The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a

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winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule runs from October to December and is followed by a playoff series in January to determine the league champion. The league's champion takes part in the

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each year, representing Mexico.

History

In 1945, a group of people led by Teodoro Mariscal established the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico ( en, Pacific Coast League). The league's first season (1945–46) started with four teams:

Tacuarineros de Culiacán The Tacuarineros de Culiacán baseball club was one of the four original founding members of the Mexican Pacific Coast League, a minor league circuit that operated in Mexico in the seasons from 1945-46 through 1957-58. They were managed by Manuel ...

, 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. 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 ( en, 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 The Tomateros de Culiacán ( en, Culiacán Tomato Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico, Mexican Pacific League based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The ''Tomateros'' have won thirteen league titles and two Caribbean ...

joined the league, which changed its name for third time to Liga Invernal Sonora-Sinaloa ( en, Sonora-Sinaloa Winter League). In 1970, the league changed its name to the current Liga Mexicana del Pacífico ( en, Mexican Pacific League) and joined the Confederación de Béisbol Profesional del Caribe ( en, Caribbean Professional Baseball Confederation), thus participating for the first time in the 1971 Caribbean Series. In 2020, ARCO purchased naming rights to the league, thus it changed its name to Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico. Two teams joined the LMP for the 2020 season:

Sultanes de Monterrey The Sultanes de Monterrey ( en, Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Monterrey, Mexico. They compete in the Northern Division. The team also joined the Mexican Pacific League for the 2019–20 season f ...

, that became the first team to play in the two professional baseball leagues in Mexico, and

Algodoneros de Guasave The Algodoneros de Guasave ( en, Guasave Cotton Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Guasave, Sinaloa. They won the league championship in 1972. The team was purchased in April 2014 by a group of inves ...

, that returned to the Mexican Pacific League after disappearing in 2014.

Teams

Champions

Teams in gold

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

Records

Single season batting

Single season pitching

Defunct teams

References

External links

LMP website
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Winter baseball leagues Professional sports leagues in Mexico