Sultanes de Monterrey explained

Sultanes de Monterrey
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Location:Monterrey, Nuevo León
Stadium:Estadio Mobil Super
Nickname:Fantasmas grises (Gray Ghosts)[1]
League Champs:10 (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007, 2018)
Former Names:
  • Industriales de Monterrey (1942–1948)
  • Carta Blanca (1939–1941)
Colors:Navy blue, white, and red
Owner:José Maiz García (50%)
Grupo Multimedios (50%)
Mascot:Perro Sultán (Sultan Dog)
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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.

History

The team was formed on 20 May 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team).[2] The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes.[3] [4] 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.[5]

Mexican Pacific League

On 27 January 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.

Roster

Retired numbers

The Sultanes de Monterrey have retired the following numbers:[6] [7]

Championships

SeasonManagerOpponentSeries scoreRecord
No final series 53–37
Lázaro Salazar No final series 70–47
Lázaro Salazar No final series 50–35
Lázaro Salazar 4–0 56–33
No final series 77–53
4–3 94–44
Diablos Rojos del México 4–0 77–52
Derek Bryant Diablos Rojos del México 4–1 94–38
4–3 81-44
4–2 46–29
Total championships 10

Average home league attendance

SeasonTotal attendanceHome averageRef.
2005 374,630 7,068 [8]
2006977,508 17,773
2007 491,630 9,640
2008 658,494 12,424
2009204,701 4,178
2010 356,757 6,731
2011430,421 8,440
2012 645,303 11,321
2013590,694 11,145
2014687,642 11,856
2015 517,235 9,404
2016690,309 12,784
2017 659,791 11,575
2018 563,297 10,058
2019 556,872 9,770
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021149,011 4,657
2022382,048 8,490
2023371,262 8,438

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LMB vuelve con más fuerza que nunca para su temporada 2021. ESPN Deportes. Ernesto. Rodarte. 20 May 2021. 27 May 2021. es.
  2. Web site: Sultanes de Monterrey celebra 81 años de grandeza. sultanes.com.mx. 20 May 2020. 8 July 2024. es.
  3. Book: Landa Ruiloba . Pablo . Monterrey en el espejo . 2012 . Fondo Editorial de Nuevo Leon . 86 . 9786077577591 . Spanish.
  4. Web site: Horacio. Ibarra. Una historia monumental. sultanes.com.mx. 1 April 2016. 8 July 2024. es.
  5. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Monterrey&state=&country=MX&empty=0 Monterrey, Mexico Encyclopedia
  6. Web site: Sultanes y sus números retirados. sultanes.com.mx. 18 March 2016. 12 September 2022. es.
  7. Web site: Leyendas. sultanes.com.mx. 13 August 2024. es.
  8. Web site: Quién es quién 2024. Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. 121. 14 August 2024. es.