Cardenales de Lara

Cardenales de Lara
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LeagueVenezuelan Professional League
Liga Occidental (1962–64)
LocationBarquisimeto, Lara
BallparkEstadio Antonio Herrera Gutierrez
Founded1942[1]
League championships6 (1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2018–19, 2019–20)
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The Cardenales de Lara (English: Lara Cardinals) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). Founded in 1942 and based in Barquisimeto, the Cardenales have won six domestic titles, including back-to-back in 1998 and 1999, and 2019 and 2020.

Current roster

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Cardenales de Lara 2020-21 Roster
Players Coaches

Pitchers

  • 74 Venezuela Daniel Álvarez
  • -- Venezuela Argenis Angulo
  • 50 Venezuela Leonel Aponte
  • -- Venezuela Wilser Barrios
  • 65 Venezuela Fabián Blanco
  • 34 Venezuela Vicente Campos
  • 56 Venezuela Leonel Campos
  • 44 Venezuela Maximo Castillo
  • 33 Venezuela Henry Centeno
  • -- Venezuela Jose Chavez
  • 95 United States Logan Darnell
  • -- Venezuela Alejandro Duran
  • 13 Venezuela Elvis Escobar
  • 61 Venezuela Yapson Gómez
  • 55 Dominican Republic Ricardo Gómez
  • 25 Venezuela Derian Gonzalez*
  • 36 Venezuela Néstor Molina
  • -- Venezuela Yonathan Ochoa
  • 71 Venezuela Luis Oviedo
  • 62 Venezuela Angelo Palumbo
  • 39 Venezuela Williams Pérez
  • 59 Venezuela Alejandro Requena
  • 69 Venezuela Raul Rivero
  • 80 Venezuela Hector Rodriguez
  • 52 Venezuela Wilking Rodríguez
  • 70 Venezuela Pedro Rodriguez
  • 82 Venezuela Jesús Sánchez
  • -- Venezuela Jesus Tona

[1] updated on 8 June 2021

Catchers

  • -- Venezuela Axel Andueza
  • 37 Venezuela Francisco Arcia
  • 18 Venezuela Edward Barboza
  • 68 Venezuela Brhayan Campos
  • 06 Venezuela Josmar Cordero
  • 78 Venezuela Blayberg Diaz
  • 25 Venezuela Osman Marval
  • 33 Venezuela Gabriel Moreno
  • 56 Venezuela Yojhan Quevedo
  • -- Venezuela Gabriel Rodriguez

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

Coaches

  • -- Venezuela Yhonny Almao (Bullpen Catcher)
  • -- Venezuela Gerardo Casadiego (Pitching)
  • -- Venezuela César Izturis (Quality Control)
  • -- Venezuela Selwyn Langaigne (Hitting)
  • -- Venezuela Oswald Peraza (Bullpen)
  • -- Venezuela Tomás Pérez (First Base)
  • -- Venezuela Nelson Prada (Bench)
  • -- Venezuela Yonathan Sivira (Assistant Hitting)
  • -- United States Eric Young Sr. (Third Base)

(Coaching staff for 2021-22 season)

[2]

  • Died on or before December 31, 2020 in a motorcycle accident. R.I.P 1995-2020

Notable players

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Shawn Green

References

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  1. ^ González, Javier; Figueroa Ruiz, Carlos (October 2021). Cardenales de Lara de Carora a Barquisimeto. 80 años en la Pelota (PDF) (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Banesco. p. 72.
  2. ^ "Lara definió el cuerpo técnico que acompañará al manager Mendoza".
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