The Tuneros de San Luis Potosí were a Minor league baseball club which played during 16 seasons spanning 1946–2006. The Tuneros were based in the city of

San Luis Potosí San Luis Potosí (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of San Luis Potosí ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de San Luis Potosí), is one of the 32 states which compose the Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 58 municipalities and i ...

, in the

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state of

. The first Tuneros team played from 1946 through 1952 in the

Mexican 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 te ...

. After 13 years of absence, another club with a similar name played in the

Mexican Central League The Mexican Central League was a Minor League Baseball circuit that operated for 19 seasons, from 1960 through 1978, with several clubs based across Mexico. History The Mexican Central League was formed in 1960 at the Class D level. It was plac ...

from 1960–1962 and once more in 1971. Then, they joined the expanded Mexican League from 1986–1990; played as the Reales de San Luis Potosí in 1991, and again as the Tuneros from 2004–2006. The Tuneros enjoyed their only winning season in 1971, when they won the MCL Central Division title with a 45–27 record but lost the final Series. After that, no team from San Luis Potosí has ever won a title in Mexican baseball.

Notable players

Sharnol Adriana Sharnol Leonard Adriana (born November 13, 1970) is a Curaçaoan-Dutch baseball player and coach. He spent several minor league seasons in the Toronto Blue Jays organization before moving to the Mexican League. As of 2020, he is a coach for the Sp ...

(2005–2006) * Francisco Alcaraz (1950) *

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(2004) * Mario Arencibia (1950) * Darryl Brinkley (2005–2006) * Paul Calvert (1947) * Avelino Canizares (1947–1948) * Alberto Castillo (2004–2005) *

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(2005) *

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(1946) *

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(1947) *

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(1947) *

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(2005) *

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(1991) *

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 ...

(1960–1961) * Bobby Estalella (1946–1947) * Pedro Formental (1946) *

Chico García Vinicio "Chico" García Uzcanga (December 24, 1924 – August 17. 2007) was a Mexican second baseman in Major League Baseball. He played for the Baltimore Orioles in the 1954 season. Listed at 5' 8", 170 lb., García batted and threw right ...

(1946–1947; 1949) * Steve Gerkin (1949) *

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(1947) * Chile Gómez (1949–1951) *

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(1951) * René González (1947; 1949; 1951) *

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(1947) *

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(1989) * Rudy Hernández (1971) *

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(1946) * Darren Holmes (1988) *

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(1990) *

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(1990) *

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(2004) *

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(1986–1988) *

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(1948) *

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(2005) * René Monteagudo (1947–1949) *

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(1991) *

Roy Partlow Roy E. Partlow (June 18, 1911 – April 19, 1987) was an American pitcher in Negro league baseball. He played between 1934 and 1951. In 1946, he was one of the first African American players signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers organization. He spent p ...

(1950) *

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(1991) * Héctor Rodríguez (1949; 1951–1952) * Barney Serrell (1948) * Walter Silva (2004) * Luis Tiant, Sr. (1948) *

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(1986) * Jeff Zaske (1988)

Notes

* In

Spanish language Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance languages, Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a world language, global language with more than 500 millio ...

, the term ''tunero'' (too-neh'-ro) refers to a prickly pear picker. * The legendary slugger Héctor Espino, considered by many as the greatest player in Mexican baseball history, started his professional career with the Tuneros in the 1960 Mexican Central League season.

Sources

* Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (1993). ''Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball''. Baseball America. * Treto Cisneros, Pedro (2002). ''The Mexican League/La Liga Mexicana: Comprehensive Player Statistics, 1937-2001''. McFarland & Company.

External links

Baseball Reference – Mexican League (AAA) Encyclopedia and HistoryBaseball Reference – Mexican Center League (D) Encyclopedia and HistoryBaseball Reference – San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Minor League City EncyclopediaPlano Informativo – Los primeros Reales de San Luis
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