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The Mexican Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana de Béisbol, or LMB, lit. ' Mexican Baseball League ') is a professional baseball league based in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. [8] The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season.
The building of the Mexican Central Railway as well as America's economic and political interest in Mexico during the 1880s also played a part in the spread of baseball's popularity south of the Rio Grande. [4] In 1925, the Mexican League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana de Béisbol or LMB) was founded. The Mexican League became a heavy competitor of ...
Charros de Jalisco returned to the LMB after purchasing the Mariachis de Guadalajara; Charros last played in the Mexican League in 1995 and joined the Mexican Pacific League in 2014. [6] [7] Caliente de Durango, owned by Grupo Caliente, replaced Generales de Durango after the league suspended the Generales due to its owner's legal problems. [8] [9]
The highest seating capacity of all active stadiums is 27,000, at Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey where the Sultanes de Monterrey play. The lowest capacities are at the Piratas de Campeche 's Estadio Nelson Barrera and the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos ' Parque la Junta and Uni-Trade Stadium , which all hold 6,000.
The Tigres played in Mexico City from its inception until 2001, when the team moved to Puebla City.The team was known as Tigres del México or Tigres Capitalinos. During these years, the team played at the Parque del Seguro Social and later at the Foro Sol, starting in 2000, after the Parque del Seguro Social was demolished in order to build a shopping mall.
The Saraperos de Saltillo (English: Saltillo Serapes) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. Their home ballpark is the Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero in Saltillo, Coahuila. They have won three championships (1980, 2009, and 2010). The 1979 Saraperos were recognized as one of the 100 greatest minor league teams of all ...
In the final round, they were swept by the Guerreros de Oaxaca in four games. They returned to the postseason in 1999, beating Cancun in the first round, but losing to the Tigres, 4–2, in the second round. They won the first round in 2001 against the Broncos de Reynosa in six games, but lost second round to the Diablos Rojos del México, 4–2.
The Diablos Rojos del Mexico (English: Mexico Red Devils) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Mexico City, Mexico. The team was founded in 1940 by Salvador Lutteroth and Ernesto Carmona. The Diablos Rojos play their home games at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú, which has a seating capacity of 20,233 people. They have won ...