- Mexican Pacific League
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"LMP" redirects here. For other uses, see LMP (disambiguation).
Mexican Pacific League Current season or competition:
2011 Mexican Pacific League season
Sport Baseball Founded 1970 Commissioner Omar Canizales Soto[1] No. of teams Mexican Pacific League Teams[2] Country(ies) 
Mexico (8 teams)Continent North America Most recent champion(s) Yaquis de Obregón (5th title) Most titles Naranjeros de Hermosillo (14 titles)[3] TV partner(s) Megacable
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Televisoras Grupo PacíficoOfficial website LMP.mx The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico or LMP) is a winter minor baseball league in Mexico. The eight-team league's 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.
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History
Founded in 1957, the league was also known as the Liga Invernal de Sonora (English: Sonora Winter League) and the Liga Sonora-Sinaloa (English: Sonora-Sinaloa League) before adopting its present name in 1970.[4]
Current Teams
Team City Stadium Founded Tomateros de Culiacán Culiacán, Sinaloa Estadio General Angel Flores 1965 Algodoneros de Guasave Guasave, Sinaloa Estadio Francisco Carranza Limón 1965 Venados de Mazatlán Mazatlán, Sinaloa Estadio Teodoro Mariscal 1945 Águilas de Mexicali Mexicali, Baja California Estadio Casas GEO 1948 Cañeros de Los Mochis Los Mochis, Sinaloa Estadio Emilio Ibarra Almada 1947 Naranjeros de Hermosillo Hermosillo, Sonora Estadio De Béisbol Héctor Espino 1958 Mayos de Navojoa Navojoa Estadio Manuel "Ciclón" Echeverría 1958 Yaquis de Obregón Ciudad Obregón Estadio Tomás Oroz Gaytán 1959 Defunct Teams
- Ostioneros de Guaymas (Guaymas Oystermen)
- Rieleros de Empalme (Empalme Railmen)
- Potros de Tijuana (Tijuana Colts)
Champions
Liga de la Costa del Pacífico
Season Champion 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 Vacant 1951-52 Tacuarineros de Culiacán 1952-53 Venados de Mazatlán 1953-54 Venados de Mazatlán 1954-55 Venados de Mazatlán 1955-56 Naranjeros de Hermosillo 1956-57 Naranjeros de Hermosillo 1957-58 Venados de Mazatlán Liga Invernal de Sonora
Season Champion 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 Liga Sonora-Sinaloa
season Champion 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 Liga Mexicana del Pacífico
In gold Caribbean Series champions
See also
- Mexican League
- Caribbean Series
- Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México (hall of fame)
- Baseball awards#Mexico
External links
- ligadelpacifico.com.mx - in Spanish
Notes and references
- ^ http://www.lmp.com.mx/organizacion/presidentes.html
- ^ http://www.lmp.com.mx/index.php
- ^ http://www.lmp.com.mx/equipos/naranjeros-de-hermosillo.html
- ^ "LMP: Organización/Historia". http://www.ligadelpacifico.com.mx/cms/content.asp?company=137&proc=text&procid=HISTORIA&search=.
Mexican Pacific League Categories:- Baseball leagues in Mexico
- Winter baseball leagues
- Latin American baseball leagues
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