The Ostioneros de Guaymas were a
professional baseball
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team based in
Guaymas
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,
Sonora
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,
Mexico
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. The Ostioneros played in the
Mexican Pacific League
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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
Mexico
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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 ]Mexican Pacific League
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. 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
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* Derek Bryant
* Ronnie Camacho
* Matías Carrillo
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* Arnoldo Castro
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* Gary Gray
* Jerry Hinsley
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* Felix McLaurin
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A native of Jacksonville, Florida, McLaurin made his Negro leagues debut in 1942 for the Jacksonville Red Caps and the Birmingh ...
* Sid Monge
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* Andrés Mora
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* Steve Ontiveros
* Mike Ramsey
* Enrique Romo
* Vicente Romo
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* Jorge Rubio
* Larry See
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Amateur career
See attended Norwalk High School in California wh ...
* Barney Serrell
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Sources
Further reading
*Bjarkman, Peter (2005). ''Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball''. Greenwood.
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
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