Baseball league in Mexico
The
Mexican Pacific League
(
Spanish
:
Liga Mexicana del Pacifico
, or
LMP
) is a ten team
professional baseball
winter league
based in Northwestern Mexico. It was founded in 1945. The league's champion takes part in the
Caribbean Series
each year.
The sixty eight-game regular season is split in two halves. After each half, the teams are awarded points. The first place team earns ten points, while the last place team earns three and a half points. At the end of the regular season the total number of points are added up from both halves to determine playoff positioning. The top eight teams advance. There are no divisions.
History
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In 1945, a group of people led by Teodoro Mariscal established the Liga de la Costa del Pacifico (English:
Pacific Coast League
). The league's first season (1945?46) started with four teams:
Tacuarineros de Culiacan
,
Ostioneros de Guaymas
,
Queliteros de Hermosillo
and
Venados de Mazatlan
. Mariscal was appointed as the league's first president. In 1947 the league expanded with two new teams:
Arroceros de Ciudad Obregon
and
Pericos de Los Mochis
.
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In 1958, only four teams participated, all from the state of
Sonora
:
Rojos de Ciudad Obregon
,
Rieleros de Empalme
,
Naranjeros de Hermosillo
and Ostioneros de Guaymas. Since all the participant teams were from Sonora, the league changed its name to Liga Invernal de Sonora (English:
Sonora Winter League
). In 1959,
Mayos de Navojoa
replaced Ciudad Obregon. In 1962, Ciudad Obregon and Los Mochis returned to the league. In 1965, Mazatlan and
Tomateros de Culiacan
joined the league, which changed its name for third time to Liga Invernal Sonora-Sinaloa (English:
Sonora-Sinaloa Winter League
).
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In 1970, the league changed its name to the current Liga Mexicana del Pacifico (English:
Mexican Pacific League
) and joined the Confederacion de Beisbol Profesional del Caribe (English:
Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation
), thus participating for the first time in the
1971 Caribbean Series
.
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In 2020, the league signed a 5-year
naming rights
deal with
ARCO
.
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Two teams joined the LMP for the 2020 season:
Sultanes de Monterrey
, that became the first team to play in the two professional baseball leagues in Mexico, and
Algodoneros de Guasave
, that returned to the Mexican Pacific League after disappearing in 2014.
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Teams
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2022?23 Mexican Pacific League team locations
Team
|
City
|
State
|
Stadium
|
Capacity
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Founded
|
Aguilas de Mexicali
|
Mexicali
|
Baja California
|
Estadio Nido de los Aguilas
|
17,000
|
1948
|
Algodoneros de Guasave
|
Guasave
|
Sinaloa
|
Kuroda Park
|
8,500
|
1965
|
Caneros de Los Mochis
|
Los Mochis
|
Sinaloa
|
Estadio Emilio Ibarra Almada
|
12,500
|
1947
|
Charros de Jalisco
|
Zapopan
|
Jalisco
|
Estadio Panamericano
|
16,500
|
2014
|
Mayos de Navojoa
|
Navojoa
|
Sonora
|
Estadio Manuel "Ciclon" Echeverria
|
11,500
|
1950
|
Naranjeros de Hermosillo
|
Hermosillo
|
Sonora
|
Estadio Fernando Valenzuela
|
16,000
|
1944
|
Sultanes de Monterrey
|
Monterrey
|
Nuevo Leon
|
Estadio de Beisbol Monterrey
|
21,803
|
1939
|
Tomateros de Culiacan
|
Culiacan
|
Sinaloa
|
Estadio Tomateros
|
19,210
|
1965
|
Venados de Mazatlan
|
Mazatlan
|
Sinaloa
|
Estadio Teodoro Mariscal
|
16,000
|
1945
|
Yaquis de Obregon
|
Ciudad Obregon
|
Sonora
|
Estadio Yaquis
|
16,500
|
1947
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Champions
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Teams in gold
Caribbean Series
champions
Championships (1945?1958)
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- Mazatlan
(Antiguos Venados)
: 5 (1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958)
- Culiacan
(Tacuarineros)
: 5 (1949, 1950,1951 1952, 1956)
- Hermosillo
(Queliteros/Presidentes/Naranjeros)
: 2 (1947, 1957)
- Guaymas
(Antiguos Ostioneros)
: 1 (1948)
Championships by team
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Rank
|
Team
|
Wins
|
Years
|
1
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Naranjeros de Hermosillo
|
17
|
1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2024
|
2
|
Tomateros de Culiacan
|
13
|
1967, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021
|
3
|
Venados de Mazatlan
|
9
|
1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016
|
4
|
Yaquis de Obregon
|
7
|
1966, 1973, 1981, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
|
5
|
Aguilas de Mexicali
|
4
|
1986, 1989, 1999, 2017
|
Caneros de Los Mochis
|
4
|
1969, 1984, 2003, 2023
|
7
|
Mayos de Navojoa
|
2
|
1979, 2000
|
Potros de Tijuana
|
2
|
1988, 1991
|
Charros de Jalisco
|
2
|
2019, 2022
|
10
|
Algodoneros de Guasave
|
1
|
1972
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Records
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Single season batting
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Defunct teams
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See also
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References
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