Dominican League

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The Dominican League, in Spanish Liga de Béisbol Profesional de la República Dominicana (LIDOM), also known as the Dominican Winter League, in Spanish Liga Dominicana de Béisbol Invernal, is a winter league based in the Dominican Republic. The league consists of six teams with players mainly from Major League Baseball teams. The league was founded in 1951 but didn't move its schedule to the winter until the 1955/1956 season. The league's champion has represented the nation in the Caribbean Series since the 1970 tournament. A Dominican team has won the series a record seventeen times.

History[edit]

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From 1951 to 1954 the league began to celebrate the season during summer time. In 1955 the "Liga Dominicana de beisbol Profesional" LIDOM as it is was stablish with winter touraments. The 1960/1961 Finals were the only final series to feature only Dominican players. The tournament was not held on 1961-62, 1962-63 and 1965-66 due to social and political conflicts happening in the country.

League Format[edit]

The LIDOM currently has six teams that play in a 50-game league round from October to December, the Serie Regular. The top four teams advance to another round robin of eighteen games per team in January. The top two teams from the round robin go on to a nine-game championship series to determine the league's champion. The league champion then goes on to the Caribbean Series.

The league's format history:

  • 1951 to 1954 - Regular season between all teams, best 2 teams go to the final series (Best of 7).
  • 1955-56 to 1985-86 - Regular season between all teams, best team goes directly to the finals, 2nd and 3rd place go to semifinals to define second finalist.
  • 1986-87 to 1997-98 - Regular season between all teams, best 4 teams advance to semifinal series, top 2 teams on semifinals go to final series.
  • 1998-99 - Only 4 teams could play because stadium damages caused by Georges Hurricane, Regular season between all teams, best team goes directly to the finals, 2nd and 3rd place go to semifinals to define second finalist.
  • 1999-00 to 2019-20 - Regular season between all teams, best 4 teams advance to semifinal series, top 2 teams on semifinals go to final series.

Current Teams[edit]

Español English Stadium City
Águilas Cibaeñas Cibaeñas Eagles Estadio Cibao Santiago
Gigantes del Cibao Cibao Giants Estadio Julian Javier San Francisco de Macoris
Leones del Escogido Escogido Lions Estadio Quisqueya Santo Domingo
Toros del Este Eastern Bulls Estadio Francisco Michelli La Romana
Tigres del Licey Licey Tigers Estadio Quisqueya Santo Domingo
Estrellas Orientales Eastern Stars Estadio Tetelo Vargas San Pedro de Macoris

Former Teams[edit]

League Champions[edit]

Championships by Team[edit]

  • Tigres del Licey: 24 (1951, 1953, 1958/1959, 1963/1964, 1969/1970, 1970/1971, 1972/1973, 1973/1974, 1976/1977, 1979/1980, 1982/1983, 1983/1984, 1984/1985, 1990/1991, 1993/1994, 1998/1999, 2001/2002, 2003/2004, 2005/2006, 2008/2009, 2013/2014, 2016/2017, 2022/2023, 2023/2024)
  • Águilas Cibaeñas: 22 (1952, 1964/1965, 1966/1967, 1971/1972, 1974/1975, 1975/1976, 1977/1978, 1978/1979, 1985/1986, 1986/1987, 1992/1993, 1995/1996, 1996/1997, 1997/1998, 1999/2000, 2000/2001, 2002/2003, 2004/2005, 2006/2007, 2007/2008, 2017/2018, 2020/2021)
  • Leones del Escogido: 16 (1955/1956, 1956/1957, 1957/1958, 1959/1960, 1960/1961, 1968/1969, 1980/1981, 1981/1982, 1987/1988, 1988/1989, 1989/1990, 1991/1992, 2009/2010, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, 2015/2016)
  • Estrellas Orientales: 3 (1954, 1967/1968, 2018/2019)
  • Toros del Este: 2 (2010/2011, 2019/2020)
  • Gigantes del Cibao: 1 (2014/2015)
  • Azucareros del Este: (1994/1995)

Seasonal Champions[edit]

