Cangrejeros de Santurce

• Location: Santurce
• League: Puerto Rican League 1939-2005, 2008/09, 2012-present
• Stadium: Estadio Hiram Bithorn

Team History

Founded in 1939 by Pedrin Zorrilla, the Cangrejeros de Santurce (Santurce Crabbers) are a long-time member of the Puerto Rican League. They have won 16 championships. Through 2019, their 16 pennants are third in league annals. The Cangrejeros have also won five Caribbean Series - 1951, 1953, 1955, 1993 and 2000. Through 2014, they have won the most Caribbean Series of any Puerto Rican team and were tied for second in Series titles among all nations behind only the Tigres del Licey.

The team won the Inter-American Series in 1962.

In 2005 the Cangrejeros were sold and moved to Arecibo. The team returned to Santurce in 2008 but were gone by the end of the year. In 2012 they rejoined the league. For many years, they shared Sixto Escobar Stadium with their main rivals, the Senadores de San Juan.

In the 1954-55 season, theyir outfield featured two future Hall of Famers in Willie Mays and Roberto Clemente. Not surprisingly, they were league champions that season.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Manager	Post Season
1939-40	26-29
1940-41	21-21	Raymond Brown	Runner-up
1941-42	21-23
1942-43	18-17	Luis Olmo	Runner-up
1943-44	22-22
1944-45	19-22
1945-46	13-27
1946-47	25-30
1947-48	33-27
1948-49	47-33	Vic Harris	Runner-up
1949-50	45-35	Vic Harris
1950-51	48-30	George Scales	Champions
1951-52	41-31	George Scales	Runner-up
1952-53	42-30	Buster Clarkson	Champions
1953-54	32-48	Buster Clarkson
1954-55	47-25	Herman Franks	Champions
1955-56	43-29	Herman Franks	Runner-up
1956-57	43-29	Ted Norbert	Runner-up
1957-58	36-28	Ramon Concepcion	Runner-up
1958-59	36-27	Ramon Concepción	Champions
1959-60	25-37	Luis Olmo
1960-61	29-35	Luis Olmo
1961-62	42-38	Vernon Benson	Champions Inter-American Series 1st place
1962-63	36-34	Ray Katt
1963-64	33-37	Preston Gomez
1964-65	41-28	Preston Gomez	Champions
1965-66	29-41	Luis Olmo
1966-67	45-26	Earl Weaver	Champions
1967-68	47-22	Earl Weaver	Runner-up
1968-69	49-20	Frank Robinson
1969-70	35-33	Frank Robinson	Runner-up
1970-71	37-32	Frank Robinson	Champions
1971-72	34-33	Ruben Gomez
1972-73	45-25	Frank Robinson	Champions
1973-74	34-37	Frank Robinson
1974-75	30-40	Frank Robinson
1975-76	28-32	Jack McKeon
1976-77	32-27	Jack McKeon
1977-78	27-33	Jack Krol
1978-79	31-29	Frank Robinson
1979-80	36-24	Frank Robinson	Runner-up
1980-81	28-32	Cookie Rojas
1981-82	33-27	Jack Aker
1982-83	35-26	Jack Aker
1983-84	31-30	Ray Miller
1984-85	32-28	Frank Verdi	Runner-up
1985-86	31-23	Sandy Alomar Sr.
1986-87	23-30	Kevin Kennedy
1987-88	31-21	Kevin Kennedy	Runner-up
1988-89	24-36	Kevin Kennedy
1989-90	22-28	Ray Miller
1990-91	30-28	Mike Cubbage / Mako Oliveras	Champions
1991-92	24-26	Mako Oliveras
1992-93	29-18	Mako Oliveras	Champions
1993-94	21-27	Mako Oliveras	Runner-up
1994-95	22-32	Mako Oliveras
1995-96	26-24	Jose Cruz Sr.
1996-97	28-22	Matt Galante
1997-98	25-37	Pete Mackanin / Frankie Thon
1998-99	26-22	Frankie Thon
1999-00	26-23	Ken Griffey Sr. / Mako Oliveras	Champions
2000-01	27-23	Mako Oliveras
2001-02	28-25	Mako Oliveras	Runner-up
2002-03	18-32	Mako Oliveras
2003-04	27-23	Wally Backman
2004-05	19-21	Carmelo Martinez
2008-09	19-22	Ramon Aviles
2012-13	21-18	Carlos Baerga
2013-14	18-22	Jose Flores / Carlos Lezcano
2014-15	19-19	Eduardo Perez	Champions
2015-16	21-21	Pedro Lopez / Ramon Vazquez	Champions
2016-17	28-12	Ramon Vazquez	Runner-up
2017-18	9-9	Mako Oliveras / Ramon Vazquez	Runner-up
2018-19	17-19	Ramon Vazquez	Champions
2019-20	22-10	Jose Valentin	Champions
2020-21	Sat out the season
2021-22	17-15	Jose Valentin	Semi-final

Caribbean Series Appearances

• 1951: Champions
• 1953: Champions
• 1955: Champions
• 1959: 3rd place
• 1971: 2nd place (t)
• 1973: 2nd place (t)
• 1991: 3rd place
• 1993: Champions
• 2000: Champions
• 2015: Last place
• 2016: Semi final
• 2019: Last place
• 2020: Semi final

Major League Baseball Hall of Fame Alumni

• Roberto Alomar
• Roy Campanella
• Orlando Cepeda
• Roberto Clemente
• Ray Dandridge
• Leon Day
• Bob Gibson
• Josh Gibson
• Reggie Jackson
• Tom Lasorda
• Willie Mays
• Satchel Paige
• Jim Palmer
• Tony Pérez
• Frank Robinson (MGR)
• Earl Weaver (MGR)
• Robin Yount

Notable Former Players

• Sandy Alomar Jr.
• Sandy Alomar Sr.
• Dusty Baker
• Don Baylor
• Juan Beniquez
• Paul Blair
• Raymond Brown
• Willard Brown
• Luis R. Cabrera
• Ron Cey
• Bus Clarkson
• George Crowe
• José Cruz Jr.
• Iván DeJesús
• Rubén Gómez
• Juan González
• Willie Hernandez
• Sam Jones
• Luis Olmo
• Juan Pizarro
• Rubén Sierra
• Darryl Strawberry
• Jose Tartabull
• Valmy Thomas
• Bob Thurman
• Luís Tiant
• Hector Villanueva
• Don Zimmer

Retired Numbers

• 1 - Juan Pizarro
• 14 - Valmy Thomas
• 15 - Willard Brown
• 17 - Tany Pérez
• 21 - Roberto Clemente
• 22 - Rubén Gómez
• 30 - Orlando Cepeda

Further Reading

• Matt Monagan: "Mays, Clemente in same outfield? It happened: The two legends won a championship together in Puerto Rico", mlb.com, February 15, 2022. [1]