The Mexican Central League was a Minor League Baseball circuit that operated for 19 seasons, from 1960 through 1978, with several clubs based across

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History

The Mexican Central League was formed in 1960 at the Class D level. It was placed in Class C in 1961, where it remained through the 1962 season. Upon the

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of Minor League Baseball in 1963, it was reclassified as Class A. In 1979, the circuit was absorbed into the expanded

Mexican Baseball League The Mexican League (, ) is a professional baseball league based in Mexico and the oldest running professional league in the country. The league has 18 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five t ...

(''Liga Mexicana de Beisbol''). This expansion elevated the Mexican Central League teams to Triple-A, with the newly expanded Mexican Baseball League featuring a 20-team circuit with four divisions.

Cities represented/Teams

* Acámbaro, Guanajuato *:

Acámbaro Acámbaro is a city and municipality in the southeastern corner of the Mexican state of Guanajuato, on the banks of the Lerma River, and the oldest of the 46 municipalities of Guanajuato. Acámbaro was originally a Purépecha settlement which w ...

(1975–1976) *

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes (''Virtue in the Water, Fidelity in the Heart'') , image_skyline = AGUASCALIENTES CITY.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Clockwise from top: San Antonio de Padua Church, La Exedra (main square), Aguascal ...

*: Tigres de Aguascalientes (1960–1963; 1965; 1969–1974) *: Broncos de Aguascalientes (1966–1967) *

Arandas, Jalisco Arandas is a municipality of the Altos Sur region of the state of Jalisco in Mexico. Arandas is also the name of the municipality's main township and the center of the municipal government. The city centre is approximately 86 miles (138 k ...

*: Arandas (1977) *: Jalisco (1977) *

Celaya, Guanajuato Celaya (; ) is a city and its surrounding municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico, located in the southeast quadrant of the state. It is the third most populous city in the state, with a 2005 census population of 310,413. The municipality f ...

*: Cajeteros de Celaya (1960–1961; 1975) * Cerro Azul, Veracruz *: Cerro Azul (1978) * Ciudad Madero, Tamaulipas *: Bravos de Ciudad Madero (1968–1970) * Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas *: Broncos de Ciudad Mante (1969–1970) *: Cañeros de Ciudad Mante (1971) *: Azucareros de Ciudad Mante (1973–1974) *: Ciudad Mante (1977) * Ciudad Miguel Alemán, Tamaulipas *: Miguel Alemán (1978) * Ciudad Valles, San Luis Potosí *:

Ciudad Valles Ciudad Valles is the second-largest city in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. It is located in the eastern part of the state (), in the cultural region of Huasteca. The city is also the municipal seat of the surrounding municipality of the s ...

(1974, 1978) * Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas *: Henequeneros de Ciudad Victoria (1971; 1973-1974) *:

Ciudad Victoria Ciudad Victoria () is the seat of the Municipality of Victoria, and the capital of the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. It is located in the northeast of Mexico at the foot of the Sierra Madre Oriental. It borders the municipality of Güémez to t ...

(1976 –1978) *

Cortazar, Guanajuato Cortazar is a city and its surrounding municipality located in the southeastern quadrant of the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. It is bordered to the north by Villagrán, to the north and east by Celaya, to the southeast by Tarimoro, to the sout ...

*: Cortazar (1975) *

Durango, Durango Durango City (, stp, Korian), officially Victoria de Durango is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state of Durango. The city, which is located in Northern Mexico has a population of 654,876 as of the 2015 census, and sits at an altitud ...

*: Alacranes de Durango (1965–1967; 1973–1974) *: Algodoneros de Durango (1972) * Ebano, San Luis Potosí *: Rojos de Ebano (1971–1974) *: Ebano (1977) * Fresnillo, Zacatecas *: Rojos de Fresnillo (1962) *: Charros de Fresnillo (1964) *: Mineros de Fresnillo (1965–1968; 1976–1978) * Guadalajara, Jalisco *: Charros de Guadalajara (1977–1978) *

Guanajuato, Guanajuato Guanajuato () is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Guanajuato in central Mexico and the capital of the state of the same name. It is part of the macroregion of the Bajío. It is in a narrow valley, which makes its streets narrow a ...

*: Tuzos de Guanajuato (1960–1967; 1975–1976; 1978) *

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Tamaulipas Gustavo Díaz Ordaz is a municipality located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. Towns and villages The largest localities (cities, towns, and villages) are:

*: Díaz Ordaz (1978) *

La Barca, Jalisco La Barca is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of Jalisco, and is about an hour and 20 minutes from the state capital Below is an index of pages containing lists of capital cities. National capitals *List of national capitals * L ...

*: La Barca (1978) *

Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco Lagos de Moreno () is a city and municipality in the State of Jalisco, Mexico. Lagos is located in the region of Los Altos de Jalisco, within the macroregion of the Bajío, one of the most highly developed areas in Latin America. Lagos de Moren ...

*: Lagos de Moreno Caporales (1975–1977) * León, Guanajuato *: Diablos Rojos de León (1960) *: Aguilas de León (1961) *: Diablos Verdes de León (1962–1963; 1965-1966) *: Broncos de León (1964) *:

Bravos de León The Bravos de León (English: León Braves) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in León, Guanajuato, Mexico. History Cachorros de León (1979–80) Mexican League baseball in León began in 1979 when the Alijador ...