Team won the Serie del Caribe
Season Champion Runner-up Result Champion Manager Eliminated in the Serie Regular
1951 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 4 - 1 Félix Delgado
Alonzo Perry
Manuel Henríquez		 Águilas Cibaeñas
Estrellas Orientales
1952 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 4 - 3 Rodolfo Fernández Leones del Escogido
Estrellas Orientales
1953 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 1 Oscar Rodríguez Leones del Escogido
Estrellas Orientales
1954 Estrellas Orientales Tigres del Licey 4 - 1 Ramón Bragaña Leones del Escogido
Águilas Cibaeñas
1955/1956 Leones del Escogido Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 3 Frank Genovese Estrellas Orientales
1956/1957 Leones del Escogido Tigres del Licey 5 - 2 Red Davis Estrellas Orientales
1957/1958 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 5 - 1 Salty Parker Águilas Cibaeñas
1958/1959 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 5 - 4 Joe Schultz Estrellas Orientales
1959/1960 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 5 - 1 Pete Reiser
Norman Sherry		 Tigres del Licey
1960/1961 Leones del Escogido Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 2 Pepe Lucas Estrellas Orientales
1961/1962 Championship was unfinished
1962/1963 No championship
1963/1964 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 3 Vernon Benson Estrellas Orientales
1964/1965 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 5 - 0 Al Widmar Estrellas Orientales
1965/1966 No championship
1966/1967 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 5 - 3 Hardy Peterson Tigres del Licey
1967/1968 Estrellas Orientales Leones del Escogido 5 - 3 Tony Pacheco Tigres del Licey
1968/1969 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 5 - 2 Andy Gilbert Tigres del Licey
1969/1970 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 1 Billy Muffett
Fred Hatfield
Manny Mota		 Leones del Escogido
1970/1971 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 6 - 1 Fred Hatfield
Manny Mota		 Águilas Cibaeñas
1971/1972 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 5 - 3 Ozzie Virgil Leones del Escogido
1972/1973 Tigres del Licey Estrellas Orientales 5 - 2 Tom Lasorda Leones del Escogido
1973/1974 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 2 Tom Lasorda Estrellas Orientales
1974/1975 Águilas Cibaeñas Estrellas Orientales 5 - 4 Al Widmar Leones del Escogido
1975/1976 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 5 - 3 Tim Murtaugh Leones del Escogido
1976/1977 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 2 Buck Rodgers Estrellas Orientales
1977/1978 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 5 - 2 Johnny Lipon Leones del Escogido
1978/1979 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 5 - 0 Johnny Lipon Tigres del Licey
1979/1980 Tigres del Licey Estrellas Orientales 5 - 1 Del Crandall Leones del Escogido
1980/1981 Leones del Escogido Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 4 Felipe Rojas Alou Estrellas Orientales
1981/1982 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 5 - 1 Felipe Rojas Alou Tigres del Licey
1982/1983 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 2 Manny Mota Leones del Escogido
1983/1984 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 3 Manny Mota Leones del Escogido
Azucareros del Este
1984/1985 Tigres del Licey Azucareros del Este 4 - 1 Terry Collins Leones del Escogido
Águilas Cibaeñas
1985/1986 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 4 - 1 Winston Llenas Azucareros del Este
Estrellas Orientales
1986/1987 Águilas Cibaeñas Estrellas Orientales 4 - 1 Winston Llenas Leones del Escogido
1987/1988 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 4 - 3 Phil Regan Azucareros del Este
Caimanes del Sur
1988/1989 Leones del Escogido Tigres del Licey 4 - 0 Phil Regan Azucareros del Este
Caimanes del Sur
