Leones de Yucatán
Leones de Yucatán | |||||
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League | Zona Sur) | ||||
Location | Mérida, Yucatán | ||||
Ballpark | Parque Kukulcán Alamo | ||||
Founded | 1954 | ||||
League championships | 5 (1957, 1984, 2006, 2018, 2022) | ||||
Division championships | 10 (1984, 1989, 1996, 2000, 2006, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022) | ||||
Former ballparks | |||||
Colors | Green, orange, white | ||||
Ownership | Grupo ARHE | ||||
Manager | Roberto Vizcarra | ||||
President | Erick Ernesto Arellano Hernández | ||||
Website | http://www.leones.mx/ |
The Leones de Yucatán (English: Yucatán Lions) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. The team play its home games at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán. The Leones have won the Mexican League title five times in 1957, 1984, 2006, 2018 and most recently in 2022.[1]
History
Mexican League premiere
The Leones de Yucatán were founded in 1954 under the leadership of Alvaro Ponce Vidiella and Humberto "Beto" Abimerhi Abimerhi. The team's entry to the Mexican League was announced on 5 January 1954. The team nickname is a reference to the name of the beer company built by the Ponce family. The Leones opened the season on 17 April at the newly built Carta Clara Park, hosting the previous season's champions, the
Second version
After the 1969 season, filmmaker
Third version
The third incarnation of the Lions began in 1979. On 6 April 1978, the Assembly of the Mexican League approved five expansion teams for the 1979 season. One of the expansion teams was awarded to Yucatán.[4]
On 16 March 1979, the Leones officially returned to the Mexican League when they opened the season at the
Rivalries
Piratas de Campeche
Since they began play in the Mexican League in summer 1954, the Lions have had fierce rivalries, first with the
Retired numbers
- 1 Juan José Pacho
- 2 Luis "Rayo" Arredondo
- 3 Mercedes Esquer Llanes
- 4 Oswaldo Morejón
- 15 Juan Fernando Villaescusa Elías
- 17 Carlos Paz González
- 18 Ray Torres
- 19 Ricardo Conde Hernández
- 21 Héctor Espino
- 29 Leonel Aldama Rossel
Roster
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Pitchers
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Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
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Manager Coaches
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References
- ^ "Leones de Yucatán: cinco estrellas, cinco historias". Diario de Yucatán (in Spanish). 25 September 2022. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Leones de Yucatán cumple 66 años de rugir en la LMB". MiLB (in Spanish). 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
- ^ "Mexican League (AA) Encyclopedia and History". BaseballReference.com.
- ^ "Historia del Club Los Leones en Liga Mexicana". Archived from the original on 16 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)