Águilas de Mexicali

Águilas de Mexicali
Team logo Cap insignia
League	Mexican Pacific League
Location	Mexicali, Baja California
Ballpark	Estadio B-Air
Year founded	1970
League championships	1986, 1989, 1999
Caribbean Series championships	1986
Colors	Red, blue, white
Ownership	Club de béisbol Águilas de Mexicali[1]
Manager	Edgar Gonzales
General Manager	David "Chile" Cardenas
Website	aguilasdemexicali.com.mx

The Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles) is a Mexican Pro baseball team playing for the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (Mexican Pacific League) based in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico

The team was founded on October 14, 1976. They have won the championship three times, 1985–1986 (coach, Benjamin Reyes), 1988–1989 (coach, Dave Machemer), 1998–1999 (coach, Francisco Estrada). The team also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in Venezuela.

Their stadium is called El Nido (The Nest) with a Capacity of 19,500.

Notable players

• John Kruk (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Juan Navarrete (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Mike Piazza LAD, NYM
• Fernando Valenzuela LAD
• Jonny Gomes TB, CIN
• Ben Guez DET organization
• Gene Richards SD
• Charlie Sands NYY, PIT
• Rudy Seánez CLE, SD, ATL, TEX, BOS, LAD, PHI
• Jeff Samardzija CHC, CHW, SF
• Sergio Romo SF
• Dan Serafini
• Matt Joyce TB
• David Cortés ATL, CLE, COL

Retired numbers

34, 29,

Officers

• President: Dio Alberto Murillo Rogers
• Vice President: Rigoberto Cardenas Valdez
• Vice President of Operations: Jose Luiz Rodriguez Escoto
• Director, Scouting: David Cardenas Cortes

Current roster

Águilas de Mexicali roster
Active roster				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 57 Jorge Campillo 63 Ismael Castillo 77 Iván Cordova 52 Rafael Cruz 19 Irwin Delgado 43 Marco Duarte 55 Miguel Duarte 49 Santiago Gutiérrez 36 Thomas Melgarejo 32 Jailen Peguero  6 Óscar Rivera 39 Jesús Rodríguez 26 Mauricio Tequida 31 Erick Threets 27 Pat Venditte 59 Óscar Villarreal		Catchers 00 Gerónimo Gil 90 Luis Juárez Infielders 31 Juan Canizales  8 Germán Durán 92 Héctor Hernández 65 Mike Jacobs 13 Óscar Robles 28 Adam Rosales  4 Issmael Salas 53 Gil Velazquez Outfielders 91 Ricky Álvarez  7 Santiago González 24 Jorge Guzmán  9 Román Peña 22 Chris Roberson		Manager  2 Francisco Rodríguez Coaches Disabled list ‡ Inactive list § Suspended list  updated 2011-10-21 [ Transactions]

Roster source MLB.com^[2]

References

1. http://www.ligadelpacifico.com.mx/equipos/aguilas-de-mexicali.html
2. http://www.mlb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?sid=l132&t=t_ros&cid=673

External links

• Águilas de Mexicali Official site