Cangrejeros de Santurce (baseball)

Cangrejeros De Santurce (baseball)

The Cangrejeros de Santurce were a professional baseball team based in Santurce, the largest barrio of San Juan, Puerto Rico. The franchise joined the Puerto Rico Baseball League since it was the semi-professional Liga de Béisbol Semi-Profesional de Puerto Rico. Having played for over 70 years, the Cangrejeros are one of the most successful franchises in the archipelago, winning twelve national titles and five Caribbean Series. With over 2000 victories, the Cangrejeros have won the largest amount of games in the history of Puerto Rican professional baseball. The 1954-55 Cangrejeros, nicknamed Escuadrón del Pánico (lit. "Panic Squad"), was the team's most notable roster, with a lineup that included hall of famers Roberto Clemente and Willie Mays. This version of the Santurce won the National and Caribbean championships by sweeping their respective series.

The Cangrejeros most recently its home games at Hiram Bithorn Stadium, in the municipality of San Juan. For several years they shared this field with the Senadores de San Juan (also known temporally as the San Juan Metros). A sports rivalry has always existed between both teams, leading to the creation of the "City Championship", which was a season-long series that gave the team with the most wins the aforementioned title. During the 2003-04 season they also shared the stadium with the Montreal Expos before they were relocated to Washington, D.C. and became the Nationals. Previous home fields include the Sixto Escobar Stadium near Old San Juan, as well as the Juan Ramon Loubriel Stadium in Bayamón. The team’s official radio station in the metropolitan area was WUNO Noti-Uno Metro, on the 630 AM frequency.