Naranjeros de Hermosillo | |||||
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League | Mexican Pacific League | ||||
Location | Hermosillo, Sonora | ||||
Ballpark | Estadio Sonora (2013–present) | ||||
Year founded | 1958 | ||||
League championships | 1960–61, 1961–62, 1964–65, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1989–90, 1991–92, 1993–94, 1994–95, 2000–01, 2006–07, 2009–10, 2013–14 | ||||
Caribbean Series championships | 1976, 2014 | ||||
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Colors | Orange, black, white |
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Ownership | Club Deportivo Triple A, S.A. de C.V. | ||||
Manager | Lorenzo Bundy | ||||
General Manager | Enrique Mazon Rubio | ||||
Website | www |
The Naranjeros de Hermosillo (English: Hermosillo Orange Growers) is a baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). Based in Hermosillo, Sonora, they are one of the most successful teams in the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico with 16 titles. They were the first Mexican team to win the Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1976.
Before they were named the Naranjeros, the team was called the Queliteros, and was a part of the LMP's predecessor, the Sonoran Winter League (Spanish: Liga Invernal de Sonora). The Queliteros won their first title in 1944, and from 1945–1958, they won one more championship title.
Since the founding of the LMP in the 1957–58 season, the Naranjeros have won 15 further titles, making the team the most successful in the league's 50-year history.
The Naranjeros' victory at the 1976 Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo was the first by a Mexican team. The team was managed by Benjamin "Cananea" Reyes and included players such as Héctor Espino (1B), Sergio "Kaliman" Robles (C), Celerino Sanchez (3B), Elliot Willis (2B), Arnoldo de Hoyos (CF), George Brunett (P) and Jerry Hairston, Sr. (LF).
In its early days, the team played at Fernando M. Ortiz Stadium, also known as "La Casa del Pueblo." Since 1972, the Naranjeros have been playing in their home stadium, Estadio De Beisbol Héctor Espino, named after the greatest Mexican baseball player in history, Héctor Espino. From 2013 they will play their games at Estadio de Beisbol Sonora.
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