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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 ...
Luis A. Canena Marquez Stadium is a baseball stadium located in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.It is the home to the Aguadilla Sharks (Tiburones de Aguadilla) of the Professional Baseball League that plays from mid-October to early January and the Double-A Superior Baseball League that plays from mid-February to late-April/early May.
Pages in category "Baseball venues in Puerto Rico" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Hiram Bithorn Stadium; I. Isidoro García Stadium; L.
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Baseball is the most popular sport in Puerto Rico.In terms of spectators and active participants, it is the premier sport on the island. The baseball game was introduced to the island in the late 19th century and the first two baseball clubs were founded in 1897, before the American invasion of 1898 known as the Spanish–American War.
In baseball, the Cincinnati Reds conducted spring training at the stadium in 1935 and 1936. [3] In April 1938, the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico voted to name the stadium and surrounding park in honor of Sixto Escobar, a Puerto Rican professional boxer who became Puerto Rico's first world champion. [1] A statue of Escobar stands on the ...
The stadium holds 12,500 people and was built in 2000. It is named after former Puerto Rican baseball great and native of Carolina, Roberto Clemente. It hosted the 2007 Caribbean Series. From 2008 it is the home of the Gigantes de Carolina (football club) who plays in the Puerto Rico Soccer League.
It is home to the Leones de Ponce team of the Puerto Rico Baseball League (LBPPR) and FC Leones of the Puerto Rico Soccer League (PRSL). The stadium has a capacity of 16,000 seats. [1] [2] [3] Construction of the stadium began in 1947 and it opened on 15 October 1949. [4] Montaner is the first stadium in Puerto Rico with an artificial surface ...