{{Short description|Former professional baseball team based in Texas}} {{Use American English|date=March 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox baseball team |name = Laredo Lemurs |founded = [[2011 in baseball|2011]] |folded=2017 |city = [[Laredo, Texas]] |ballpark = [[Uni-Trade Stadium]] |logo = Laredo Lemurs.png |cap_logo = Laredo Lemurs (cap logo).png |league = [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]] (2012&ndash;2016) |division = South Division |former_leagues = |former_names = |nicknames = |uniform = |retired_numbers = |colors = Black, gold, silver, white<ref name="trucolor">{{cite web |title=American Association of Independent Professional Baseball Official Colors (2006-present) |url=https://www.trucolor.net/portfolio/american-association-of-independent-professional-baseball-official-colors-2006-present/ |website=TruColor.net |access-date=13 October 2025}}</ref><br />{{color box|#010101}} {{color box|#B9975B}} {{color box|#BBBCBC}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} |former_ballparks = |league_champs = 2015 |division_champs = |owner = Arianna Torres |gm = |manager = [[Pete Incaviglia]] |media = |website = {{URL|http://www.laredolemurs.com/}} }}

The '''Laredo Lemurs''' were a professional baseball team based in [[Laredo, Texas]], that played in the independent [[American Association of Independent Professional Baseball|American Association]] from 2012 to 2016. The team played their home games at the [[Uni-Trade Stadium]] in Laredo, replacing the [[Laredo Broncos]] of [[United League Baseball]].<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20120110091551/http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/team/laredo.php AAIPB: Laredo Lemurs profile]}}</ref> The team withdrew from the league prior to the start of the 2017 season.

==History== Until the 2012 season, the team was located in [[Shreveport, Louisiana]], and was known as the [[Shreveport-Bossier Captains]]. In late 2011, the franchise announced its move to Laredo, and the team was renamed.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ballparkdigest.com/201111294364/independent-baseball/news/shreveport-bossier-captains-moving-to-laredo|title=Shreveport-Bossier Captains moving to Laredo|date=2011-11-29|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref> Media coverage suggested that the move was motivated by a deteriorating ballpark and the "inability of the local market to support professional baseball."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ballparkdigest.com/201108194129/independent-baseball/news/another-potential-aa-defection-shreveport-bossier-exploring-options|title=Another potential AA defection: Shreveport-Bossier exploring options|date=2011-08-19|language=en-US|access-date=2016-09-04}}</ref>

In September 2013, the Lemurs' [[Tano Tijerina]], a former minor-league pitcher in the [[Milwaukee Brewers]]' system, and the incoming [[County Judge]] for [[Webb County]], was the starting pitcher in the inaugural "Family Chevrolet Sister Cities Baseball Classic" at Uni-Trade Stadium.<ref name=lemurs>{{cite web|url=http://www.oursportscentral.com/services/releases/?id=4684428|title=Tano Tijerina to Pitch in First Sister Cities Classic, September 18, 2013|publisher=oursportscentral.com|accessdate=April 27, 2014}}</ref><ref>Zach Davis, "Lemurs add local: Laredo's Tano Tijerina to pitch against Tecos", ''Laredo Morning Times'', September 19, 2013, p. B1</ref>

On May 3, 2017, the Lemurs announced that they would be withdrawing from the American Association and would not operate a team in 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Laredo-Lemurs-season-at-risk-421074443.html|title=Lemurs Owner Withdraws Team from League|work=KGNS.com|first=Yocelin|last=Gallardo|date=May 3, 2017|accessdate=May 4, 2017}}</ref>

The franchise did not return in any capacity and was subsequently replaced in 2018 by the bi-national [[Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos]] of the [[Mexican Baseball League|Mexican League]].

==Season-by-season record==

{| class="wikitable" ! colspan="5" style="background:#003155; color:white;"|Laredo Lemurs {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130826025958/http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/standings/]}} |- ! Season ! Record ! Win % ! Finish ! Playoffs |- |2012 || align=center|54–46 || align=center|.540 || 1st in South Division || Lost first round to [[Wichita Wingnuts]] 0–3 |- |2013 || align=center|52–47 || align=center|.525 || 2nd in South Division || Did not qualify for playoffs |- |2014 || align=center|58–42 || align=center|.580 || 2nd in South Division || Lost to [[Wichita Wingnuts]] 1–3 |- |2015 || align=center|57–43 || align=center|.570 || 2nd in South Division || League Champions, 3–1<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/lemurs-win-first-american-association-title|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923204727/http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/lemurs-win-first-american-association-title/|url-status=usurped|archive-date=September 23, 2015|publisher=American Association Baseball|accessdate=September 21, 2015|title=Lemurs Win First American Association Title}}</ref> |- |2016 || align=center|57–42 || align=center|.576 || 2nd in South Division || Did not qualify for playoffs |- !Totals || align=center|278–220 || align=center|.553 |||| 4–7 |}

==Playoffs== *2012 season: Lost to [[Wichita Wingnuts|Wichita]] 3–0 in semifinals. *2013 season: Lost to [[Wichita Wingnuts|Wichita]] 3–1 in semifinals. *2015 season: Defeated [[Wichita Wingnuts|Wichita]] 3–2 in semifinals; defeated [[Sioux City Explorers|Sioux City]] 3–1 to win championship.

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.laredolemurs.com/ Laredo Lemurs Official Website] *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040403212054/http://americanassociationbaseball.com/ American Association Official Website]}} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130826025958/http://www.americanassociationbaseball.com/standings/]}}

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