The Sultanes de Monterrey (English: Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball club based in Monterrey, Mexico. Sultanes fields teams in both the Mexican League (LMB) and the Mexican Pacific League (LMP), which plays a winter league schedule; they are the easternmost team to participate in the Pacific League.
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| League | Mexican League (1939–present) Mexican Pacific League (2019–present) | ||||
| Location | Monterrey | ||||
| Ballpark | Estadio Mobil Super | ||||
| Founded | 1939 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Fantasmas grises (Gray Ghosts)[1] | ||||
| League championships | 10 (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2018) | ||||
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| Colors | Navy blue, white, and occasionally red | ||||
| Mascot | Perro Sultán (Sultan Dog) | ||||
| Ownership | José Maiz García (50%) Grupo Multimedios (50%) | ||||
| Manager | Roberto Kelly | ||||
| Website | www | ||||
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History
The team was formed on May 20, 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team).[2] The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes.[3][4] The team was also known as the Gray Ghosts. The team won its first championship in 1943. In total, the Sultanes have collected ten championships (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007. and 2018), including three straight (1947–1949) under the legendary Cuban manager Lázaro Salazar. During the seasons from 1989 to 1994 both the Sultanes and the Industriales played in the Mexican League for Monterrey.[5]
On January 27, 2019, during a rally at the Estadio Francisco Carranza Limón in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the Algodoneros de Guasave would return to compete in the Mexican Pacific League beginning in the 2019–20 winter season. The Sultanes were announced as the other team to join the league, bringing the total number of LMP teams to ten. A draft was later held to fill the team, making it a different roster than the one that competes in the Summer league.
Average home league attendance
| Season | Total attendance | Home average |
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| 2016 | 690,305 | 12,783[6] |
| 2017 | 659,791 | 11,575[7] |
| 2018 | 228,469 | 7,616[8] |
The Sultanes have led LMB in average per game attendance every season from 2012 through 2017.
Most valuable players and retired numbers
- 5 Daniel Ríos ("La Coyota") (1995)[9]
- 7 Epitacio Torres ("Mala") (1994)[9]
- 9 Vinicio García (1987)[9]
- 13 Christopher Cooper (2011)
- 17 Lázaro Salazar (1998)[9]
- 20 Miguel Flores (2011)[10]
- 21 Héctor Espino (1996)[9]
- 22 Arturo González (1997)[11]
Roster
| Players | Coaches/Other | |||
Pitchers
| Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
| Manager Coaches
~ Development list | ||
See also
References
External links
- Official website (in Spanish)