2009 Mexican League season

2009 Mexican League season
2009 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 24 – August 29
Number of teams	16
Serie del Rey
Champions	Saraperos de Saltillo
Runners-up	Tigres de Quintana Roo
Finals MVP	Rafael Díaz
LMB seasons
	← 2008 2010 →

The 2009 Mexican League season was the 85th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 24 March with the match between 2008 season champions Diablos Rojos del México and Sultanes de Monterrey and ended on 29 August with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Saraperos de Saltillo defeated Tigres de Quintana Roo to win the championship.^[1]

Due to the swine flu pandemic, the league decided to play the matches between 28 and 30 April behind closed doors and suspended all the series from 1 to 5 May.^[2]

Standings

North^[3]
Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	STK	Pts.
1	Diablos Rojos del México	70	35	.667	—	L1	16
2	Broncos de Reynosa	58	47	.552	12.0	L1	12
3	Saraperos de Saltillo	59	48	.551	12.0	W1	13
4	Acereros de Monclova	57	50	.533	14.0	W1	12
5	Vaqueros de la Laguna	55	51	.519	15.5	L1	12.5
6	Sultanes de Monterrey	51	56	.477	20.0	W1	10.5
7	Dorados de Chihuahua	40	67	.374	31.0	L11	9
8	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	35	71	.330	35.5	W3	8

South^[3]
Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	STK	Pts.
1	Tigres de Quintana Roo	71	36	.664	—	W6	15
2	Leones de Yucatán	68	38	.642	2.5	W4	15
3	Pericos de Puebla	62	43	.590	8.0	W2	13
4	Piratas de Campeche	56	51	.523	15.0	L2	12
5	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	51	56	.477	20.0	L4	11
6	Guerreros de Oaxaca	42	63	.400	28.0	W1	9.5
7	Olmecas de Tabasco	39	63	.382	29.5	L1	9
8	Petroleros de Minatitlán	34	73	.318	37.0	L9	8.5

Note: Teams got points based on their position in each one of the two rounds of the tournament. Qualification to the playoffs was determined by the number of points instead of the final position at the end of the regular season.

Postseason

First stage			Championship Series			Serie del Rey

1	Diablos Rojos del México	3

5	Vaqueros de la Laguna	4
			5	Vaqueros de la Laguna	0
North
			3	Saraperos de Saltillo	4
4	Broncos de Reynosa	2

5	Saraperos de Saltillo	4
						N3	Saraperos de Saltillo	4

						S1	Tigres de Quintana Roo	2
2	Tigres de Quintana Roo	4

7	Piratas de Campeche	3
			1	Tigres de Quintana Roo	4
South
			3	Pericos de Puebla	1
3	Leones de Yucatán	1

6	Pericos de Puebla	4

League leaders

Batting leaders^[4]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting Average	Dionys César	Vaqueros de la Laguna	.380
Home Runs	Rubén Rivera	Piratas de Campeche	32
Runs Batted In	Roberto Saucedo	Diablos Rojos del México	109
Runs	Eduardo Arredondo	Diablos Rojos del México	97
Hits	Dionys César	Vaqueros de la Laguna	156
Stolen Bases	Dionys César	Vaqueros de la Laguna	40
Slugging Percentage	Rubén Rivera	Piratas de Campeche	.669

Pitching leaders^[4]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Earned run average	Francisco Campos	Piratas de Campeche	2.31
Earned run average	Juan Pablo Oramas	Diablos Rojos del México	2.31
Wins	Andrés Meza	Pericos de Puebla	15
Saves	Scott Chiasson	Tigres de Quintana Roo	34
Innings Pitched	Francisco Campos	Piratas de Campeche	144.1
Strikeouts	Nerio Rodríguez	Acereros de Monclova	117
WHIP	Enrique Quintanilla	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	0.94

Awards

LMB Awards
Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Dionys César	Vaqueros de la Laguna	^[5]
Rookie of the Year	Japhet Amador	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	^[6]
Rookie of the Year	Juan Pablo Oramas	Diablos Rojos del México	^[6]
Best Pitcher	Andrés Meza	Pericos de Puebla	^[7]
Best Relief Pitcher	Scott Chiasson	Tigres de Quintana Roo	^[8]
Manager of the Year	Alfonso Jiménez	Pericos de Puebla	^[9]

References

^ "Saraperos de Saltillo, Campeones de la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "LMB suspende actividades del 1 al 5 de mayo". milb.com (in Spanish). 30 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Standings". milb.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Stats". milb.com. MiLB.
^ "El mejor". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Notimex. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Nombran a Amador y Oramas "Novatos del Año" LMB 2009". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Notimex. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "Andrés Meza es el pitcher del año 2009". Poblanerías (in Spanish). 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ "LMB designa al estadounidense Scott Chiasson Relevista del Año". El Universal (in Spanish). 16 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
^ Aguilar Cruz, Leopoldo (22 September 2009). "Alfonso Jiménez, manager del año". La Jornada de Oriente (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[1] "Saraperos de Saltillo, Campeones de la Liga Mexicana de Béisbol". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 30 August 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[2] "LMB suspende actividades del 1 al 5 de mayo". milb.com (in Spanish). 30 April 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[Standings-3] "Standings". milb.com. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[stats-4] "Stats". milb.com. MiLB.

[5] "El mejor". ESPN.com.mx (in Spanish). Notimex. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[6] "Nombran a Amador y Oramas "Novatos del Año" LMB 2009". Vanguardia (in Spanish). Notimex. 14 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[7] "Andrés Meza es el pitcher del año 2009". Poblanerías (in Spanish). 21 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[8] "LMB designa al estadounidense Scott Chiasson Relevista del Año". El Universal (in Spanish). 16 September 2009. Retrieved 16 June 2021.

[9] Aguilar Cruz, Leopoldo (22 September 2009). "Alfonso Jiménez, manager del año". La Jornada de Oriente (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.

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