The Pastora de los Llanos were a baseball club which played in the

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between the 1997–98 and 2006-07 seasons. They were based in the cities of

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and

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in Portuguesa, and played its home games at Estadio BR Julio Hernández Molina in Araure. The Pastora de los Llanos were aligned in the Western Division as a replacement for the departed Pastora de Occidente, which were based in Cabimas. Starting the 2007-08 season, the franchise moved to

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and was renamed Bravos de Margarita.

Yearly Team Records

Team highlights

*1997-98:

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and teammate

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tied with Caribes'

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for the most

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s with eight. *1998-99: Luis Raven led the league with 18 home runs. *1999-00: Alex Cabrera tied with Cardenales'

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for the most home runs with seven. *2000-01: Alex Cabrera led the league with 13 home runs. *2001-02:

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won the batting title with a .376

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. *2002-03: Javier Colina won the batting title with a .355 average. *2004-05: **Javier Colina led the league with 13 home runs and 51

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. **

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posted the best

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among pitchers with a 2.02 mark.

Other players of note

* Brent Bowers *

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* Ramón Castro * Chris Clapinski * Howie Clark *

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* Ramón García * Alberto González * Beiker Graterol *

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* Ryan Karp *

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* Carlos Monasterios *

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* Talmadge Nunnari * Kasey Olemberger * Luis Ordaz * Jarrod Patterson * Matt Perisho * Jake Robbins * Alex Sánchez * Alex Serrano *

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* Scott Stewart * Joe Thurston *

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* Eider Torres *

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External links

Official sitePuraPelota.com – Pastora de Los Llanos
{{Venezuelan Professional Baseball League , state=collapsed 1997 establishments in Venezuela Defunct baseball teams in Venezuela Sport in Portuguesa (state) Baseball teams established in 1997