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 8 June 2024)

North[10]
Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK
1 Sultanes de Monterrey 31 15 .674 – L2
2 Algodoneros de Unión Laguna 26 19 .578 4.5 W1
3 Acereros de Monclova 26 20 .565 5.0 W3
4 Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos 26 20 .565 5.0 L1
5 Toros de Tijuana 24 22 .522 7.0 W1
6 Saraperos de Saltillo 22 23 .489 8.5 L2
7 Rieleros de Aguascalientes 22 24 .478 9.0 W1
8 Charros de Jalisco 19 27 .413 12.0 L3
9 Caliente de Durango 16 30 .348 15.0 L1
10 Dorados de Chihuahua 16 30 .348 15.0 L7
South[10]
Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK
1 Diablos Rojos del México 36 8 .818 — W1
2 Leones de Yucatán 28 18 .609 9.0 W1
3 Conspiradores de Querétaro 25 21 .543 12.0 W2
4 Guerreros de Oaxaca 24 22 .522 13.0 W4
5 Olmecas de Tabasco 24 22 .522 13.0 L2
6 Pericos de Puebla 23 23 .500 14.0 L3
7 El Águila de Veracruz 21 24 .467 15.5 W4
8 Bravos de León 21 25 .457 16.0 L1
9 Piratas de Campeche 14 31 .311 22.5 W1
10 Tigres de Quintana Roo 13 33 .283 24.0 W2

League leaders

(Current through 8 June 2024)

Batting leaders[11]
Stat Player Team Total
AVG Puerto Rico Vimael Machín Jalisco .432
HR United States Art Charles Yucatán 21
RBI United States Art Charles Yucatán 57
R Cuba Leonys Martín Querétaro 52
H Puerto Rico Vimael Machín Jalisco 76
SB Venezuela Herlis Rodríguez Veracruz 18
Pitching leaders[11]
Stat Player Team Total
W 5 tied with[note 1] 6
ERA United States Trevor Bauer México 1.53
K United States Trevor Bauer México 70
IP Dominican Republic César Valdez Yucatán 63.0
SV Mexico Fernando Salas Tabasco 16

Notes

  1. ^ Trevor Bauer, Esteban Bloch, Yoanner Negrín, César Valdez, Tyler Viza

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]

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.
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