The Mexican League is a AAA-level baseball minor league in Mexico. The league is regarded in Mexico as the domestic major league. A Class A California League game in San Jose, California (1994) Minor baseball leagues are North American professional baseball leagues that compete at a level below that of Major League Baseball. ...

History

There have actually been six Mexican leagues of note. The first was an outlaw circuit directed by Jorge Pasquel from the late 1930s until 1953. Having major league ambitions, Pasquel stocked his teams with Negro League greats, then raided the U.S. major leagues for additional talent when a player surplus and pay cuts there followed the World War II player shortage. Pasquel's raids netted 23 Major League regulars, most of whom jumped to the Quebec Provincial League in 1948-1949, and were reinstated by the majors in June 1949. Struggling financially, Pasquel's league dissolved in 1953. The northern clubs merged into the Arizona-Texas and Arizona-Mexico leagues of 1953-57. The Mexican League proper reorganized in 1955, and has operated continuously since. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... Part of the History of baseball in the United States series. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... This article is becoming very long. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link is to a full 1953 calendar). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The Mexican Central League, recognized as Class-A, formed in 1960, and was joined during the decade by the short-lived Mexican Northern League, Mexican Pacific League, and Mexican Rookie League. All were based on previously existing outlaw circuits. The last three were acknowledged farm leagues for the Mexican League, but the Mexican Central League, while hosting some farm clubs, had aspirations to equal status. The Mexican and Central leagues finally merged into a single 20-team circuit with four divisions in 1979. A players' strike curtailed the 1980 season, but six clubs broke the strike to play a 40-game schedule. Following numerous bankruptcies, the Mexican League dwindled to 14 teams in two divisions. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... This page refers to the year 1979. ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Long known as a last stop for over-the-hill major leaguers, the Mexican League has swung back and forth between dead-ball and lively-ball eras. A new lively-ball era commenced in 1984: In 1983 no player hit 20 home runs; in 1986 14 hit more than 30. 1984 (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Chronology

• February 19, 1946: New York Giants OF Danny Gardella becomes the first major leaguer to announce he is jumping to the "outlaw" Mexican League, the first shot in the series of events that will dominate baseball even more than the return of all the war veterans. His attempt to return to the Major Leagues a few years later will initiate a major court battle.

• February 28, 1946: Alex Carrasquel, Chicago White Sox pitcher, signs a 3-year contract with the Mexican League.

• April 26, 1946: Giants pitchers Ace Adams and Harry Feldman jump to the Mexican League.

• May 23, 1946: The St. Louis Cardinals, the pre-season favorites to win the National League pennant, suffer a blow when pitchers Max Lanier and Fred Martin, and infielder Lou Klein jump to the Mexican League. Lanier was 6-0 in six starts this season. The 2nd-place Cards win today at the Polo Grounds behind Johnny Beazley's 4-hitter, but will lose three of their next four starts and drop into 2nd place.

• May 27, 1946: The outlaw Mexican League scuttles its competition, Mexico's only league entry in organized baseball. There are now 43 minor leagues for 1946.

• July 8, 1946: A special meeting of clubs deals with Mexican League defections and attempts by players to gain new rights. Some results: $5,000 minimum salary, $25-per-week training-camp expenses, a fixed period for spring training, 25 days for post-season barnstorming, maximum pay cut of 25 percent. A pension fund aimed at providing $100 a month for retired 10-year players will be funded by World Series broadcast rights and net proceeds from All-Star Games. Each league will have a player rep to baseball councils. The first player reps named are New York Yankees P Johnny Murphy and Brooklyn Dodgers OF Dixie Walker.

• August 5, 1946: Mickey Owen quits his Mexican League team. He and Luis Olmo ask Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler for reinstatement three days later.

• October 2, 1947: Ex-Giant Danny Gardella, suspended for five years for jumping to the Mexican League, files suit for $300,000 in damages. He charges that the reserve clause is "monopolistic and restrains trade." It will be dismissed.

• February 9, 1949: A federal appeals court orders the $300,000 suit against baseball by Mexican League jumper Danny Gardella back to a lower court for trial.

• March 8, 1949: Max Lanier and Fred Martin, late of the Mexican League, file a $2.5 million suit against baseball. A federal judge on April 1 will deny their right to be reinstated.

• June 29, 1949: Mickey Owen and Luis Olmo rejoin the Dodgers from Mexican League exile.

• February 20, 1953: The U.S. Court of Appeals rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling. This effectively dismisses the antitrust suits of Jack Corbett and former Dodger farm hand Walter Kowalski. The $300,000 suit of Corbett, the owner of the Texas League El Paso club, is based on his belief that he lost money when Major League baseball prohibited him from signing several players suspended for participation in the Mexican League. Kowalski's $150,000 suit is based on the general principles of the antitrust and restraint-of-trade laws. Their lawyer in these cases is Frederic Johnson, who also represents Danny Gardella in his suit against Major League baseball.

• August 19, 1958: In an oddity, each starting player of the Douglas, Arizona|Douglas Copper Kings team hits a home run in a 22-8 rout of the Chihuahua Dorados (Arizona-Mexican League).

• June 15, 1960: Mexico City and Poza Rica combine to hit 12 home runs in one game, a Mexican League record.