(1967; 1971; 1975) *: Aguiluchos de León (1968–1970) *

Matamoros, Tamaulipas Matamoros, officially known as Heroica Matamoros, is a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, and the municipal seat of the homonymous municipality. It is on the southern bank of the Rio Grande, directly across the border from ...

*: Matamoros (1978) *

Monterrey, Nuevo León Monterrey ( , ) is the capital and largest city of the northeastern state of Nuevo León, Mexico, and the third largest city in Mexico behind Guadalajara and Mexico City. Located at the foothills of the Sierra Madre Oriental, the city is anc ...

*: Indios de Monterrey (1970–1971) *: Sultanes de Monterrey (1972) *

Morelia, Michoacán Morelia (; from 1545 to 1828 known as Valladolid) is a city and municipal seat of the municipality of Morelia in the north-central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital and larg ...

*: Tigres de Morelia (1966) * Naranjos, Veracruz *: Naranjos (1972–1973) *

Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas Nuevo Laredo () is a city in the Municipality of Nuevo Laredo in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas. The city lies on the banks of the Rio Grande, across from Laredo, United States. The 2010 census population of the city was 373,725. Nuevo Lare ...

Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo The Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (''Owls of the Two Laredos''), formerly known as the Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo (''Owls of Nuevo Laredo''), are a Minor League Baseball team based in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, and Laredo, Texas in the Mexican Leagu ...

(1968) * Parras de la Fuente, Coahuila *: Saraperos de Parras (1974) *

Salamanca, Guanajuato Salamanca ( Otomi: ''Xidoo'' "Place of Tepetate") is a city in the Mexican state of Guanajuato. Founded January 1, 1603 as 'Villa de Salamanca' by the Viceroy Gaspar de Zuniga and Acevedo, fifth Earl of Monterrey, who was originally from Salam ...

*: Petroleros de Salamanca (1960–1962; 1975) *: Tigres de Salamanca (1964–1965) *

Saltillo, Coahuila Saltillo () is the capital and largest city of the northeastern Mexican state of Coahuila and is also the municipal seat of the municipality of the same name. Mexico City, Monterrey, and Saltillo are all connected by a major railroad and hig ...

*: Sultanes de Saltillo (1964) *:

Saraperos de Saltillo The Saraperos de Saltillo (English: Saltillo Serape Wearers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League. Their home ballpark is the Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero in Saltillo, Coahuila. They have won three championships (19 ...

(1967–1969) * San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí *: Tuneros de San Luis Potosí (1960–1962) *: Indios de San Luis Potosí (1963) *: Rojos de San Luis Potosí (1963–1966) *: Charros de San Luis Potosí (1969–1970) *: Tuneros de San Luis Potosí (1971) * San Pedro, Coahuila *: Algodoneros de San Pedro (1974) *

Silao, Guanajuato Silao is a municipality in the west-central part of the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. Its seat is the city of the same name. This municipality lies adjacent to the west side of the municipality of Guanajuato, the state capital. This municipality ...

*: Catarinos de Silao (1978) *

Tampico, Tamaulipas Tampico is a city and port in the southeastern part of the state of Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located on the north bank of the Pánuco River, about inland from the Gulf of Mexico, and directly north of the state of Veracruz. Tampico is the fift ...

*: Piratas de Tampico (1967–1969) *: Algodoneros de Tampico (1970) * Tamuín, San Luis Potosí *: Tamuin Cafeteritos (1973) * Teocaltiche, Jalisco *:

Teocaltiche Teocaltiche ( nah, Teocaltillitzin "place near the temple") is a town and municipality in the central-western Mexican state of Jalisco. It is located in the northeastern highlands region of Jalisco, commonly referred to in Spanish as "Los Altos de ...

(1977–1978) * Torreón, Coahuila *: Algodoneros de Torreón (1968) * Uriangato, Guanajuato *:

Uriangato ( en, Place where sunset occurs on top) , mapsize = 250px , map_caption = Location of Uriangato within Guanajuato , pushpin_map = Mexico , pushpin_mapsize = 250 , coordinates = , subdi ...

(1975) *

Zacatecas, Zacatecas Zacatecas () is the principal city within the municipality in Mexico of the same name, and the capital and the largest city of the state of Zacatecas. Located in north-central Mexico, the city had its start as a Spanish mining camp in the mid- ...

*: Pericos de Zacatecas (1965–1967) *: Petroleros de Zacatecas (1968–1970) *: Tuzos de Zacatecas (1971–1973; 1976–1978)

Notable players

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Héctor Espino Héctor "El Niño" Espino (6 June 1939 – 7 September 1997) was a Mexican professional outfielder, first baseman and manager. He has been called "The Mexican Babe Ruth". Born in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Espino he played from 1960 through 1984 in b ...

– Began his career in 1960 with the Tuneros de San Luis Potosí *34

Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (, born November 1, 1960) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from to and to . While he played for six MLB teams, he is best remembered f ...

– Began his career in 1978 with the Tuzos de Guanajuato

References

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History

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Notable players

See also

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