1989/1990 Leones del Escogido Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 1 Felipe Rojas Alou Azucareros del Este
1990/1991 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 4 - 1 John Roseboro Estrellas Orientales
1991/1992 Leones del Escogido Estrellas Orientales 4 - 0 Felipe Rojas Alou Águilas Cibaeñas
1992/1993 Águilas Cibaeñas Azucareros del Este 4 - 2 Julián Javier
Miguel Diloné		 Leones del Escogido
1993/1994 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 1 Casey Parsons Estrellas Orientales
1994/1995 Azucareros del Este Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 2 Art Howe Tigres del Licey
1995/1996 Águilas Cibaeñas Estrellas Orientales 4 - 1 Terry Francona Azucareros del Este
1996/1997 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 4 - 0 Mike Quade Gigantes del Cibao
Estrellas Orientales
1997/1998 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 4 - 2 Tony Peña Gigantes del Cibao
Azucareros del Este
1998/1999 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 5 - 4 Dave Jauss Gigantes del Cibao
1999/2000 Águilas Cibaeñas Estrellas Orientales 4 - 3 Tony Peña Pollos del Cibao
2000/2001 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 4 - 2 Félix Fermin Pollos del Cibao
Tigres del Licey
2001/2002 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 4 - 3 Bob Geren Leones del Escogido
Pollos del Cibao
2002/2003 Águilas Cibaeñas Leones del Escogido 4 - 0 Félix Fermin Tigres del Licey
Azucareros del Este
2003/2004 Tigres del Licey Gigantes del Cibao 4 - 1 Manny Acta Estrellas Orientales
Leones del Escogido
2004/2005 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 4 - 3 Félix Fermin Gigantes del Cibao
Azucareros del Este
2005/2006 Tigres del Licey Águilas Cibaeñas 5 - 2 Rafael Landestoy Estrellas Orientales
Gigantes del Cibao
2006/2007 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 5-1 Félix Fermin Estrellas Orientales
Leones del Escogido
2007/2008 Águilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 5-3 Félix Fermin Estrellas Orientales
Gigantes del Cibao
2008/2009 Tigres del Licey Gigantes del Cibao 5-0 José Offerman Águilas Cibaeñas
Azucareros del Este
2009/2010 Leones del Escogido Gigantes del Cibao 5-4 Ken Oberkfell Tigres del Licey
Toros del Este
2010/2011 Toros del Este Estrellas Orientales 5-0 Dean Treanor Gigantes del Cibao
Leones del Escogido
2011/2012 Leones del Escogido Aguilas Cibaeñas 5-4 Ken Oberkfell Tigres del Licey
Gigantes del Cibao
2012/2013 Leones del Escogido Aguilas Cibaeñas 5-0 Audo Vicente Gigantes del Cibao
Tigres del Licey
2013/2014 Tigres del Licey Leones del Escogido 5-2 José Offerman Gigantes del Cibao
Aguilas Cibaeñas
2014/2015 Gigantes del Cibao Estrellas Orientales 5-3 Audo Vicente Leones del Escogido
Tigres del Licey
2015/2016 Leones del Escogido Tigres del Licey 5-1 Luis Rojas Estrellas Orientales
Toros del Este
2016/2017 Tigres del Licey Aguilas Cibaeñas 5-4 Audo Vicente Leones del Escogido
Gigantes del Cibao
2017/2018 Aguilas Cibaeñas Tigres del Licey 4-3 Lino Rivera Leones del Escogido
Gigantes del Cibao
2018/2019 Estrellas Orientales Toros del Este 5-1 Fernando Tatis Leones del Escogido
Tigres del Licey
2019/2020 Toros del Este Tigres del Licey 5-3 Lino Rivera Leones del Escogido
Aguilas Cibaeñas
2020/2021 Aguilas Cibaeñas Gigantes del Cibao 4-3 Félix Fermín Estrellas Orientales
Toros del Este
2021/2022 Gigantes del Cibao Estrellas Orientales 4-1 Luis Urueta Tigres del Licey
Aguilas Cibaeñas
2022/2023 Tigres del Licey Estrellas Orientales 4 - 1 José Offerman Águilas Cibaeñas
Gigantes del Cibao
2023/2024 Tigres del Licey Estrellas Orientales 4 - 3 Gilberto Gomez Leones del Escogido
Gigantes del Cibao

Awards[edit]

The LIDOM made the "Premios Apolo" the official awards each year since 1977-78. There is another award ceremony called "Shell - Dominicanos Primero" that is exclusively directed to native players.

MVP[edit]

Pitcher of the Year[edit]

Rookie of the Year[edit]


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