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Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. [1] The stadium is home to the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Baseball League (LBPRC), and briefly was home to Major League Baseball 's Montreal Expos during their ...
Hiram Gabriel Bithorn Sosa (March 18, 1916 – December 29, 1951) was a professional right-handed pitcher who became the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to play in Major League Baseball. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Bayamón, Puerto Rico: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium: 18,000 Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás CSP: Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo August 5, 1979: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Hiram Bithorn Stadium: 18,000 Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo [6] WWE: WWE SmackDown & ECW September 4, 2009: San Juan, Puerto Rico: José Miguel ...
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico: Ballpark: Hiram Bithorn Stadium (1962-1982, 1989-2005, 2008–present) Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium 1983-1988 Estadio Sixto Escobar 1939-1961: Founded: 1939; 86 years ago () Caribbean Series championships: 5 (1951, 1953, 1955, 1993, 2000) Interamerican Series championships: 1 (1962) League championships
They are one of the founding members of the Puerto Rico Soccer League, the island's first nationwide league. The reserve team plays in the Liga Nacional. The club plays their home games at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, sharing the facility with Atléticos de San Juan. [1] The team currently plays in the Liga Puerto Rico.
The first Puerto Rican players to play in Major League Baseball, Hiram Bithorn and Luis Olmo, were active in the rosters of San Juan and Caguas. Bithorn became the youngest manager in the league's history, receiving the office when he was 22 years old. [ 9 ]
Puerto Rico won the silver medal on both 2013 and 2017 classics. The Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico hosted 22 Montreal Expos home games in 2003, after the league decided to relocate the team to San Juan as part of an experiment to "globalize" baseball. [12] During the series there was an average attendance of 14,222. [13]
Round 1: Ponce, Puerto Rico at Juan Pachin Vicens Auditorium, drawing 9,500; Round 2: Mayaguez, Puerto Rico at the Isidoro Garcia Stadium, drawing 9,500; Round 3: San Juan, Puerto Rico at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, drawing 23,000 #