Quintana Roo Tigres

Infobox baseball team
League=Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
Name=Quintana Roo Tigres
Logo=
Stadium=Beto Ávila Stadium (since 2006) (Parque Hermanos Serdan (2002 - 2005); Parque del Seguro Social (1955 - 1999); Foro Sol (2000 - 2002)
Location=Cancún, Quintana Roo
Founded=1955
Manager=Enrique Reyes
Colors=Black, white and orange
LeagueChamps=1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005
Division=Southern Division
Mascot=Chacho the tiger (the most famous mascot in the history of the Mexican League)
LogoDesign=A tiger encaged in a letter "M" trying to escape facing sideways
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The Quintana Roo Tigers (Lang-es|Los Tigres del Quintana Roo) are a Mexican minor league baseball team located in Cancun, Mexico. They are in the Southern Division (Zona Sur) of the Mexican Baseball League. The Mexico Devils (Diablos Rojos del Mexico) are their hated rival, but since the Tigers were relocated their rivalry has lightened.

The club is regarded as one of the most prestigious baseball franchises in the Mexican Baseball League. The franchise was founded in 1955 by Alejo Peralta y Díaz Cevallos, an industrial businessman who was an avid baseball fan. The team won the Mexican League championship in its first season, a feat that has never been matched.

Franchise history

On April 14, 1955 Tigres made their debut at Julio Molina's baseball park in Mérida, Yucatán. Their inaugural game represented the hard determination of its founder the great entrepreneur Don Alejo Peralta y Díaz Cevallos to support the sport that by then was submerged in a financial crisisFact|date=February 2007.

The team has won nine championships to date, in 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001 and 2005.

50th anniversary season

In commemoration of the first 50 years of its foundation an alternate logo was designed. The Tigres played their 50th season relying only on Mexican players, and that made the championship more significant. Furthermore, the 2005 season was named "Ing. Alejo Peralta" in memory of the Tigres' founder, and father of the current owner.

New home for 2007

At the end of the 2006 season, the club's president Carlos Peralta announced that the team would move to the city of Cancún, Quintana Roo. The team name will be Quintana Roo Tigres, and they will play in the Beto Avila Stadium.

Famous players

Fernando "el Pulpo" Remes (Short Stop)
Julio Franco (First Base)

External links

* [http://www.tigresqr.com/ Official site]