Ilustres de Barranquitas

Barranquitas Eminences

League: Hostos.
Division: Este de la Cordillera.
Nicknames: Caballeros, Conocidos, El Senado.
Vivas: “¡Por la República!”

Through outsized figures of the Republic like its most famous son, this community nestled in the mountains nonetheless became famous for punching far above its weight when it came to providing members of the island’s leadership class.

Mascot: Buhonrado

(búho “owl” + honrado “honest, honorable”)

Buhonrado, the mascot of the Ilustres de Barranquitas, is a white owl with what amounts to a toga praetexta: there’s purple markings on its wings and purple feathers along the bottom, as well as at the hem of its body feathers; its claws, collar, beak and eyelids are also purple, while its eyes themselves and eyebrows are golden, and it wears a golden belt as it spreads a wing wide in order to speechify.

Campeonatos de la LNP

None.

Liga Hostos pennants

1877

Campeonatos de las Ligas

1877

Series Interdivisionales

1871 • 1877 • 1891

Series Eliminatorias

1871 • 1874 • 1877 • 1878 • 1891 • 1892 • 1894

División Cordillera Este titles

1871 • 1873 • 1874 • 1875 • 1876 • 1877 • 1878 • 1882 • 1884 • 1891 • 1892 • 1893 • 1895 • 1896 • 1897 • 1901

Wild card berths

1886 • 1888 • 1889 • 1890 • 1894

Affiliated Teams

Calgary Chargers (Western League, W&PL)

Regensburger Zusteller / Regensburg Postmen (Westlicher Kreis, EBV)

Insignes de Barranquitas (División Eugenio Ortiz, LVP)

Academia Municipal Dalmacio Olvera (División Severo Lozada, LVN)

Notable Players

Stadia

Estadio de los Ilustres: 1871-

Gaceta de la Liga Nacional Puertorriqueña