Sultanes de Monterrey

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Sultanes de Monterrey
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Information
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 championships10 (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2018)
Former name(s)Carta Blanca (1939–1941)
Industriales (1942–1947)
ColorsNavy blue, white, and occasionally red
   
MascotPerro Sultán (Sultan Dog)
Ownership José Maiz García (50%)
Grupo Multimedios (50%)
Manager Roberto Kelly
Website www.sultanes.com.mx
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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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History

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The team in 1939 was called Carta Blanca

The team was formed on May 20, 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team). The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes. [2] 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. [3]

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

SeasonTotal attendanceHome average
2016690,30512,783 [4]
2017659,79111,575 [5]
2018228,4697,616 [6]

The Sultanes have led LMB in average per game attendance every season from 2012 through 2017.

Most valuable players and retired numbers

Roster

Sultanes de Monterrey roster
PlayersCoaches/Other

Pitchers

Catchers

  • 41 Christopher Escarrega
  •  8 Carlos Soto

Infielders

Outfielders


Manager

Coaches

  • 53 Wilfrido Cordoba (pitching)
  • 32 Remigio Diaz (infield)
  • 37 Daniel Hinojosa (infield)
  • 29 Hector Navarro (bullpen)
  • 51 Carlos Rivera (hitting)
  • 40 Leo Rodriguez (bench)
  • 91 Gerardo Sanchez (first base)
  • 70 Ramon Valdez (third base)


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~ Development list
# Rehab assignment
∞ Reserve list
‡ Restricted list
§ Suspended list
† Temporarily inactive list
Roster updated April 23, 2024
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References

  1. ↑ Rodarte, Ernesto (20 May 2021). "LMB vuelve con más fuerza que nunca para su temporada 2021". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  2. ↑ Landa Ruiloba, Pablo (2012). Monterrey en el espejo (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial de Nuevo Leon. p. 86. ISBN   9786077577591.
  3. ↑ Monterrey, Mexico Encyclopedia. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ Mexican League: Attendance (2016). MiLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Mexican League: Attendance (2017). MiLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ Mexican League: Attendance (2018). MiLB.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Sultanes y sus números retirados". sultanes.com.mx (in Spanish). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Miguel Flores será un 20 de Leyenda". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
  9. ↑ "Arturo González ya no es coach de pitcheo de Sultanes; va a la Academia". Séptima Entrada (in Spanish). 7 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
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