Mexican Pacific League

The Mexican Pacific League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana del Pacífico), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a ten team professional baseball winter league based in Northwestern Mexico founded in 1945. The league's champion takes part in the Caribbean Series each year.

Mexican Pacific League
Upcoming season or competition:
Current sports event 2022–23 Mexican Pacific League season
SportBaseball
Founded1945
CommissionerCarlos Manrique González[1]
No. of teams10[2]
CountriesMexico
HeadquartersGuadalajara, Jalisco[3]
Most recent
champion(s)		Cañeros de Los Mochis
(4th title)
Most titlesNaranjeros de Hermosillo
(16 titles)[4]
TV partner(s)Sky México[5] BLUE TO GO EXTRABASE.TV (Mexico, Central America and the Dominican Republic)
Official websiteLMP.com

The sixty eight-game regular season is split in two halves. After each half, the teams are awarded points. The first place team earns ten points, while the last place team earns three and a half points. At the end of the regular season the total number of points are added up from both halves to determine playoff positioning. The top eight teams advance. There are no divisions.

History

In 1945, a group of people led by Teodoro Mariscal established the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico (English: Pacific Coast League). The league's first season (1945–46) started with four teams: Tacuarineros de Culiacán, Ostioneros de Guaymas, Queliteros de Hermosillo and Venados de Mazatlán. Mariscal was appointed as the league's first president. In 1947 the league expanded with two new teams: Arroceros de Ciudad Obregón and Pericos de Los Mochis.[6][7]

In 1958, only four teams participated, all from the state of Sonora: Rojos de Ciudad Obregón, Rieleros de Empalme, Naranjeros de Hermosillo and Ostioneros de Guaymas. Since all the participant teams were from Sonora, the league changed its name to Liga Invernal de Sonora (English: Sonora Winter League). In 1959, Mayos de Navojoa replaced Ciudad Obregón. In 1962, Ciudad Obregón and Los Mochis returned to the league. In 1965, Mazatlán and Tomateros de Culiacán joined the league, which changed its name for third time to Liga Invernal Sonora-Sinaloa (English: Sonora-Sinaloa Winter League).[6][7]

In 1970, the league changed its name to the current Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (English: Mexican Pacific League) and joined the Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe (English: Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation), thus participating for the first time in the 1971 Caribbean Series.[6][7][8]

In 2020, ARCO purchased naming rights to the league, thus it changed its name to Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico.[9] Two teams joined the LMP for the 2020 season: Sultanes de Monterrey, that became the first team to play in the two professional baseball leagues in Mexico, and Algodoneros de Guasave, that returned to the Mexican Pacific League after disappearing in 2014.[10]

Teams
2022–23 Mexican Pacific League team locations
TeamCityStateStadiumCapacity[11]Founded
Águilas de MexicaliMexicali Baja CaliforniaEstadio Nido de los Águilas17,0001948
Algodoneros de GuasaveGuasave SinaloaKuroda Park8,5001965
Cañeros de Los MochisLos Mochis SinaloaEstadio Emilio Ibarra Almada12,5001947
Charros de JaliscoZapopan JaliscoEstadio de Béisbol Charros de Jalisco y Atletismo16,5002014
Mayos de NavojoaNavojoa SonoraEstadio Manuel "Ciclón" Echeverría11,5001950
Naranjeros de HermosilloHermosillo SonoraEstadio Fernando Valenzuela16,0001944
Sultanes de MonterreyMonterrey Nuevo LeónEstadio de Béisbol Monterrey21,8031939
Tomateros de CuliacánCuliacán SinaloaEstadio Tomateros19,2101965
Venados de MazatlánMazatlán SinaloaEstadio Teodoro Mariscal16,0001945
Yaquis de ObregónCiudad Obregón SonoraEstadio Yaquis16,5001947

