Mexican Pacific League

Baseball league in Mexico

Mexican Pacific LeagueUpcoming season or competition:
2024–25 Mexican Pacific League season

Sport| Baseball
Founded| 1945
Commissioner| Carlos Manrique González[1]
No. of teams| 10[2]
Countries| Mexico
Headquarters| Guadalajara, Jalisco[3]
Confederation| CPBC
WBSC Americas[4]
Most recent
champion(s)| Charros de Jalisco
(3rd title)
Most titles| Naranjeros de Hermosillo
(17 titles)[5]
TV partner(s)| YouTube TV
Official website| LMP.com

The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, or LMP), also known as the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northwestern Mexico. The league comprises 10 teams. 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 Pacífico (English: Pacific Coast League). The league's first season (1945–46) started with four teams: Tacuarineros de Culiacán, Ostioneros de Guaymas, Queliteros de Hermosillo and Venados de Mazatlán. Mariscal was appointed as the league's first president. In 1947 the league expanded with two new teams: Arroceros de Ciudad Obregón and Pericos de Los Mochis.[6][7]

In 1958, only four teams participated, all from the state of Sonora: Rojos de Ciudad Obregón, 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 Obregón. In 1962, Ciudad Obregón and Los Mochis returned to the league. In 1965, Mazatlán and Tomateros de Culiacán joined the league, which changed its name for third time to Liga Invernal Sonora-Sinaloa (English: Sonora-Sinaloa Winter League).[6][7]

In 1970, the league changed its name to the current Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (English: Mexican Pacific League) and joined the Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe (English: Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation), thus participating for the first time in the 1971 Caribbean Series.[6][7][8]

In 2020, the league signed a 5-year naming rights deal with ARCO.[9]

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.[10]

## Teams

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Águilas

Naranjeros

Yaquis

Mayos

Cañeros

Tomateros

Venados

Charros

Sultanes

Algodoneros

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2024–25 Mexican Pacific League team locations

Team | City | State | Stadium | Capacity[11] | Founded

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Águilas de Mexicali | Mexicali |  Baja California | Estadio Nido de los Águilas | 17,000 | 1948
Algodoneros de Guasave | Guasave |  Sinaloa | Kuroda Park | 8,500 | 1965
Cañeros 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 "Ciclón" Echeverría | 11,500 | 1950
Naranjeros de Hermosillo | Hermosillo |  Sonora | Estadio Fernando Valenzuela | 16,000 | 1944
Sultanes de Monterrey | Monterrey |  Nuevo León | Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey | 21,803 | 1939
Tomateros de Culiacán | Culiacán |  Sinaloa | Estadio Tomateros | 19,210 | 1965
Venados de Mazatlán | Mazatlán |  Sinaloa | Estadio Teodoro Mariscal | 16,000 | 1945
Yaquis de Obregón | Ciudad Obregón |  Sonora | Estadio Yaquis | 16,500 | 1947

## Champions

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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 | Ostioneros de Guaymas
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
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 Obregón
1966–67 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1967–68 | Ostioneros de Guaymas
1968–69 | Cañeros de Los Mochis
1969–70 | Tomateros de Culiacán
Season | Liga Mexicana del Pacífico Champion

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1970–71 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1971–72 | Algodoneros de Guasave
1972–73 | Yaquis de Obregón
1973–74 | Venados de Mazatlán
1974–75 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1975–76 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1976–77 | Venados de Mazatlán
1977–78 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1978–79 | Mayos de Navojoa
1979–80 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1980–81 | Yaquis de Obregón
1981–82 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1982–83 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1983–84 | Cañeros de Los Mochis
1984–85 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1985–86 | Águilas de Mexicali
1986–87 | Venados de Mazatlán
1987–88 | Potros de Tijuana
1988–89 | Águilas de Mexicali
1989–90 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1990–91 | Potros de Tijuana
1991–92 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1992–93 | Venados de Mazatlán
1993–94 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1994–95 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1995–96 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1996–97 | Tomateros de Culiacán
1997–98 | Venados de Mazatlán
1998–99 | Águilas de Mexicali
1999–2000 | Mayos de Navojoa
2000–01 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2001–02 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2002–03 | Cañeros de Los Mochis
2003–04 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2004–05 | Venados de Mazatlán
2005–06 | Venados de Mazatlán
2006–07 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2007–08 | Yaquis de Obregón
2008–09 | Venados de Mazatlán
2009–10 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2010–11 | Yaquis de Obregón
2011–12 | Yaquis de Obregón
2012–13 | Yaquis de Obregón
2013–14 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo[12]
2014–15 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2015–16 | Venados de Mazatlán[13]
2016–17 | Águilas de Mexicali
2017–18 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2018–19 | Charros de Jalisco
2019–20 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2020–21 | Tomateros de Culiacán
2021–22 | Charros de Jalisco
2022–23 | Cañeros de Los Mochis
2023–24 | Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2024–25 | Charros de Jalisco

