Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional

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Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional
Image:LCBP.png
Founded	[[]]
No. of teams	4
Country	Colombia
Current champions	{{{champion}}}
Official website	http://www.teamrenteria.com

The Liga Colombiana de Béisbol Profesional (LCBP) is the major professional baseball league in Colombia that plays its schedule during the winter. Although it is a member of the Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe, it currently does not participate in the Serie del Caribe.

1 Format
2 History
3 Current Teams
4 Former Teams
5 Champion Team

[edit] Format

The league has four teams based in cities along the country's Atlantic coast. The season lasts from October to January with games. The top three teams at the end of the regular season advance to a round-robin to determine the league champion.

[edit] History

In the middle of 2004 season, the league was accepted in the Confederación de Béisbol del Caribe, making it eligible for participation in the Serie del Caribe. The LCBP hopes to develop baseball in the country so that it can play in the 2012 Caribbean Series. The current league director is Edinson Rentería, who has been in the position since 1999. The league's top two teams are the Eléctricos de Barranquilla and Tigres de Cartagena, who have won the last four championships.

[edit] Current Teams

Team	English	Stadium	City
Caimanes de Barranquilla	Barranquilla Crocodiles	Estadio Tomas Arrieta	Barranquilla, Atlántico
Tigres de Cartagena	Cartagena Tigers	Estadio Once de Noviembre	Cartagena, Bolívar
Cardenales de Monteria	Monteria Cardinals	Estadio 18 de Junio	Montería, Córdoba
Toros de Sincelejo	Sincelejo Bulls	Estadio 20 de Enero	Sincelejo, Sucre

[edit] Former Teams

Toros de Barranquilla: became the Caimanes de Barranquilla in 2003/2004
Leones de Cartagena : became the Tigres de Cartagena in 2003/2004

[edit] Champion Team

Season	<center>Champion
79-80
80-81
81-82
82-83
83-84
84-85	Caimanes de Barranquilla
85-86	Caimanes de Barranquilla
86-87	No league
87-88	No league
88-89	No league
89-90	No league
90-91	No league
91-92	No league
92-93	No league
93-94	No league
94-95	No league
95-96	No league
96-97	No league
97-98	No league
98-99	No league
99-00	Vaqueros de Barranquilla
00-01	Didn't have a championship, no financial support
01-02	Eléctricos de Barranquilla
02-03	Eléctricos de Barranquilla
03-04	Tigres de Cartagena
04-05	Tigres de Cartagena
05-06	Tigres de Cartagena
06-07	Tigres de Cartagena
07-08	Caimanes de Barranquilla