The Dominican Summer Pirates are a
minor league baseball
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is a professional baseball organization below Major League Baseball (MLB), constituted of teams affiliated with MLB clubs. It was founded on September 5, 1901, in response to the growing dominance of the National Le ...
team in the
Dominican Summer League
The Dominican Summer League (DSL) is a branch of affiliated Minor League Baseball which is played in the Dominican Republic. The league was founded in 1985. After the demise of the Venezuelan Summer League after the 2015 season, it is the only ...
. Also known as the DSL Pirates, they play in
Boca Chica
Boca Chica is a municipality (''municipio'') of the Santo Domingo province in the Dominican Republic. Within the municipality there is one municipal district (''distritos municipal''): La Caleta. As of the 2022 census it had 167,040 inhabitan ...
,
Dominican Republic
The Dominican Republic is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles of the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean. It shares a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Puerto Rico to the east and ...
, are affiliated with the
Pittsburgh Pirates
The Pittsburgh Pirates are an American professional baseball team based in Pittsburgh. The Pirates compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (baseball), National League (NL) National League Central, Central ...
. The Pirates operate two DSL teams: the DSL Pirates Black and DSL Pirates Gold.
History
Past players include
Aramis Ramírez,
José Guillén and
Ronny Paulino
Ronny Leonel Paulino (born April 21, 1981) is a Dominican former professional baseball catcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Florida Marlins, New York Mets, and Baltimore Orioles. He is currently the manage ...
. The club was known as the Dominican Summer League Pirates 1, or DSL Pirates 1, between 2012 and 2013, when the
Venezuelan Summer Pirates were relocated to the Dominican Republic to become the Dominican Summer League Pirates 2.
In 2014, the Pirates returned to fielding one DSL team, and the team became known once again as the DSL Pirates.
Roster
Season-by-season
References
External links
MiLB.com team pageBaseball Reference current team pageDSL Pirates on SABR Minor Leagues Database
Pittsburgh Pirates minor league affiliates
Dominican Summer League teams
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