Matías Carrillo García (born 24 February 1963) is a Mexican professional

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and former

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. He played for three seasons in the

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(MLB), making his debut in 1991 for the

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and was member of the

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in the 1993 and 1994 seasons. Carrillo also spent 22 seasons in the

Mexican League The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...

and 27 in the

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (, or LMP), also known as the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons, is a professional baseball Winter league baseball, winter league based in Northwestern Mexico. The league comprises 10 teams. It wa ...

Professional career

Carrillo, known as El Coyote, was born on 24 February 1963 in

Los Mochis Los Mochis () is a coastal city in northern Sinaloa, Mexico. It serves as the municipal seat of the municipality of Ahome. As of the 2010 census, the population was 362,613, which was 61 percent of the municipality's population. Los Mochis is th ...

Sinaloa Sinaloa (), officially the (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities, and its capital city is Culiacán Rosales. It is located in northwest Mexic ...

and made his professional debut with the

Petroleros de Poza Rica The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...

in 1982, winning the

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. He later debuted in the 1982–83

season playing for the

Ostioneros de Guaymas The Ostioneros de Guaymas were a professional baseball team based in Guaymas, Sonora, Mexico. The Ostioneros played in the Mexican Pacific League and used the Estadio Abelardo L. Rodríguez as their home ballpark. During its existence, the club wo ...

. In 1984, Carrillo was signed by the Tigres Capitalinos. After spending three seasons with the Denver Zephyrs, Carrillo made his MLB debut on 23 May 1991 playing for the

. In 1993, Carrillo was signed by the

and played his last MLB game on 10 August 1994. In 1995, Carrillo returned to the Mexican League, where he played for the Tigres until his retirement in 2009. He also played winter baseball in the

for the Cañeros de Los Mochis. After his retirement on 26 July 2009, Tigres de Quintana Roo retired his uniform number 24. In 2020, Carrillo was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame receiving the most votes amongst the class of 2020. In February 2025, Carrillo was selected by a committee of journalists as the right fielder for the Mexican League Centennial All-Time Team on the occasion of the league's hundredth anniversary.

Managing career

From 2009 to 2013, Carrillo managed the

Tigres de Quintana Roo The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (). The team has won twelve championships to date: ...

of the

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, winning the Manager of the Year Award in

2011 The year marked the start of a Arab Spring, series of protests and revolutions throughout the Arab world advocating for democracy, reform, and economic recovery, later leading to the depositions of world leaders in Tunisia, Egypt, and Yemen ...

. In July 2013, he joined

Leones de Yucatán The Leones de Yucatán (English: Yucatán Lions) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. The team plays its home games at Parque Kukulcán Alamo in Mérida, Yucatán. The Leones have won the Mexican League title five times in 1957 ...

as manager. On 11 May 2015, Carillo became the manager of the Pericos de Puebla; he was replaced by Cory Snyder in June 2016. On 31 May 2022, he was appointed as manager of the

Acereros de Monclova The Acereros de Monclova (English: Monclova Steelers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports l ...

, replacing Mickey Callaway. He was not retained following the season. He was named manager of

El Águila de Veracruz El Águila de Veracruz (English: The Eagle of Veracruz) is a professional baseball team that plays in the Mexican League. Based in Veracruz, Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico, they play their home games at the Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila. Histor ...

for the 2023 season. However, he was fired on June 23, 2023, after a 23-28 start to the season. In 2024, Carrillo was appointed manager of the Bravos de León. He was dismissed on 6 May 2025, after starting the season with a 6–9 record; he was replaced by

Miguel Tejada Miguel Odalis Tejada ( Tejeda; born May 25, 1974) is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for six teams, most notably the Oakland Athletics and Baltimore Orioles, before ...

. On 22 May 2025, Carrillo was hired as coach for the Dorados de Chihuahua of the

References

External links

*Mexican Baseball League stats and bi
Matías Carrillo
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