Cardenales de Lara

The Cardenales de Lara (English: Lara Cardinals) is a baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). Founded in 1942 and based in Barquisimeto, the Cardenales have won seven domestic titles, including back-to-back in 1998 and 1999, 2019, 2020 and 2025.

Cardenales de Lara
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Information
League	Venezuelan Professional League Liga Occidental (1962–64)
Location	Barquisimeto, Lara
Ballpark	Estadio Antonio Herrera Gutierrez
Founded	1942[1]
League championships	7 (1990–91, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2000–01, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2024-25)
Current uniforms
Home Away

Current roster

Cardenales de Lara 2020-21 Roster
Players				Coaches
Pitchers 74 Daniel Álvarez -- Argenis Angulo 50 Leonel Aponte -- Wilser Barrios 65 Fabián Blanco 34 Vicente Campos 56 Leonel Campos 44 Maximo Castillo 33 Henry Centeno -- Jose Chavez 95 Logan Darnell -- Alejandro Duran 13 Elvis Escobar 61 Yapson Gómez 55 Ricardo Gómez 25 Derian Gonzalez* 36 Néstor Molina -- Yonathan Ochoa 71 Luis Oviedo 62 Angelo Palumbo 39 Williams Pérez 59 Alejandro Requena 69 Raul Rivero 80 Hector Rodriguez 52 Wilking Rodríguez 70 Pedro Rodriguez 82 Jesús Sánchez -- Jesus Tona updated on 8 June 2021		Catchers -- Axel Andueza 37 Francisco Arcia 18 Edward Barboza 68 Brhayan Campos 06 Josmar Cordero 78 Blayberg Diaz 25 Osman Marval 33 Gabriel Moreno 56 Yojhan Quevedo -- Gabriel Rodriguez Infielders -- Diego Benitez 66 Jecksson Flores -- Wilson Garcia 03 César Hernández 02 César Izturis Jr. -- Luis Jiménez -- Yerry Landinez 04 Deiner López -- Bryant Mendez 59 Jose Mendez 67 Yonathan Mendoza 19 Jermaine Palacios 18 Oswald Peraza -- Juniel Querecuto 24 Carlos Rivero -- Anyesber Sivira 10 Ildemaro Vargas Outfielders 26 Ezequiel Carrera -- Jair Casanova 07 Gorkys Hernández 29 Yordanys Linares 81 César Puello 77 René Reyes 43 Joantgel Segovia 31 José Tábata		Manager -- Carlos Mendoza Coaches -- Yhonny Almao (Bullpen Catcher) -- Gerardo Casadiego (Pitching) -- César Izturis (Quality Control) -- Selwyn Langaigne (Hitting) -- Oswald Peraza (Bullpen) -- Tomás Pérez (First Base) -- Nelson Prada (Bench) -- Yonathan Sivira (Assistant Hitting) -- Eric Young Sr. (Third Base) (Coaching staff for 2021-22 season)

Notable players

Shawn Green

• Luis Aponte
• Jesse Barfield
• Miguel Cairo
• Giovanni Carrara
• Tony Castillo
• Alcides Escobar
• Kelvim Escobar
• Tom Evans
• Cecil Fielder
• / Shawn Green
• Roy Halladay
• Félix Hernández
• Alexis Infante
• César Izturis
• Luis Leal
• Fred Manrique
• Brandon Morrow
• Joc Pederson
• Robert Pérez
• Scott Pose
• Luis Sojo