The Águilas de Mexicali ( en, Mexicali Eagles) are 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 leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Modern professional ...

based in

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the Mexican state of Baja California. The city, seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali metropolitan area is home to 1,000,0 ...

Baja California Baja California (; 'Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California), is a state in Mexico. It is the northernmost and westernmost of the 32 federal entities of Mex ...

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

. They compete in the

Mexican Pacific League The Mexican Pacific League (), known as Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacífico for sponsorship reasons or simply LMP for its acronym in Spanish, is a professional baseball winter league based in Northern Mexico. The ten-team regular season schedule run ...

(LMP), a Mexican winter league. The team plays at Estadio Nido de los Águilas also known simply as "El Nido" (The Nest) with a capacity of 20,000.

History

Baseball has been played in

since 1914 and several teams have represented the city, the current incarnation of the Águilas was established in 1967 and made its debut in the

on 12 October 1976. They have won the championship four times: in 1985–86 managed by Cananea Reyes, in 1988–89 coached by Dave Machemer, in 1998–99 under

Francisco Estrada Francisco "Paquín" Estrada Soto (February 12, 1948 – December 9, 2019) was a Mexican Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets. Estrada, a catcher, appeared in one game for the Mets in 1971. Estrada was at the time of his death the ...

and most recently in 2016–17 managed by Roberto Vizcarra. The team also won the

1986 Caribbean Series The twenty-eighth edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was played in . It was held from February 4 through February 9 with the baseball champion teams of the Dominican Republic, Águilas Cibaeñas; Mexico, Águilas de Mexicali; P ...

, played in

Maracaibo ) , motto = "''Muy noble y leal''"(English: "Very noble and loyal") , anthem = , image_map = , mapsize = , map_alt = ...

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Officers

*President: Dio Alberto Murillo Rogers *Vice President: Rigoberto Cardenas Valdez *Vice President of Operations: Jose Luiz Rodriguez Escoto *Director, Scouting: David Cardenas Cortes

Roster

Retired numbers

The Águilas de Mexicali have retired the following numbers: *14: Ernesto Escárrega *33:

Isidro Márquez Isidro Márquez Espinoza (born May 14, 1965) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago White Sox. Career Márquez played during one season at the major league level for the Chicag ...

*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 ...

*10: Cananea Reyes *3: Mario Hernández

Notable players

John Kruk John Martin Kruk (born February 9, 1961) is an American former professional baseball first baseman and outfielder. Kruk played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Diego Padres, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago White Sox from through . Du ...

(1986 Caribbean Series Championship team) * Juan Navarrete (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team) *

Mike Piazza Michael Joseph Piazza ( ; born September 4, 1968) is an American former professional baseball catcher who played 16 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 1992 to 2007. He currently serves as the manager of the Italian national baseball te ...

LAD, NYM *

LAD *

Jonny Gomes Jonathan Johnson Gomes (; born November 22, 1980) is an American former professional baseball outfielder and coach. He is the minor league outfield and baserunning coordinator for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB). He play ...

TB, CIN * Ben Guez DET organization * Gene Richards SD * Charlie Sands NYY, PIT * Rudy Seánez CLE, SD, ATL, TEX, BOS, LAD, PHI *

Jeff Samardzija Jeffrey Alan Samardzija (; born January 23, 1985), nicknamed "Shark", is an American professional former baseball pitcher. He played college baseball and football for the University of Notre Dame, and was recognized as a two-time All-American ...

CHC, CHW, SF *

Sergio Romo Sergio Francisco Romo (born March 4, 1983) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Acereros de Monclova of the Mexican League. He has previously played in MLB for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami ...

SF * Dan Serafini * Matt Joyce TB * David Cortés ATL, CLE, COL *

Bubby Rossman Charles Irvin "Bubby" Rossman (born June 29, 1992) is an American-Israeli professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He played college baseball for Cerritos College and California State University, Dominguez Hills. He was selected in the ...

PHI

Season by season

References

External links

Águilas de Mexicali Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Águilas De Mexicali Águilas de Mexicali Sport in Mexicali Baseball teams established in 1976 1976 establishments in Mexico