• August 17, 1974: The Cleveland Indians purchase former National League batting champ Rico Carty from Cordoba of the Mexican League. He will hit .363 for the rest of the season.

• July 9, 1977: Rafael Garcia of Juarez (Mexican League) hurls his 2nd no-hitter of the season in beating Durango, 3-1. He throttled Nuevo Laredo without a hit on April 16.

• August 17, 1977: Records fall as the Mexican League concludes its season. Ironman hurler Aurelio Lopez of the Mexico City Reds racks up his 30th save to go with a record 19 victories in relief. Veteran Tampico first baseman Hector Espino hits only 14 home runs, but raises his career total to 435, a new minor league record. Thirty-eight-year-old Vic Davalillo, the league's top hitter at .384, is purchased by the Dodgers.

• August 31, 2001: The Atlanta Braves acquire vet Julio Franco from the Mexico City Tigers. Franco, 43, who led the Mexican League with a .437 average, had been out of the majors since 1997. In a separate deal, the Braves pick up P Rudy Seanez from the San Diego Padres for a player to be named later.

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Teams

Summer League (Known as the Mexican Baseball League)

North Zone: // History Founded in 1925, with six teams (74 Regimiento, México, Agraria, Nacional, Guanajuato and Aguila). ...

• Acereros de Monclova (Monclova Steelers)
• Diablos Rojos del México (Mexico City Red Devils)
• Potros de Tijuana (Tijuana Colts)
• Rieleros de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes Railroadmen)
• Saraperos de Saltillo (Saltillo Sarape Makers)
• Sultanes de Monterrey (Monterrey Sultans)
• Tuneros de San Luis (San Luis Cactus Men) (San Luis Potosí)
• Vaqueros Laguna (Laguna Cowboys) (Torreon)

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• Guerreros de Oaxaca (Oaxaca Warriors)
• Leones de Yucatán (Yucatán Lions) (Mérida) *2006 Season Champions
• Olmecas de Tabasco (Tabasco Olmecas) (Villahermosa)
• Piratas de Campeche (Campeche Pirates)
• Petroleros de Poza Rica (Poza Rica Oilers)
• Pericos de Puebla (Puebla Parrots)
• Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (Veracruz Red Eagles)
• Tigres de la Angelopolis (Mexico Tigers) (Puebla)

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• Algodoneros de Union Laguna (Union Laguna Cotton Pickers) (Torreón)
• Azules de Coatzacoalcos (Coatzacoalcos Blues)
• Bravos de León (León Braves)
• Broncos de Reynosa (Reynosa Broncos)
• Cachorros de León (León Cubs)
• Cafeteros de Cordoba (Cordoba Coffee Growers)
• Charros de Jalisco (Jalisco Charros) (Guadalajara, Jalisco)
• Dorados de Chihuahua (Chihuahua Goldenmen)
• Escorpiones de Durango (Durango Scorpions)
• Indios de Ciudad Juarez (Ciudad Juárez Indians)
• Industriales de Monterrey (Monterrey Industrials)
• Langosteros de Cancun (Cancun Lobstermen)
• Ligeros de Tampico (Tampico Lightermen)
• Mineros de Sabinas (Sabinas Miners)
• Potros de Minatitlán (Minatitlán Colts)
• Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Dos Laredos' Owls) (Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas)
• Toros de Tijuana (Tijuana Bulls)
• Truchas de Toluca (Toluca Trouts)

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Winter League (Known as The Mexican Pacific League)

• Culiacán Tomato Growers
• Guasave Cotton Growers
• Hermosillo Orange Growers
• Los Mochis Sugarcane Growers
• Mazatlán Reindeer
• Mexicali Eagles
• Navojoa Mayos
• Obregon Yaquis

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• Tijuana Colts
• Guaymas Oystermen

Biggest rivalries

• 1.- Mexico Red Devils vs. Mexico Tigers
• 2.- Mexico Red Devils vs. Cordoba Coffee Growers
• 3.- Monterrey Sultans vs. Saltillo Sarapeers -
• 4.- Yucatan Lions vs. Campeche Pirates
• 5.- Hermosillo Orange Growers vs. Culiacan Tomato Growers

Format

• Regular Season Format: Split
• Number of Games: 110
• League roster limits: 28, no more than 4 imports
• Play-off system: Twelve teams qualify. Six First round winners and two "best losers" advance to *second round. All playoff series are best-of-7. Second Round winners meet in Division Finals. *Winners advance to best-of-7 series for Mexican League championship
• Brand of Baseball: Rawlings
• All-Star Game also played

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World Baseball Classic

Mexico's team participated in the World Baseball Classic, a championship tournament for teams from numerous countries across the globe which began March 3, 2006.[1] The World Baseball Classic, sometimes abbreviated WBC, is an international baseball tournament, first held in March 2006. ... March 3 is the 62nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (63rd in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• Sports league attendances

The table below lists domestic sports leagues from around the world by total attendances for the last completed season. ...

References

David Pietrusza Major Leagues: The Formation, Sometimes Absorption and Mostly Inevitable Demise of 18 Professional Baseball Organizations, 1871 to Present Jefferson (NC): McFarland & Company, 1991. ISBN 0-89950-590-2

External links

• Official site - in Spanish
• Coverage on minorleaguebaseball.com - in English
• ligadelpacifico.com.mx - in Spanish