The Federales de Chiriquí are a professional baseball team in the Panamanian Professional Baseball League, or Probeis. Founded in 2019, the team is based in Panama's western Chiriquí Province.
History Predecessors Federales are the latest professional team to represent Chiriquí Province. Chiriquí-Bocas played in the Panamanian Professional Baseball League for a single season, winning the 1963 Interamerican Series in the only year of its existence. Additionally, they shared the city with Astronautas for a single season (2019–20) before that team moved to Los Santos.
Federales are distinct from Chiriquí's senior league team, one of the most successful teams in the Campeonato Nacional de Beisbol Mayor. Chiriquí has won 17 senior league titles since 1978, including a period of dominance in the 1990s; those teams were managed by Alberto Macré (a former player) and Cuban pilot Frangel Reynaldo, and included stars such as Ernesto Fossatty, Luis Murillo, Rodolfo Aparicio, Virgilio Kaa, and Bienvenido Cedeño.
Modern team Federales de Chiriquí represented Panama at the 2021 Caribbean Series, as runners-up of the 2019–20 Probeis season.
In 2023, the team won a national championship for the first time, and thus represented Panama at the Caribbean Series for the second time in its history; at the 2023 Caribbean Series, the team went 3–4 and did not make to the knockout stage. However, Federales won its third national championship in the 2023–24 season. The team went 5–1 in the group stage 2024 Caribbean Series, losing only to Tiburones de La Guaira; however, they were knocked out in the semifinals by Tigres de Licey, and ended up placing third in the tournament.
International competition Caribbean Series Year Venue Finish Wins Losses Win% Manager 2021 Mazatlán 4th 2 4 Alfonso Urquiola 2023 Greater Caracas 6th 3 4 José Mayorga 2024 Miami 3rd 5 2 José Mayorga 2026 Zapopan 5th 0 4 José Mayorga Total 10 14
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