The devotion to the Divina Pastora in Venezuela dates from 1736, when the parish priest of the town of Santa Rosa commissioned a sculptor to make a statue of the Immaculate Conception.
After that, the circuit was renamed Liga Occidental de Béisbol Profesional before joining Organized Baseball in 1953, operating continuously until 1964.
[4] In 1953, the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and the recently created LOBP agreed to have the clubs with the best records from each circuit meet in a National Championship Series called El Rotatorio, the first and only in VPBL history.
Managed by veteran Napoleón Reyes, the champion team won easily over Magallanes (40–37), Gavilanes (34–44) and Caracas (33–44), earning the right to represent Venezuela in the 1954 Caribbean Series.
Among others, that Pastora roster included pitchers Ralph Beard, Tommy Byrne, Howie Fox and Ramón Monzant; catcher Ed Bailey; outfielders Wally Moon and Billy Queen, as well as infielders Camaleón García, Vernon Benson, Johnny Temple and the then-rookie Luis Aparicio, who made his first Series appearance.
[6] Its only highlight came when on 21 November 1996, Doug Creek, Jose Villa and Luis Lunar pitched a combinated no-hitter against Caribes, before withdrawing at the end of that season due to poor attendance and results.
Following six seasons and four classifications to playoffs plagued of failures, subsequent profit losses, lack of support and poor attendance to the stadium, the owner sold the team at the end of 2007.