Baseball in Mexico

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Baseball (Spanish: Béisbol ) is a very popular sport in Mexico . The origins of the sport go back to the 19th century. In the 1870s the sport found its way from the USA , especially from Texas , to northern and central Mexico, while to Yucatán the route mainly led through Cuba during the 1890s.

The first Mexican professional league was founded in 1925: the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB) with six teams (74 Regimiento, Club México, Agraria de México, Nacional de México, Club Guanajuato and Rojos del Águila de Veracruz) from the Mexico City region , Guanajuato and Veracruz . In 1937 this league established itself with 15 teams beyond the borders of central Mexico, including the Monterrey Industriales, the Nuevo Laredo Tecolotes and the Torreón Algodoneros.

In 1945 today's Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (LMP) was founded with four teams, today it consists of eight. These play from October to January, i.e. a winter season, also with players from the American professional league ( Major League Baseball ), after which the league takes part in the series del Caribe . In 1955, the LMB was on the verge of collapse, then it was rescued under new league leadership, which among other things agreed on a contractual cooperation with the US professional league Major League Baseball (MLB). In 1973 the LMB played with 16 teams in four divisions (Northeast, Northwest, Southeast and Southwest). In 1979 it was increased to 20 teams.

Since 1981 the LMB has been playing again with 16 teams and since 1983 again in a north and south division. The most successful team to date are the Diablos Rojos del México from Mexico City with 15 championship titles, followed by the Sultanes de Monterrey with nine titles. The Ligen Liga Norte de México (LNM) (until 2008 Liga Norte de Sonora (LNS)), the Liga de Béisbol del Noroeste de México (LBN), the Liga Invernal Veracruzana (LIV ), the Liga Tabasqueña de Béisbol (LTB) and the Campeonato Estatal de Beisbol Chihuahua .

Leagues

LMB - Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

In 2015 she plays with 16 teams in two divisions:

Zona Norte (North):

team place State
Acereros del Norte Monclova Coahuila Coahuila
Diablos Rojos del México Mexico city Mexico city Federal District
Pericos de Puebla Puebla Puebla Puebla
Saraperos de Saltillo Saltillo Coahuila Coahuila
Sultanes de Monterrey Monterrey Nuevo León Nuevo León
Broncos de Reynosa Reynosa Tamaulipas Tamaulipas
Vaqueros de la Laguna Torreón Coahuila Coahuila
Rieleros de Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Aguascalientes

Zona Sur (South):

Reggie Taylor of the Olmecas de Tabasco beating in the Liga Mexicana de Béisbol (LMB)
team place State
Tigres de Quintana Roo Cancun Quintana Roo Quintana Roo
Guerreros de Oaxaca Oaxaca de Juarez Oaxaca Oaxaca
Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz Veracruz
Leones de Yucatan Merida Yucatan Yucatan
Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen Ciudad del Carmen Campeche Campeche
Piratas de Campeche Campeche Campeche Campeche
Petroleros de Minatitlán Minatitlan Veracruz Veracruz
Olmecas de Tabasco Villahermosa Tabasco Tabasco

LMP - Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

The LMP was founded in 1945 in Hermosillo , Sonora , with four teams as the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico . Since 1970 the league has been called Liga Mexicana del Pacífico with eight participating clubs.

In 1970 the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (LMP) received the current name

Teams 2011–12:

team place State
Tomateros de Culiacan Culiacan Sinaloa Sinaloa
Algodoneros de Guasave Guasava Sinaloa Sinaloa
Naranjeros de Hermosillo Hermosillo Sonora Sonora
Venados de Mazatlan Mazatlan Sinaloa Sinaloa
Águilas de Mexicali Mexicali Baja California Baja California
Cañeros de los Mochis Los Mochis Sinaloa Sinaloa
Mayos de Navojoa Navojoa Sonora Sonora
Yaquis de Obregón Ciudad Obregón Sonora Sonora

LPBNS - Liga Profesional de Béisbol Norte de Sonora

Game of the Vaqueros de Agua Prieta in the Liga Norte de México

The LPBNS, formerly LNS and Liga Norte de México (LNM), serves the LMB and the LMP as talent scouting and promotion. Six teams play their season from May to August.

Teams 2012:

LBN - Liga de Béisbol del Noroeste de México

The LBN with six teams is also a league for talent detection and development. The season runs from October to January, so it is a winter season.

Teams 2011–2012:

LIV - Liga Invernal Veracruzana

LIV plays a winter season with ten teams from October to January.

