Azules de Veracruz

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Azules de Veracruz
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League Mexican League (1940–1951)
Location Veracruz, Mexico
Mexico City
Ballpark Parque Deportivo Veracruzano (1940)
Parque Delta (1941–1951)
Established1940
Folded1951
League championships4 (1940, 1941, 1944, 1951)
ColorsBlue and white
  
Uniforms
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The Azules de Veracruz (English: Veracruz Blues) were a professional baseball team that played in the Mexican League from 1940 to 1951. Originally from Veracruz, Mexico, the team relocated to Mexico City shortly after its foundation, while keeping the Veracruz name. Under the ownership of Jorge Pasquel (who also briefly served as league president during this time), Azules won league championships in 1940, 1941, 1944 and 1951.

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History

1940s

The Azules de Veracruz were established in 1940 by Jorge Pasquel, a prominent businessman and baseball fan born in Veracruz. Pasquel named his team Azules and chose blue as the club's color, to compete with the other team from Veracruz: El Águila de Veracruz. Pasquel also hired Martín Dihigo as the team's first player-manager, who had previously played for El Águila in 1939. [1] [2]

El Águila and Cafeteros de Córdoba did not approve Pasquel's actions to have another team in Veracruz and split from the Mexican League, forming another competition known as Liga Cismática (Schismatic League), where they were joined by Alijadores de Tampico, Agrario de México, Tigres de Comintra and Puebla. However, Pasquel bought the Parque Deportivo Veracruzano for his Azules to play, leaving El Águila without a baseball park. [1] [3] The Azules, however, only played a few games in Veracruz and later moved to the Parque Delta in Mexico City, that was also bought by Pasquel, where the team would play until its disappearance ten years later. [4]

The Azules won their first championship in 1940 by finishing the season first with a record of 61 wins and 30 losses. The team repeated as Mexican champions in 1941 with Lázaro Salazar as manager in what was considered one of the best teams in Mexican baseball history. In 1942, the team finished last. In 1944, the Azules won their third championship under manager Ramón Bragaña. [1] [5]

Year-by-year record

YearRecordFinishManagerPlayoffsNotes
194061-301st Martín Dihigo League Champions
194167-351st Lázaro Salazar League Champions
194239-466th Agustin Bejerano none
194339-515th Gustavo Buenrostro / Horacio Hernández none
194452-371st Rogers Hornsby / Ramón Bragaña League Champions
194542-485th Ramón Bragaña none
194641-577th Ramón Bragaña / Mickey Owen / Chile Gómez / Jorge Pasquel none
194752-676th Chile Gómez / Red Steiner none
194843-435th Dolf Luque none
194942-424th Salvador Hernández none
195034-507th Ramón Bragaña none
195149-351st Ángel Castro League Champions

Notable players

Sources Baseball Reference

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Kerlegand, Enrique (25 March 2019). "Jorge Pasquel y sus Azules de Veracruz". MiLB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Kerlegand, Enrique (23 May 2019). "Un grande, Martín Dihigo". MiLB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  3. ↑ González Gómez, César (30 January 2017). "El cisma que provocó Jorge Pasquel y su semejanza con la crisis actual en la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol". Vice (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.
  4. ↑ Barrios Fernández, Héctor. "Delta y Seguro Social II". Beisbol de los Barrios (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 March 2024.
  5. ↑ Morales, Tomás (16 January 2015). "Lázaro Salazar, siete campeonatos en LMB". MiLB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 11 March 2024.


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