Champions
SeasonLiga de la Costa del Pacífico Champion
1945–46Venados de Mazatlán
1946–47Presidentes de Hermosillo
1947–48Ostioneros de Guaymas
1948–49Tacuarineros de Culiacán
1949–50Tacuarineros de Culiacán
1950–51Ostioneros de Guaymas
1951–52Tacuarineros de Culiacán
1952–53Venados de Mazatlán
1953–54Venados de Mazatlán
1954–55Venados de Mazatlán
1955–56Tacuarineros de Culiacán
1956–57Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1957–58Venados de Mazatlán
SeasonLiga Invernal de Sonora Champion
1958–59Ostioneros de Guaymas
1959–60Ostioneros de Guaymas
1960–61Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1961–62Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1962–63Ostioneros de Guaymas
1963–64Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1964–65Ostioneros de Guaymas
seasonLiga Sonora-Sinaloa Champion
1965–66Yaquis de Obregón
1966–67Tomateros de Culiacán
1967–68Ostioneros de Guaymas
1968–69Cañeros de Los Mochis
1969–70Tomateros de Culiacán
SeasonLiga Mexicana del Pacífico Champion
1970–71Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1971–72Algodoneros de Guasave
1972–73Yaquis de Obregón
1973–74Venados de Mazatlán
1974–75Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1975–76Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1976–77Venados de Mazatlán
1977–78Tomateros de Culiacán
1978–79Mayos de Navojoa
1979–80Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1980–81Yaquis de Obregón
1981–82Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1982–83Tomateros de Culiacán
1983–84Cañeros de Los Mochis
1984–85Tomateros de Culiacán
1985–86Águilas de Mexicali
1986–87Venados de Mazatlán
1987–88Potros de Tijuana
1988–89Águilas de Mexicali
1989–90Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1990–91Potros de Tijuana
1991–92Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1992–93Venados de Mazatlán
1993–94Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1994–95Naranjeros de Hermosillo
1995–96Tomateros de Culiacán
1996–97Tomateros de Culiacán
1997–98Venados de Mazatlán
1998–99Águilas de Mexicali
1999–2000Mayos de Navojoa
2000–01Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2001–02Tomateros de Culiacán
2002–03Cañeros de Los Mochis
2003–04Tomateros de Culiacán
2004–05Venados de Mazatlán
2005–06Venados de Mazatlán
2006–07Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2007–08Yaquis de Obregón
2008–09Venados de Mazatlán
2009–10Naranjeros de Hermosillo
2010–11Yaquis de Obregón
2011–12Yaquis de Obregón
2012–13Yaquis de Obregón
2013–14Naranjeros de Hermosillo[12]
2014–15Tomateros de Culiacán
2015–16Venados de Mazatlán[13]
2016–17Águilas de Mexicali
2017–18Tomateros de Culiacán
2018–19Charros de Jalisco
2019–20Tomateros de Culiacán
2020–21Tomateros de Culiacán
2021–22Charros de Jalisco
2022–23Cañeros de Los Mochis

Teams in gold Caribbean Series champions

Championships (1945–1958)
  • Mazatlán (Antiguos Venados): 5 (1946, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1958)
  • Culiacán (Tacuarineros): 5 (1949, 1950,1951 1952, 1956)
  • Hermosillo (Queliteros/Presidentes/Naranjeros): 2 (1947, 1957)
  • Guaymas (Antiguos Ostioneros): 1 (1948)

Championships by team
RankTeamWinsYears
1 Naranjeros de Hermosillo 16 1961, 1962, 1964, 1971, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007, 2010, 2014
2 Tomateros de Culiacán 13 1967, 1970, 1978, 1983, 1985, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2020, 2021
3 Venados de Mazatlán 9 1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2016
4 Yaquis de Obregón 7 1966, 1973, 1981, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2013
5 Águilas de Mexicali 4 1986, 1989, 1999, 2017
Cañeros de Los Mochis 4 1969, 1984, 2003, 2023
7 Mayos de Navojoa 2 1979, 2000
Potros de Tijuana 2 1988, 1991
Charros de Jalisco 2 2019, 2022
10 Algodoneros de Guasave 1 1972

Records

Defunct teams

See also

References
  1. Manrique, Carlos (30 August 2022). "GUÍA DE MEDIOS TEMPORADA 2021- 2022".
  2. "Sitio Oficial de la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico". Liga ARCO Mexcana del pacífico. 30 August 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
  3. Manrique, Carlos (30 August 2022). "GUÍA DE MEDIOS TEMPORADA 2021 - 2022".
  4. "Historia del Club - Naranjeros".
  5. includes Sky Sports Mexico
  6. Gastélum Duarte, Guillermo. Enciclopedia Conmemorativa del 75 Aniversario de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico.
  7. "Guía Oficial temporada 2019–20" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  8. "Mexican Baseball History 3: The Mexican Pacific League". Baseball Mexico. 19 September 2009.
  9. "Presentan la Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico". Milenio (in Spanish). 7 October 2020. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  10. "La Liga Mexicana del Pacífico crece a diez equipos, se unen Monterrey y Guasave". Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. 27 January 2019. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019.
  11. "Guía de medios temporada 2021–22" (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana del Pacífico. 30 August 2022. Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 11 December 2022.
  12. "Mexico repeats as Caribbean Series champ". Major League Baseball. 9 February 2014.
  13. "Venados beat Tigres to win the Caribbean Series". Sportsnet. 7 February 2016.
  14. "Jake Sánchez es elegido Relevista del Año de la LMP 2021-22".
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