Leones del Escogido

• Location: Santo Domingo, DR
• League: Dominican League 1951-present
• Stadium: Estadio Quisqueya

Team History

The Leones del Escogido (Escogido Lions) are a team in the Dominican League. Through 2025, they have won 18 national championships and five Caribbean Series, most recently in 2025.

Founded in 1921, the club is based out of Santo Domingo. Felipe Alou, Jesus Alou, Matty Alou, Juan Marichal, David Ortiz, Sammy Sosa, and Alex Rodriguez are among the most famous players to appear on the Lions' roster over the years. Albert Pujols was their manager when they won their most recent title, in 2025.

Former major leaguer Moises Alou began work as the general manager for the Leones in 2010, winning three championships in his first four years (2009-10, 2011-12 and 2012-13). Ken Oberkfell was their manager during that very successful run.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs
1951	25-29	Pepe Lucas	Runner-up
1952	31-23	Martin Dihigo / Felix Delgardo
1953	26-28	Ramon Concepcion
1954	19-28	Antonio Rodriguez
1955-56	35-18	Frank Genovese	Champions
1956-57	31-21	Red Davis	Champions
1957-58	31-20	Salty Parker	Champions
1958-59	38-21	Salty Parker	Runner-up
1959-60	39-22	Pete Reiser	Champions
1960-61	29-19	Pepe Lucas	Champions
1963-64	29-28	Pepe Lucas	Semi Final
1964-65	33-23	Danny Ozark / Frank Genovese	Runner-up
1966-67	31-27	Salty Parker / Felipe Alou	Runner-up
1967-68	31-27	Hub Kittle	Runner-up
1968-69	31-27	Andy Gilbert	Champions
1969-70	19-31	Andy Gilbert / Frank Genovese
1970-71	30-29	Tom Lasorda	Runner-up
1971-72	25-34	Freddie Velazquez / Frank Genovese
1972-73	17-37	Frank Genovese / Wilfredo Calviño
1973-74	30-28	Jim Williams / Felipe Alou	Semi Final
1974-75	24-34	Felipe Alou
1975-76	23-37	Karl Kuehl
1976-77	31-29	Jim Bunning	Semi Final
1977-78	26-34	Russ Nixon / Freddie Velazquez
1978-79	32-27	Jim Beauchamp	Runner-up
1979-80	24-35	Vern Rapp / Ozzie Virgil Sr.
1980-81	40-20	Felipe Alou	Champions
1981-82	37-23	Felipe Alou	Champions
1982-83	27-32	Felipe Alou
1983-84	32-38	Hal Lanier / Felipe Alou
1984-85	27-33	Felipe Alou
1985-86	33-27	Manny Mota	Semi Final
1986-87	19-28	Manny Mota
1987-88	32-28	Felipe Alou / Phil Regan	Champions
1988-89	30-29	Phil Regan	Champions
1989-90	27-24	Felipe Alou	Champions
1990-91	23-26	Rick Williams / Sam Mejias	Runner-up
1991-92	23-25	Felipe Alou	Champions
1992-93	18-30	Carlos Alfonso
1993-94	28-20	Luis Pujols
1994-95	23-25	Luis Pujols / Tim Johnson
1995-96	34-14	Marc Hill / Junior Noboa
1996-97	28-21	Ozzie Virgil / Junior Noboa	Runner-up
1997-98	28-22	Miguel Dilone
1998-99	40-21	Dave Miley	Runner-up
1999-00	27-20	Dave Miley
2000-01	27-22	Tim Foli / Bruce Fields	Runner-up
2001-02	19-30	Luis Pujols / Arturo DeFreites
2002-03	26-24	Bruce Fields / Mako Oliveras	Runner-up
2003-04	15-35	Nick Leyva / Bonny Castillo
2004-05	22-28	Juan Samuel / Mike Guerrero
2005-06	26-24	Bob Geren / Mako Oliveras
2006-07	17-33	Dean Treanor / Hector de la Cruz
2007-08	21-28	Donnie Scott / Bien Figueroa
2008-09	25-25	Bien Figueroa / Luis Natera
2009-10	30-19	Ken Oberkfell	Champions
2010-11	27-22	Ken Oberkfell / Luis Pujols
2011-12	26-24	Tony DeFrancesco / Ken Oberkfell	Champions
2012-13	23-28	Ken Oberkfell / Audo Vicente	Champions
2013-14	31-19	Audo Vicente	Runner-up
2014-15	17-33	David Bell / Luis Rojas
2015-16	25-25	Luis Rojas	Champions
2016-17	25-25	Luis Rojas
2017-18	27-23	Luis Rojas
2018-19	27-23	Luis Rojas
2019-20	24-26	Buck Britton / Luis Matos
2020-21	14-16	Dave Jauss
2021-22	19-21	Rodney Linares / Ronny Paulino

Caribbean Series Appearances

• 1982: 3rd place (t)
• 1988: Champions
• 1989: Last place
• 1990: Champions
• 1992: Last place
• 2010: Champions
• 2012: Champions
• 2013: Runner up
• 2016: Last place
• 2025: Champions