Teams in gold Caribbean Series champions

### Championships (1945–1958)

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* Mazatlán (Antiguos Venados): 5 (1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958)
* Culiacán (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

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1  | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 17  | 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2014, 2024
2  | Tomateros de Culiacán | 13  | 1967, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021
3  | Venados de Mazatlán | 9  | 1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016
4  | Yaquis de Obregón | 7  | 1966, 1973, 1981, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
5  | Águilas de Mexicali | 4  | 1986, 1989, 1999, 2017
Cañeros de Los Mochis | 4  | 1969, 1984, 2003, 2023
7  | Charros de Jalisco | 3  | 2019, 2022, 2025
8  | Mayos de Navojoa | 2  | 1979, 2000
Potros de Tijuana | 2  | 1988, 1991
10  | Algodoneros de Guasave | 1  | 1972

## Records

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### Single season batting

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| Player  | Team  | Total  | Season

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Batting average
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | .415  | 1972–73
Sandy Madera | Cañeros de Los Mochis | .413  | 2009–10
Eduardo Arredondo | Algodoneros de Guasave | .406  | 2010–11
Home runs
Ronnie Camacho | Rieleros de Empalme | 27  | 1963–64
Bobby Darwin | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 27  | 1971–72
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 26  | 1972–73
RBIs
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 83  | 1972–73
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 77  | 1963–64
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 75  | 1971–72
Hits
Ramón Montoya | Rieleros de Empalme | 130  | 1963–64
Benjamín Valenzuela | Yaquis de Obregón | 125  | 1954–55
Héctor Espino | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 125  | 1972–73
Stolen bases
Mike Cole | Algodoneros de Guasave | 58  | 1984–85
Francisco García | Yaquis de Obregón | 49  | 1965–66
Lou Frazier | Mayos de Navojoa | 47  | 1989–90

### Single season pitching

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| Player  | Team  | Total  | Season

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ERA
Salvador Colorado | Potros de Tijuana | 0.53  | 1982–83
Maximino León | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 0.87  | 1979–80
Byron McLaughlin | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 1.05  | 1978–79
Wins
Miguel Sotelo | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 18  | 1961–62
Daniel Ríos | Venados de Mazatlán | 17  | 1950–51
Vicente Romo | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 17  | 1963–64
Saves
Jake Sanchez | Águilas de Mexicali | 26[14] | 2021-22
Mark Zappelli | Yaquis de Obregón | 23  | 1990–91
Andrés Ávila | Cañeros de Los Mochis | 23  | 2015–16
Strikeouts
José Leyva | Ostioneros de Guaymas | 203  | 1966–67
Felipe Leal | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 195  | 1965–66
Jerry Hinsley | Naranjeros de Hermosillo | 176  | 1968–69

## Defunct teams

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Main page: Category:Defunct baseball teams in Mexico

## See also

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* Mexican League
* Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
* Mexico baseball awards
* Sport in Mexico

## References

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1. ^ Manrique, Carlos (30 August 2022). "GUÍA DE MEDIOS TEMPORADA 2021- 2022".
2. ^ "Sitio Oficial de la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico". Liga ARCO Mexcana del pacífico. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
3. ^ Manrique, Carlos (30 August 2022). "GUÍA DE MEDIOS TEMPORADA 2021 - 2022".
4. ^ "Associated Members of the WBSC". World Baseball Softball Confederation. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
5. ^ "Historia del Club - Naranjeros".
6. ^ a b c Gastélum Duarte, Guillermo. Enciclopedia Conmemorativa del 75 Aniversario de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico.
7. ^ a b c "Guía Oficial temporada 2019–20" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
8. ^ "Mexican Baseball History 3: The Mexican Pacific League". Baseball Mexico. 19 September 2009.
9. ^ "Presentan la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico". Milenio (in Spanish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
10. ^ "La Liga Mexicana del Pacífico crece a diez equipos, se unen Monterrey y Guasave". Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
11. ^ "Guía de medios temporada 2021–22" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
12. ^ "Mexico repeats as Caribbean Series champ". Major League Baseball. 9 February 2014.
13. ^ "Venados beat Tigres to win the Caribbean Series". Sportsnet. 7 February 2016.
14. ^ "Jake Sánchez es elegido Relevista del Año de la LMP 2021-22". October 2022.

## External links

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* LMP website (in Spanish)

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* Tomateros de Culiacán
* Algodoneros de Guasave
* Charros de Jalisco
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* Águilas de Mexicali
* Cañeros de Los Mochis
* Sultanes de Monterrey
* Mayos de Navojoa
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* Rieleros de Empalme
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* Potros de Tijuana

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* Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
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* World Baseball Classic
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* Arizona Fall League
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