Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club)

For the current team that represents Cienfuegos in the Cuban National Series, see Elefantes de Cienfuegos.
Cienfuegos
Information
LeagueCuban League (1878–1961)
BallparkEstadio del Cerro (1946–1961)
Established1926
Folded1961
NicknameElefantes (Elephants)
Caribbean Series championships2 (1956, 1960)
League championships5 (1929–30, 1945–46, 1955–56, 1959–60, 1960–61)
ColorsBlack, green and white
     

Cienfuegos, also known as Elefantes de Cienfuegos, was a Cuban baseball team that played in the old Cuban League, which existed from 1878 to 1961. Although representing the south coast city of Cienfuegos, the team played their home games in Havana.

Cienfuegos won five Cuban League championships (including in 1960–61, the last season of the league) and two Caribbean Series (in 1956 and 1960).

Though Cienfuegos folded with the abolition of professional baseball on the island in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, its name lives on with the Elefantes de Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series.

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