner since 1960.

Roster

Vegueros de Pinar del Río roster - 2020–21 Cuban National Series
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 15 Dariel Fernández 20 Yoandy Cruz 22 Frank Álvarez 23 Jorge Montano 26 Noel Reina 27 Branlis Rodríguez 52 Erlis Casanova 56 Yosvany Torres 57 Reilandy González 59 Vladimir Baños 77 Yaifredo Domínguez 82 Leodán Reyes 89 Liván Moinelo 90 Isbel Hernández 91 Frank Medina 92 Raidel Martínez 94 Andrés Castro		Catchers  3 Irandi Hernández 43 Olber Peña 51 Jorge Rojas 66 Yanciel Ajete Infielders  2 Juan Carlos Arencibia  4 Pedro Dueñas  7 Jeifer Rodríguez 18 Tony Guerra 23 Pedro Rodríguez 28 William Saavedra 53 Frank González 72 Esteban Terry 75 Luis Enrique García Outfielders  1 Roidel Martínez 11 Reinier León 17 Lázaro Blanco 24 Luis Pablo Acosta 32 Reinaldo Lazaga 44 Yaser González		Manager 58 Alexander Urquiola Coaches  6 Mario Valle 34 Jorge Gallardo 71 Joselian Ceja 61 Raciel Sánchez 19 Jesús Bosmenier 39 José Antonio Soto

Past stars

• Pitchers: Omar Ajete, Jesús Bosmenier, Faustino Corrales, Reinaldo Costa, Rogelio García, Jesús Guerra, Pedro Luis Lazo, Juan Carlos Oliva, Félix Pino, Julio Romero, Emilio Salgado
• Infielders: Giraldo González, Félix Iglesias, Carmelo Pedroso, Alexei Ramirez, Alfonso Urquiola, Omar Linares
• Catchers: Juan Castro
• Outfielders: Luis Giraldo Casanova, Jose Enrrique Camejo, Lázaro Madera

Emigrants

Several Pinar del Río players have left Cuba for the North American Major Leagues.

• José Contreras (pitcher)
• Alay Soler (pitcher)
• Juan Miranda (infielder)
• Danys Báez (pitcher)
• Alexei Ramírez (outfielder)
• Yosvany Madera (catcher)