Piratas de Campeche

Piratas de Campeche
Information
League Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Zona Sur)
Location Campeche, Campeche
Ballpark Estadio Nelson Barrera
Year founded 1980
League championships 2 (1983, 2004)
Colors Red, white, navy blue
              
Ownership Alvaro Lebrija
Manager Lino Connell
General Manager Miguel Felipe Borroto
Media Televisión y Radio de Campeche (radio and TV), Tribuna de Campeche
Website www.piratasdecampeche.mx

The Piratas de Campeche (English: Campeche Pirates) are a Triple-A Minor League Baseball team which plays in the Mexican League (LMB) based in Campeche, Campeche, Mexico.

History

In 1980, the Alacranes de Durango moved to Campeche, and played their home games at Venustiano Carranza Park. Their first season was incomplete as the result of a strike carried out by the league's players. It would not take long for the franchise to find success. In 1981, they finished with a 71–50 record, good for second place in the Zona Sur, and beat the Tigres Capitalinos, 4–1, in the first round before falling to the Diablos Rojos del México in seven games.

In 1983, under player-manager Francisco Estrada, the team achieved its first league title. It won the intra-zone round-robin postseason tournament with a 13–5 record and beat the Indios de Ciudad Juárez in seven games. The team made the playoffs again in 1986. In 1989 and 1990, they reached the zone finals, but lost. Several times in the 1990s, the Piratas made the playoffs and lost in the first round.

Between 1998 and 2000, the Piratas played at Leandro Domínguez Park while their normal venue was renovated; the team returned to the renamed and rebuilt Estadio Nelson Barrera in 2001.

Francisco Estrada returned to manage the Piratas to their second title in 2004, finishing second in their zone with a 54–41 record and beating the Olmecas de Tabasco in five games, the Tigres in five, and the Diablos Rojos in seven; they won the LMB championship by defeating the Saraperos de Saltillo in five games. Estrada's number was the first ever retired by the franchise.

Current roster

Piratas de Campeche roster
Players Coaches/Other

Pitchers

  • -- Abel Amaya
  • -- Julian Arballo
  • 91 Daniel Brito
  • 20 Francisco Campos
  • 99 Marco Carrillo
  • 35 Ismael Castillo
  • -- Jorge Castillo ∞
  • -- Luis Castillo ∞
  • -- José De La Torre ∞
  • 34 Edgar Garcia
  • -- Juan Grijalva ∞
  • -- Mario Gonzalez ∞
  • 44 Ulises Joaquin
  • 23 Jose Marquez
  • 13 Ozzie Mendez
  • -- Aldo Montes ∞
  • 10 Hector Navarro
  • 57 Alexis Portillo
  • 48 Iván Salas
  • 37 Rolando Valdez

Catchers

  • 55 Albert Canedo
  •  5 Fernando Flores
  • 38 Jesus Navarro

Infielders

  • 53 Jasson Atondo
  • 12 Domingo Castro
  • 24 Yosmany Guerra
  • -- Fernando Inzunza ∞
  •  2 Paul Leon
  •  3 Francisco Rivera
  •  9 Henry Alejandro Rodriguez

Outfielders

  • 47 Frank Diaz
  •  7 Maxwell Leon
  •  4 Olmo Rosario
  • 26 Asael Sanchez
  • -- Jorge Sesma ∞
  • 29 Roberto Valencia
  • 17 Oscar Williams

Manager

  • 45 Lino Connell

Coaches


7-day disabled list

# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporary inactive list
Roster updated August 13, 2017
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References

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