2024 Mexican League season

Sports season
2024 Mexican League season
LeagueMexican League
SportBaseball
Duration11 April – 11 September
Number of games930[1]
Number of teams20
Serie del Rey
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The 2024 Mexican League season is the 99th season in the history of the baseball Mexican League (LMB). The league is contested by 20 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 11 April with the series between the defending champions Pericos de Puebla and Diablos Rojos del México and will end on 11 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, the Mexican League championship series.[1][2]

Team changes

The number of teams increased from eighteen in 2023 to twenty in 2024 (the last time that twenty teams contested the league was in 1979) with four new franchises joining the LMB for this season.[3]

Dorados de Chihuahua and Conspiradores de Querétaro joined the league as expansion teams. The Dorados first played in the Mexican League in 1940 and had since played in the league in several stints, the most recent being from 2007 to 2010, while the Conspiradores were established in 2023, bringing professional baseball to Querétaro for the first time.[4][5]

Charros de Jalisco returned to the LMB after purchasing the Mariachis de Guadalajara; Charros last played in the Mexican League in 1995 and joined the Mexican Pacific League in 2014.[6][7] Caliente de Durango, owned by Grupo Caliente, replaced Generales de Durango after the league suspended the Generales due to its owner's legal problems.[8][9]

Standings

(Current through 23 June 2024)

North[10]
Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK
1 Sultanes de Monterrey 36 21 .632 – W1
2 Algodoneros de Unión Laguna 33 24 .579 3.0 L1
3 Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos 34 25 .576 3.0 W1
4 Acereros de Monclova 32 25 .561 4.0 L1
5 Rieleros de Aguascalientes 30 28 .517 6.5 W3
6 Toros de Tijuana 30 28 .517 6.5 L1
7 Saraperos de Saltillo 28 30 .483 8.5 L2
8 Charros de Jalisco 24 35 .407 13.0 W1
9 Caliente de Durango 22 36 .379 14.5 L1
10 Dorados de Chihuahua 22 36 .379 14.5 W1
South[10]
Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK
1 Diablos Rojos del México 45 13 .776 — W2
2 Leones de Yucatán 31 23 .574 12.0 L2
3 Pericos de Puebla 32 27 .542 13.5 L1
4 Conspiradores de Querétaro 30 26 .536 14.0 W1
5 Olmecas de Tabasco 31 28 .525 14.5 W1
6 Guerreros de Oaxaca 30 28 .517 15.0 L2
7 El Águila de Veracruz 27 30 .474 17.5 W2
8 Bravos de León 24 34 .414 21.0 L1
9 Piratas de Campeche 18 37 .327 25.5 W2
10 Tigres de Quintana Roo 16 41 .281 28.5 L3

League leaders

(Current through 23 June 2024)

Batting leaders[11]
Stat Player Team Total
AVG Dominican Republic Robinson Canó México .447
HR United States Art Charles Yucatán 23
RBI United States Art Charles Yucatán 60
R Cuba Leonys Martín Querétaro 63
H Puerto Rico Vimael Machín Jalisco 94
SB Mexico Juan Pérez Monclova 24
Pitching leaders[11]
Stat Player Team Total
W United States Trevor Bauer México 9
ERA United States Trevor Bauer México 1.56
K United States Trevor Bauer México 102
IP Mexico David Reyes Veracruz 78.2
SV Mexico Fernando Salas Tabasco 20

Notes

Milestones

Batters

Pitchers

No-hitters

  • Kevin Kelly (MTY): On 31 May, in the second game of a scheduled doubleheader that was limited to seven innings, Kelly threw a no-hitter against the Pericos de Puebla. It was the fifth no-hitter in franchise history.[13]

Strikeouts in a game

References

  1. ^ a b "LMB: ¡Calendario oficial de la temporada 2024 de la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol!". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Diablos Rojos barre a los campeones Pericos en serie inaugural". La Jornada (in Spanish). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  3. ^ Boada Nájera, Miguel (14 November 2023). "LMB: ¿Cuántas veces ha tenido 20 equipos en una temporada?". Séptima Entrada (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  4. ^ "Chihuahua y Querétaro entran a la LMB; Expansión de 20 equipos e inclusión de Charros". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 13 November 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Querétaro y Chihuahua, las dos nuevas franquicias de la LMB para la temporada 2024". Marca (in Spanish). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Los Charros de Jalisco regresan a la LMB". MiLB.com. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  7. ^ Meza, Carlos (13 November 2023). "LMB aprueba expansión a 20 equipos; se une Charros de Jalisco". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Grupo Caliente será el dueño del nuevo equipo de Durango en la LMB". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  9. ^ Lastra Guerrero, Gilberto (19 March 2024). "Presentan el nombre, logo y uniforme del equipo de Durango de la LMB". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  10. ^ a b "Standings". MiLB.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Stats". MiLB.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Charros: ¡Establece Jalisco récord de jonrones consecutivos y vence a Tigres!". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 2 June 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Sultanes: ¡Día Histórico! Kevin Kelly lanza no-hitter en doble triunfo de Monterrey". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 31 May 2024. Retrieved 1 May 2024.
  14. ^ "Guerreros: Trevor Bauer hace historia en el Eduardo Vasconcelos". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 22 June 2024. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
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