The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a

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team in the

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based in

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. The team is part of the Southern Division (). The team has won twelve championships to date: 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2015. The Tigres were founded in

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in 1955 as the Tigres del México (English: Mexico Tigers), and played there through the 2001 season. After a brief stint in

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as the Tigres de la

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, the team relocated to Cancún. The team was founded by industrial businessman

Alejo Peralta Alejo Peralta y Díaz Cevallos (5 May 1916 in Puebla - 8 April 1997 in Mexico City) founded the Mexico City Tigers baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players eac ...

, and was long owned by his son,

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. The team was purchased by an ownership group including

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All-Star

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in 2017. They have a competitive and long-standing rivalry known as the (Civil War) against their former crosstown rivals the

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. The Tigres won the Mexican League championship in their inaugural season, an achievement that has never been matched, and was dubbed: "" (). The Tigres are a perennial powerhouse and have won 18 division and 12 league championships since their inception.

Franchise history

On 14 April 1955, the Tigres made their debut at the Julio Molina ballpark in

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. In 1966, the Tigres toured Japan, losing all their 13 games played against Japanese teams.

Tigres Capitalinos

The Tigres played in

from its inception until 2001, when the team moved to

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. The team was known as Tigres del México or Tigres Capitalinos. During these years, the team played at the

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and later at the

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, starting in 2000, after the Parque del Seguro Social was demolished in order to build a shopping mall. On their last two seasons in Mexico City, the Tigres won back to back championships, defeating rivals

Move to Puebla

In 2002, the team moved to Puebla and changed its name to Tigres de la Angelópolis.

50th anniversary season

In commemoration of their first 50 years of competition, an alternate logo was designed in 2005. The Tigres played their 50th season relying only on Mexican players, making the championship more significant. Furthermore, the 2005 season was named "Ing. Alejo Peralta" in memory of the Tigres' founder and father of the then-owner.

New home for 2007

At the end of the 2006 season, the club's president,

, announced that the team would move to the city of

. The team was renamed the Quintana Roo Tigres, and began play in

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Carrillo and Vizcarra era (2009–present)

For the 2009 season, Enrique "Che" Reyes was replaced by

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. Carrillo, a former major league player for the

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, had been a successful player for Tigres from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s having won five championships as player. The Tigres continued to be a competitive squad under Carrillo and reached the 2009 final series, but lost to

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. It was two years later, in 2011, when the team reached the final once more, this time facing their perennial rival: the

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2011 championship

In 2011, the Tigres and Diablos would play their eighth finals series against each other since 1966. The Tigres entered the 2011 series as an underdog. Nevertheless, the best-out-of-seven series ended with a 4–0 sweep against Diablos before a sell-out crowd (with a large presence of Tigres supporters) at

2013 championship

Despite injuries to key Tigres players, the team won its eleventh championship against the

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, 4–1, in a best-out-of-seven series.

Championship games

Logos and colors

File:Tigres del México logo.svg, The Tigres' former logo in Mexico City File:Tigres de Quintana Roo logo.png, Tigres' former logo in Cancún

Roster

Retired numbers

Mexican Baseball Hall of Famers

The following

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played and/or managed for the Tigres.

Notable players

Julio Franco Julio César Franco Robles (born August 23, 1958)Franco's birth date is in question. Many of his early bios and cards have his birthday listed in 1954, and on the roster of the Quintana Roo Tigres, his birthday is listed in 1961. is a Dominic ...

(First Baseman) *

Tyler Herron Tyler Daschiel Herron (August 5, 1986 – October 22, 2021) was an American right-handed professional baseball pitcher. As a senior at Wellington High School in Florida, Herron led the nation with a 0.25 ERA. He was drafted by the St. Louis Ca ...

(1986-2021) (Pitcher) * Fernando "el Pulpo" Remes (Shortstop) * Ismael Valdez (Pitcher) * Pablo Ortega (Pitcher) *

Karim García Gustavo Karim García Aguayo (born October 29, 1975) is a Mexican former professional baseball right fielder. García bats and throws left-handed. Professional career Minor leagues Born in Ciudad Obregón, Mexico, García signed as an amateur ...

(Outfielder) *

Jorge Cantú Jorge Luís Cantú Guzmán (born January 30, 1982) is an American-born Mexicans, Mexican former professional baseball infielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Cincinnati Reds, Florida Marlins, Texas Rang ...

(Infielder) *

Daryle Ward Daryle Lamar Ward (born June 27, 1975) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and left fielder. He played 11 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1998 to 2008 for the Houston Astros, Los Angeles Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pira ...

(First baseman/Outfielder)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Baseball teams in Mexico Sports clubs and teams in Cancún Baseball teams established in 1955 Mexican League teams 1955 establishments in Mexico