The Águilas de Mexicali () 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 baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

team based in

Mexicali Mexicali (; ) is the capital city of the States of Mexico, Mexican state of Baja California. The city, which is the seat of the Mexicali Municipality, has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the Calexico–Mexicali, Cale ...

Baja California Baja California, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California, is a state in Mexico. It is the northwesternmost of the 32 federal entities of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1952, the area was known as the North Territory of B ...

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

. They compete 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 ...

(LMP). The team plays at the Estadio Nido de los Águilas also known simply as "El Nido" (The Nest) with a capacity of 20,000 seated spectators. The Águilas have won the LMP championship four times in 1985–86, 1988–89, 1998–99 and most recently in 2016–17. Led by Cananea Reyes, the Águilas also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in

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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 and most recently in 2016–17 managed by Roberto Vizcarra. The team also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in

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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: * 3: Mario Hernández *10: Cananea Reyes *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 Chic ...

*34:

Fernando Valenzuela Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea (; November 1, 1960 – October 22, 2024), nicknamed "El Toro", was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. Valenzuela played 17 Major League Baseball (MLB) seasons, from 1980 to 1997 (except for a one-year sabba ...

*58: Vicente Palacios

Season by season

Championships

Caribbean Series record

Notable players

* George Arias * Jason Bourgeois * Darryl Brinkley * Matías Carrillo * David Cortés * Karim García * Jonny Gomes * Ben Guez * Houston Jiménez * Roy Johnson * Matt Joyce * John Kruk *

Ever Magallanes Everardo "Ever" Magallanes Espinoza (born November 6, 1965) is a Mexican former Major League Baseball shortstop who played for the Cleveland Indians in 1991. He attended Bell High School in Bell, California, while being raised in neighboring Ma ...

* Ronnier Mustelier * Mike Piazza * Gene Richards * Chris Roberson *

Sergio Romo Sergio Francisco Romo (born March 4, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants, Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay Rays, Miami Marlins, Minnesota Twins, Oakland ...

* Bubby Rossman * Jeff Samardzija * Jake Sanchez * Charlie Sands * Rudy Seánez * Dan Serafini *

* Sebastián Valle * Héctor Velázquez *

Ron Washington Ronald Washington (born April 29, 1952) is an American professional baseball Manager (baseball), manager, Coach (baseball), coach, and former infielder. Since November 2023, Washington has been the manager of the Los Angeles Angels of Major Leagu ...

References

External links

Águilas de Mexicali Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Águilas De Mexicali Águilas de Mexicali Sports clubs and teams in Baja California Sport in Mexicali Baseball teams established in 1976 1976 establishments in Mexico