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Estrellas Orientales
Estrellas Orientales
Information
League	Dominican Professional Baseball League
Location	San Pedro de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís Province
Ballpark	Tetelo Vargas Stadium
Established	1910; 114 years ago
League championships	3 (1954, 1968, 2019)
Colors	Green and white;
Retired numbers	1; 4; 18; 20; 24; 34;
Manager	Fernando Tatís
President	Miguel Feris Chalas
Uniforms

Estrellas Orientales (English: Eastern Stars), also known as Estrellas de Oriente, is a baseball team in the Dominican Winter League. Based in San Pedro de Macorís, the team has historically struggled, winning championships only in 1936, 1954, 1968 and 2019.

History edit

The team was established on 15 December 1910 with the idea of competing against Tigres del Licey, that dominated the Dominican League during those years. Estrellas Orientales won their first title in 1936 defeating Santiago Baseball Club, Tigres del Licey and Leones del Escogido. The team won the championship for the second time in 1954 and again in 1968.^[1]

In 2019, after 51 years, Estrellas Orientales won their fourth title after defeating Toros del Este in the championship series.^[2]

Roster edit

Estrellas Orientales roster - 2020–21 Dominican Professional Baseball League

Players

Coaches

Pitchers

25 Alexis Candelario
32 Nabil Crismatt
33 Enny Romero
39 Édgar García
44 Forrest Snow
46 Wirfin Obispo
49 Matt Pobereyko
58 Radhames Liz
64 Evan MacLane
78 Frank Garcés
79 Daniel Duarte
80 Luis González
84 Domingo Robles
89 Warner Madrigal
93 Adalberto Flores

Catchers

6 Christian Bethancourt
28 Michael de la Cruz
86 Erick González

Infielders

2 Gustavo Núñez
10 Osvaldo Duarte
11 Lewin Díaz
12 Jeremy Peña
23 Fernando Tatís Jr.
24 Robinson Canó
34 Aderlin Rodríguez
55 Ronnier Mustelier
85 Adrián Rondón

Outfielders

0 Junior Lake
8 Eric Filia
19 Sócrates Brito
27 Gabriel Guerrero
30 Emilio Gustave

Manager

Fernando Tatís

Retired numbers edit

No.	Name	Pos.	Year
1	Tetelo Vargas	OF	1936
4	Alfredo Griffin	SS	1976
5	Rico Carty	LF	1963
10	Ralph Garr	OF	1968
12	Manuel Castillo	3B	1980
16	Rafael Ramírez	SS	1980
17	Silvano Quezada	P	1967
18	Rafael Batista	1B	1973
123	José Oliva	3B	1994

Trivia edit

The Estrellas Orientales franchise is considered the equivalent of the Chicago Cubs among Dominican Teams because of their championship drought which lasted from 1968 until 2019.

References edit

^ "HISTORIA – Estrellas Baseball Club". estrellasbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2021.
^ "Estrellas Orientales se coronan Campeones tras 51 años". Lidom (in Spanish). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

External links edit

Official site

[1] "HISTORIA – Estrellas Baseball Club". estrellasbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 19 April 2021.

[2] "Estrellas Orientales se coronan Campeones tras 51 años". Lidom (in Spanish). 24 January 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2021.

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