Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional (LBPN) is the

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league of

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. The league consists of five teams with a 30 game regular season schedule that runs from November to December. Followed by a four team round robin, with the two best teams advancing to a best of seven championship series. Inaugurated on March 30, 1956, in Estadio Nacional, the first game was between the teams from San Fernando and Bóer. The

n public's excitement for baseball grew as foreign

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teams and foreign players came to play in their country. Due to economic difficulty, the

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had to shut down in 1967. The teams from Bóer and León were the most successful teams in those years with three championships each. The professional league was re-established in 2004. Since then, Bóer has led the league in championships with five.

Current teams

Indios del Bóer The Indios del Bóer are a professional baseball team based in Managua, Nicaragua competing in the Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League. Their home games are played at the Dennis Martínez National Stadium. They have won the Nicaraguan league ei ...

(Managua) *

Tigres del Chinandega The Tigres del Chinandega are a baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League, Nicaragua's professional baseball league. References Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League {{Baseball-team-stub ...

* Gigantes de Rivas *

Leones de León Founded by: Sophia Slavin The Leones de León is a professional baseball team competing in the Nicaragua Professional Baseball League and the Nicaraguan baseball 1st division (Campeonato Nacional de Béisbol Superior de Nicaragua - GPO). Their hom ...

* Tren del Norte (Esteli) Defunct: * Orientales de Granada * Fieras del San Fernando

Stadiums

Dennis Martínez National Stadium Estadio Nacional Soberanía ( es, Estadio Nacional Soberanía, links=no) is located in Managua, Nicaragua. It has a capacity of 15,000 and it was named after former MLB player Dennis Martínez. The original stadium was built in 1948 and is Nicara ...

, Managua * Estadio Efrain Tijerino, Chinandega *Estadio Yamil Rios Ugarte, Rivas *Estadio Héroes y Mártires de Septiembre, León *Estadio de Beisbol Rufo Marín, Estelí Defunct: * Estadio Roberto Clemente, Masaya * Estadio Roque Tadeo Zavala, Granada

Champions

Winner of the Serie Interamericana

One time a team from Nicaragua could win the Serie Interamericana.

Winner of the Serie Latinoamericana

Four times a team from Nicaragua could win the Serie Latinoamericana.

Individual leaders

Hitting Pitching

External links

Liga de Beisbol Profesional Nacional
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