The logo of the Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña: a big sky-blue circle, bordered in red and white, surrounding a smaller circle of darker blue with white borders, superimposed on which is a red-and-white nautical star that hosts the acronym "LNP" in black block letters.

Gaceta de la Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña

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The logo of the Martilleros de Vega Alta: a purple "VA" in an angular font with sharp edges, bordered in white and black, on a golden background with two translucent crossed hammers embossed on the background, bordered with purple, then white, then purple.

Martilleros de Vega Alta

While Vega Alta would later become the birthplace of many excellent Puerto Rican athletes, its townspeople’s skill with humble clubs and hammers—first obvious when slaves in the town used them to rebel against the landowning class—made for an easy symbolic transition to skill with a baseball bat.

Campeonatos de la LNP

None.

Liga Betances pennants

None.

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1896

Series Interdivisionales

1875 • 1896

Series Eliminatorias

1875 • 1894 • 1896 • 1902 • 1903

División Costa Norteña titles

1871 • 1875 • 1896 • 1901 • 1902 • 1903

Wild card berths

1873 • 1894

Affiliated Teams (1916-)

Hamilton Hammers (Ontario South, RCBL)
Seki 刀鍛冶 / Swordsmiths (Southern League, NYK)
Lirios de Vega Alta (División Arturo Schomburg, LVP)
Academia Municipal de Vega Alta (División Severo Lozada, LVN)

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Notable Players

Sponsors

  • Emeterio García: 1871-

Stadia

  • Estadio de los Martilleros: 1871-1903.
  • Coliseo Emeterio García: 1903-