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 Romeros de Hormigueros: a navy "H" in a bold, forbidding typeface on a black circle, bordered in magenta-white-magenta.

Romeros de Hormigueros

Hormigueros Pilgrims

  • League: Betances.
  • Division: Suroeste.
  • Nicknames: Romes, Rosinegros, La Procesión.
  • Vivas: “¡Monserrate!”
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One of the island’s smallest towns, Hormigueros—whose name refers to the small rises that pockmark the area—has had a major source of fame and revenue since the seventeenth century, thanks to its status as the location of one of the most venerated churches in all of Puerto Rico.

Campeonatos de la LNP

None.

Liga Betances pennants

None.

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1904

Series Interdivisionales

1872 • 1901 • 1904

Series Eliminatorias

1872 • 1901 • 1904

División Suroeste titles

1872 • 1901 • 1903 • 1904

Wild card berths

1876

Affiliated Teams (1916-)

Winnipeg Strikers (Plains League, W&PL)
Sault St. Marie Rapids (League of Lake Superior, LoGL)
Compañeros de Hormigueros (División Lola Rodríguez de Tió, LVP)
Academia Municipal de Hormigueros (División Felipe Navarro, LVN)

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Notable Players

Sponsors

  • Rodrigo Nívar: 1871-1894.
  • Isidoro Cantú: 1894-

Stadia

  • Parque de los Romeros: 1871-