Mexican Center League

This should not be confused with Mexican Central League.

The Mexican Center League was a Class C Minor league baseball circuit which operated from 1956 to 1957.

History

By 1955, the outlaw Mexican League was struggling for survival during its confrontation against Major League Baseball. As a result, Anuar Canavati, president of the Sultanes de Monterrey team, led a group of new owners that helped make the league part of Organized Baseball as a Class AA circuit in 1955. On the other hand, he encouraged the creation of the Mexican Center League, which operated as a Class C circuit between 1956 and 1957, as a support for the Mexican League. Canavati also served as president of the six-team league during its brief period of existence.[1][2]

Cities represented/Teams

Rieleros de Aguascalientes (1956)
Tigres de Aguascalientes (1957)
Dorados de Chihuahua (1956–1957)
Indios de Ciudad Juárez (1956–1957)
Alacranes de Durango (1956–1957)
Mineros de Fresnillo (1956)
Rojos de Fresnillo (1957)
Saraperos de Saltillo (1956–1957)

Standings

1956

TeamsWLPCTGBManagers
Saraperos de Saltillo5841.589  –Agustín Bejerano
Dorados de Chihuahua5842.580  ½Manuel Arroyo
Indios de Ciudad Juárez4852.48010½Manuel Fortes
Syd Cohen
Mineros de Fresnillo4753.47011½Eduardo Reyes
Gutiérrez
Jesús Diaz
Alacranes de Durango4554.45513Salvador Sahuayo  
Adolfo Cabrera
Rieleros de Aguascalientes  4357.43015½Martín Dihigo
Armando Flores

1957

TeamsWLPCTGBManagers
Dorados de Chihuahua6238.620–Manuel Arroyo
Saraperos de Saltillo5545.550  7Domingo Santana 
St. Claire
Bello
Alacranes de Durango5248.52010Virgilio Arteaga
Indios de Ciudad Juárez4951.49013Syd Cohen
Jesús Diaz
Rojos de Fresnillo4355.43918Preston Gómez
Agustín Bejerano
José Luis Garcia 
Wild Bill Wright
Tigres de Aguascalientes  3761.37824Armando Flores
Chile Gómez

[3]

Sources

  1. ↑ Freedman, Lew H. (2010 ) Latino Baseball Legends: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-37867-3
  2. ↑ Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Profesional de México Archived 2013-06-30 at the Wayback Machine. (Spanish)
  3. ↑ Johnson, Lloyd; Wolff, Miles (1993). Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball. Baseball America. ISBN 978-0-96-371898-3
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