Mexican Pacific League
Current season, competition or edition: 2016-17 Mexican Pacific League season | |
Sport | Baseball |
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Founded | 1970 |
Director | Omar Canizales Soto |
No. of teams | 8 |
Country | Mexico |
Continent | North America |
Most recent champion(s) | Águilas de Mexicali |
Most titles | Naranjeros de Hermosillo (16) |
TV partner(s) |
ESPN TVC Deportes Megacable Telemax Televisoras Grupo Pacífico |
Official website | LMP.mx |
The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico or LMP) is an independent winter baseball league in Mexico. The eight-team league regular season runs from October to December and is followed by a playoff series in January to determine the league champion. The league's winner takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.
History
Founded in 1945, the league was previously known as the Liga Invernal de Sonora (English: Sonora Winter League) and Liga Sonora-Sinaloa (English: Sonora-Sinaloa League) before adopting its present name in 1970.[1]
Current teams
Team | City | Stadium | Capacity | Founded |
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Águilas de Mexicali | Mexicali, Baja California | B'Air | 17,000 | |
Cañeros de Los Mochis | Los Mochis, Sinaloa | Emilio Ibarra Almada | 11,000 | |
Charros de Jalisco | Guadalajara, Jalisco | Charros de Jalisco y Atletismo | 13,000 | |
Mayos de Navojoa | Navojoa, Sonora | Manuel "Ciclón" Echeverría | 11,500 | |
Naranjeros de Hermosillo | Hermosillo, Sonora | Sonora | 16,000 | |
Tomateros de Culiacán | Culiacán, Sinaloa | Tomateros | 20,000 | |
Venados de Mazatlán | Mazatlán, Sinaloa | Teodoro Mariscal | 15,000 | |
Yaquis de Obregón | Ciudad Obregón, Sonora | Yaquis | 16,000 |
Champions
Season | Liga de la Costa del Pacífico Champion |
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1945-46 | Venados de Mazatlán |
1946-47 | Presidentes de Hermosillo |
1947-48 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
1948-49 | Tacuarineros de Culiacán |
1949-50 | Tacuarineros de Culiacán |
1950-51 | Tacuarineros de Culiacán |
1951-52 | Tacuarineros de Culiacán |
1952-53 | Venados de Mazatlán |
1953-54 | Venados de Mazatlán |
1954-55 | Venados de Mazatlán |
1955-56 | Tacuarineros de Culiacán|Naranjeros de Hermosillo |
1956-57 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo |
1957-58 | Venados de Mazatlán |
Season | Liga Invernal de Sonora Champion |
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1958-59 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
1959-60 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
1960-61 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo |
1961-62 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo |
1962-63 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
1963-64 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo |
1964-65 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
season | Liga Sonora-Sinaloa Champion |
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1965-66 | Yaquis de Ciudad Obregón |
1966-67 | Tomateros de Culiacán |
1967-68 | Ostioneros de Guaymas |
1968-69 | Cañeros de Los Mochis |
1969-70 | Tomateros de Culiacán |
Teams in gold Caribbean Series champions
Attendances in the 2016-17 season[4]
Team | Total attendance | Home average |
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Tomateros de Culiacán | 554,737 | 16,315 |
Águilas de Mexicali | 436,262 | 12,831 |
Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 425,514 | 12,515 |
Charros de Jalisco | 294,165 | 8,651 |
Yaquis de Obregón | 265,301 | 7,802 |
Caneros de Los Mochis | 228,449 | 6,719 |
Mayos de Navojoa | 222,478 | 6,543 |
Venados de Mazatlan | 198,589 | 5,840 |
Liga Mexicana del Pacífico Championships by team
Rank | Team | Wins | Years |
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1 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 13 | 1971, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2014 |
2 | Venados de Mazatlán | 9 | 1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016 |
3 | Tomateros de Culiacán | 8 | 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2015 |
4 | Yaquis de Cd. Obregón | 6 | 1973, 1981, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
5 | Águilas de Mexicali | 4 | 1986, 1989, 1999, 2017 |
6 | Mayos de Navojoa | 2 | 1979, 2000 |
7 | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 2 | 1984, 2003 |
8 | Potros de Tijuana | 2 | 1988, 1991 |
9 | Algodoneros de Guasave | 1 | 1972 |
See also
- Mexican League
- Caribbean Series
- Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México (hall of fame)
- Mexico baseball awards
References
- ↑ "MEXICAN BASEBALL HISTORY 3: The Mexican Pacific League". Baseball Mexico. 19 September 2009.
- ↑ "Mexico repeats as Caribbean Series champ". Major League Baseball. 9 February 2014.
- ↑ "Venados beat Tigres to win the Caribbean Series". Sportsnet. 7 February 2016.
- ↑ http://www.lmp.mx/lmp-incrementa-asistencia-en-mas-de-100-mil-fans
External links
- LMP website - in Spanish
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