2014 Mexican League season

2014 Mexican League season
2014 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	April 1 – September 11
Number of teams	16
Serie del Rey
Champions	Diablos Rojos del México
Runners-up	Pericos de Puebla
Finals MVP	Juan Carlos Gamboa
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The 2014 Mexican League season was the 90th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 3 April with the match between 2013 season champions Tigres de Quintana Roo and Diablos Rojos del México and ended on 11 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where the Diablos Rojos defeated Pericos de Puebla to win the championship.^[1]^[2]

For this season, Petroleros de Minatitlán was sold and moved to Tijuana to play as Toros de Tijuana.^[3]

Standings

North^[4]
Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	STK
1	Diablos Rojos del México	70	42	.625	—	W3
2	Acereros de Monclova	60	51	.541	9.5	W4
3	Sultanes de Monterrey	61	52	.540	9.5	W1
4	Vaqueros de la Laguna	60	51	.541	9.5	W4
5	Saraperos de Saltillo	56	54	.509	13.0	W2
6	Toros de Tijuana	55	58	.487	15.5	L4
7	Rieleros de Aguascalientes	51	61	.455	19.0	L2
8	Broncos de Reynosa	42	70	.375	28.0	L1

South^[4]
Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	STK
1	Tigres de Quintana Roo	65	48	.575	—	L1
2	Pericos de Puebla	61	48	.560	2.0	L4
3	Piratas de Campeche	56	53	.514	7.0	L1
4	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	57	54	.514	7.0	W1
5	Guerreros de Oaxaca	55	57	.491	9.5	W3
6	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	52	60	.464	12.5	L1
7	Leones de Yucatán	46	64	.418	17.5	W1
8	Olmecas de Tabasco	46	65	.414	18.0	W1

Postseason

Wild Card games			First stage			Championship Series			Serie del Rey

			1	Diablos Rojos del México	4
8	Vaqueros de la Laguna	1	4	Vaqueros de la Laguna	2
9	Saraperos de Saltillo	0	North			1	Diablos Rojos del México	4
			North			3	Sultanes de Monterrey	0
			4	Acereros de Monclova	0
			5	Sultanes de Monterrey	4
									N1	Diablos Rojos del México	4
									S2	Pericos de Puebla	0
			2	Tigres de Quintana Roo	4
7	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	1	4	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	1
10	Guerreros de Oaxaca	0	South			1	Tigres de Quintana Roo	2
			South			2	Pericos de Puebla	4
			3	Pericos de Puebla	4
			6	Piratas de Campeche	3

League leaders

Batting leaders^[5]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting Average	Sandy Madera	Pericos de Puebla	.403
Home Runs	John Lindsey	Diablos Rojos del México	33
Runs Batted In	Frank Díaz	Broncos de Reynosa	101
Runs	Agustín Murillo	Sultanes de Monterrey	98
Runs	Chris Roberson	Sultanes de Monterrey	98
Hits	Luis Borges	Saraperos de Saltillo	173
Stolen Bases	Gilberto Mejía	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	49
Slugging Percentage	Sandy Madera	Pericos de Puebla	.696

Pitching leaders^[5]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Earned run average	Amauri Sanit	Tigres de Quintana Roo	3,86
Wins	Fabio Castro	Tigres de Quintana Roo	13
Wins	Salvador Valdez	Vaqueros de la Laguna	13
Saves	Pedro Rodríguez	Pericos de Puebla	33
Innings Pitched	Lorenzo Barceló	Rieleros de Aguascalientes	152.1
Innings Pitched	José Piña	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	152.1
Strikeouts	José Contreras	Toros de Tijuana	140
WHIP	Amauri Sanit	Tigres de Quintana Roo	1.07

Awards

LMB Awards
Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	Sandy Madera	Pericos de Puebla	^[6]
Rookie of the Year	Carlos Figueroa	Diablos Rojos del México	^[7]
Best Pitcher	Amauri Sanit	Tigres de Quintana Roo	^[8]
Best Relief Pitcher	Tiago da Silva	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	^[9]
Manager of the Year	Miguel Ojeda	Diablos Rojos del México	^[10]

References

^ Medina, Gabriel (11 December 2013). "Pendiente, calendario de juegos 2014" (in Spanish). MiLB. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "Resumen del año 2014 de la LMB" (in Spanish). MiLB. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ "Tijuana vuelve; nuevo dueño de Saraperos" (in Spanish). MiLB. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Standings". milb.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Stats". milb.com. MiLB.
^ "Jugador Más Valioso 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Novato del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 19 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Pitcher del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Relevista del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
^ "Manager del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[1] Medina, Gabriel (11 December 2013). "Pendiente, calendario de juegos 2014" (in Spanish). MiLB. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[2] "Resumen del año 2014 de la LMB" (in Spanish). MiLB. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[3] "Tijuana vuelve; nuevo dueño de Saraperos" (in Spanish). MiLB. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[Standings-4] "Standings". milb.com. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

[stats-5] "Stats". milb.com. MiLB.

[6] "Jugador Más Valioso 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 26 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[7] "Novato del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 19 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[8] "Pitcher del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 24 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[9] "Relevista del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 22 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

[10] "Manager del Año 2014 de la LMB". milb.com (in Spanish). 29 September 2014. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

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