Leones de Ponce
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The Leones de Ponce are a Puerto Rico Baseball League team based in Ponce. They have won 11 league titles - in 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1947, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1982, 2004 and 2009. They won the 1972 Caribbean Series as well. Managers during their pennant-winning seasons were Tubby Scales (5 times), Rocky Bridges, Jim Fregosi, Frank Verdi, Ed Nottle, José Cruz, Sr. and Eduardo Pérez.
Past players have included Don Baylor, Tommy Cruz, Carlos May, Adrian Garrett, José Vidro, Iván Cruz, José Cruz, Sr., Jose Cruz Jr., Sandy Alomar, Sr., José Hernández, Jose Pagan, Héctor Cruz and Rickey Henderson.
The team's name is a play on that of Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon.
