Águilas de Mexicali

Águilas de Mexicali
Founded in 1970 Mexicali, Baja California
Team logo	Cap insignia
League affiliations
Mexican Pacific League
Name
Team Colors
Red, blue, white
Ballpark
Estadio Casas GEO
Championships
League titles: 1986, 1989, 1999 Caribbean Series 1986
Owner(s)/Operated By: Club de béisbol Águilas de Mexicali[1]
General Manager: Dio Alberto Murillo
Manager: Francisco Rodríguez
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Website: [aguilasdemexicali.com.mx]

The Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles) is a Mexican Pro baseball team playing for the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (Mexican Pacific League) based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

The team was founded on October 14, 1976. They have won the championshhip three times, 1985-1986 (coach, Benjamin Reyes), 1988-1989 (coach, Dave Machemer), 1998-1999 (coach, Francisco Estrada). The team also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in Venezuela.

Their stadium is called El Nido (The Nest) with a Capacity of 19,500.

Current roster

Águilas de Mexicali rosterv · Jorge Campillo 63 Ismael Castillo 77 Iván Cordova 52 Rafael Cruz 19 Irwin Delgado 43 Marco Duarte 55 Miguel Duarte 49 Santiago Gutiérrez 36 Thomas Melgarejo 32 Jailen Peguero  6 Óscar Rivera 39 Jesús Rodríguez 26 Mauricio Tequida 31 Erick Threets 27 Pat Venditte 59 Óscar Villarreal											Catchers 00 Gerónimo Gil 90 Luis Juárez Infielders 31 Juan Canizales  8 Germán Durán 92 Héctor Hernández 65 Mike Jacobs 13 Óscar Robles 28 Adam Rosales  4 Issmael Salas 53 Gil Velazquez Outfielders 91 Ricky Álvarez  7 Santiago González 24 Jorge Guzmán  9 Román Peña 22 Chris Roberson		Manager  2 Francisco Rodríguez Coaches Disabled list ‡ Inactive list § Suspended list  updated 2011-10-21 [ Transactions]

Roster source MLB.com^[2]

Famous players

• John Kruk (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Juan Navarrete (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Mike Piazza LAD,NYM
• Fernando Valenzuela LAD
• Jonny Gomes TB,CIN
• Gene Richards SD
• Charlie Sands NYY, PIT
• Rudy Seanez CLE, SD, LA, ATL, TEX, BOS, LAD, PHI
• Jeff Samardzija CHI
• Sergio Romo SF
• Dan Serafini
• Matt Joyce TB

Retired numbers

34, 29,

Officers

• President: Dio Alberto Murillo Rogers
• Vice President: Rigoberto Cardenas Valdez
• Vice President of Operations: Jose Luiz Rodriguez Escoto
• Director, Scouting: David Cardenas Cortes

References

1. ^ http://www.ligadelpacifico.com.mx/equipos/aguilas-de-mexicali.html
2. ^ http://www.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l132&t=t_ros&cid=673

External links

• Águilas de Mexicali Official site