Teams 2011–2012:

Zona Centro

Zona Sur

LTBI - Liga Tabasqueña de Béisbol Instruccional

The Liga Tabasqueña de Béisbol Instruccional (LTBI) has a season from September to November.

Teams 2009:

Campeonato Estatal de Beisbol Chihuahua

Teams 2009:

GBL - Golden Baseball League

This independent international professional league played on the west coast of Canada , the United States and Mexico from May to August . In 2009 the Tijuana Potros were supposed to switch from LMB to the Golden Baseball League (GBL), but participation was postponed to 2010 at short notice due to planning uncertainties caused by the H1N1 influenza epidemic.

This season they then took on as Tijuana Cimarrones and played their home games at the Estadio de Beisbol Calimax, after financial difficulties the home games were held at the Ray Kroc Baseball Complex in Yuma , Arizona , and in 2011 the team joined the GBL, which has since merged the United League Baseball and the Northern League no longer arose in the North American League .

Mexican professional players in the MLB

Alfredo Aceves - pitcher for the New York Yankees
Óliver Pérez - pitcher for the New York Mets
Dennys Reyes - pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals

Since Baldomero Almada moved to Boston in 1933, more than 100 players in the Mexican professional league have moved to the American professional league MLB. There are currently around 100 Mexican players playing in Major League Baseball (MLB) and its affiliate clubs (rookie league to triple A).

Active MLB players from Mexico, 2009 (current club, debut year, and place of birth):

Former MLB players from Mexico (last club, active years and place of birth):

National team

The Mexican national team represents Mexico in international tournaments. It is currently in 10th place in the world rankings (as of October 2012).

International tournaments

Little League World Series

Team Mexico logo

1957 and 1958 won the Monterrey club with its youth team, 11-13 years, the Little League Baseball World Series .

World Baseball Classic

In 2006 and 2009, Team Mexico and its professional players took part in the World Baseball Classic tournament. In 2006, it narrowly missed making it into the top four and finished the tournament in 6th place, ahead of the USA. In 2009, due to defeats against Cuba and the eventual finalist South Korea, it again failed to make it into the semi-finals and ended the tournament in 8th place.

World baseball cup

International Baseball Association IBAF

The official baseball world championship is organized by the International Baseball Association IBAF and has usually been held every two years since 1938.

Mexico's most successful tournament participations were as follows:

2nd place (silver) (1943, 1944, 1961, 1965)

3rd place (bronze) (1941)

In 2009 the 2009 World Baseball Championship took place in Europe. Mexico played in Pool A in Prague and were group winners against Australia, Taiwan and the Czech Republic. The Mexican team was made up of top-class players from the Mexican professional league LMB and was one of the World Cup favorites. In the 2nd round, however, the team did not get beyond a negative balance of 2–5 games, including some narrow defeats against Canada, USA, Japan and Taiwan, and missed qualifying for the 3rd round. At the end of the World Cup, Mexico finished 11th.

Series del Caribe

Baseball tournament - Serie del Caribe

The Serie del Caribe is held annually as a tournament. The host country and venue changes annually between the participating clubs. These are the respective champions of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (since 1970) (Mexico), the Liga Dominicana de Béisbol Invernal ( Dominican Republic ), the Puerto Rico Baseball League ( Puerto Rico ) and the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional ( Venezuela ).

Hermosillo has hosted the tournament five times since 1974 with the Estadio De Beisbol Héctor Espinoseit . Another venue in Mexico was Mazatlán , which won the 2005 tournament at their home Estadio Teodoro Mariscal . So far, five Mexican champions from the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico have won the tournament: Naranjeros de Hermosillo (1976); Águilas de Mexicali (1986); Tomateros de Culiacán (1996 and 2002) and the Venados de Mazatlán (2005).

In February 2010, Serie del Caribe was held at the Estadio Nueva Esparta in Porlamar . The representative from Mexico was decided in the LMP final series between the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and the Venados de Mazatlán. After 3-3 after 6 playoff games, Hermosillo was able to prevail in the decisive 7th game with 1-0 against Mazatlán and get the 15th championship title in the club's history.

Baseball stadiums in Mexico

The Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey is the largest ballpark in Mexico with 27,000 seats .

Stadiums with a maximum of 27,000 spectators

Stadiums with a maximum of 15,000 spectators

Stadiums with a maximum of 10,000 seats

Stadiums with a maximum of 5,000 spectators

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Mexican League History at baseball-reference.com . Retrieved November 13, 2010.
  2. ↑ IBAF World Rankings . Retrieved October 30, 2012.
  3. ↑ La Serie del Caribe del 2010 se celebrará en Isla Margarita en Venezuela

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