The Ostioneros de Guaymas were a

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

team based in

Guaymas Guaymas () is a city in Guaymas Municipality, in the southwest part of the List of states of Mexico, state of Sonora, in northwestern Mexico. The city is south of the state capital of Hermosillo, and from the Mexico – United States border, U.S. ...

Sonora Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...

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. The Ostioneros played 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 ...

and used the Estadio Abelardo L. Rodríguez as their home ballpark. During its existence, the club won seven league championships.

History

The Ostioneros were one of the four original founding members of the Mexican Pacific Coast League, a winter league circuit that operated in

in the seasons from 1945–46 through 1957–58.Mexican Baseball History 3: The Mexican Pacific League
''Baseball Mexico''. Article by Bruce Baskin. Retrieved on 7 November 2018. The team won pennant titles in the 1947–48 and 1950–51 seasons, managed by Juan Guerrero and Luis Montes de Oca, respectively.Campeones de la Liga del Pacífico
''ESPN Deportes'' (in Spanish). Retrieved on 7 November 2018. In 1950–51, Ostioneros shared the league championship with the Tacuarineros de Culiacán. Before the 1958–59 season, the circuit was renamed Sonora Winter League and lasted through the 1991–92 season. This is considered the beginning of the modern era of what is now the

. The Guaymas club also competed in this second stage, winning titles in 1958–59 and 1959–60 guided by Manuel Magallón, in 1962–63 and 1964–65 with Guillermo Frayde at the helm, and 1967–68 with Ronaldo Camacho, to won seven league titles in both stints. The Ostioneros played at the Estadio Abelardo L. Rodríguez during its entire existence. The Ostioneros name has since been used by other sport clubs based in Guaymas.

Championships

Notable players

* Matt Alexander * Derek Bryant * Ronnie Camacho * Matías Carrillo * Arnoldo Castro * Gary Gray * Jerry Hinsley * Felix McLaurin * Sid Monge * Andrés Mora * Steve Ontiveros * Mike Ramsey * Enrique Romo * Vicente Romo * Jorge Rubio * Larry See * Barney Serrell

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External links

ESPN Deportes
Guaymas Baseball teams in Mexico Defunct Mexican Pacific League teams Baseball teams established in 1945 Baseball teams disestablished in 1992 Baseball in Sonora {{Mexico-baseball-team-stub

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Championships

Notable players

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