Yaquis de Obregón

The Yaquis de Obregón is a Mexican baseball team of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico ("Mexican Pacific (Baseball) League").

The team was founded on October 8, 1970, and its home stadium is the Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán. They have been champions of the league on five occasions. The first time was at the 1965–1966 season with Manuel Magallón (Mexico) as coach. The next two occasions were on the 1972–1973 season (coach Dave Garcia, United States) and the 1980–1981 season (coach Lee Sigman, United States). On January 27, 2008 Yaquis won their fourth championship, defeating Venados de Mazatlán 4 games to 1, with Homar Rojas (México) as manager.

Managed by Eddie Díaz (Dominican Republic), the Yaquis won the 2010-11 championship, defeating Algodoneros de Guasave 4 games to 3, and went on to win the 2011 Caribbean Series contested in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

Famous Yaquis

• Vinicio Castilla (retired number "9").
• Roberto Vizcarra (retired number "4").
• Francisco "Paquín" Estrada
• Chris Coste
• José Luis Sandoval

Infielders

• Willie Aikens
• Juan Navarrete
• Aurelio Rodríguez
• Antonio Villaescusa
• Alfredo Amézaga
• Kit Pellow
• Erubiel Durazo

Outfielders

• Dave Green
• Leo Valenzuela
• Jerry Turner
• Ryan Spilborghs

Pitchers

• Enrique Romo
• Rafael Garcia
• Fred Wall

Results from all seasons

References

External links

• (Spanish) Official site.
• Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán at the World Stadiums website.