Tacuarineros de Culiacán

Tacuarineros de Culiacán
Information
LeagueMexican Pacific Coast League (1945–1958)
LocationCuliacán, Sinaloa
BallparkEstadio General Ángel Flores (1948–1958)
Founded1945
Folded1958
League championships5 (1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1956)
Former ballparkEstadio Universitario (1945–1948)
ManagerManuel Arroyo

The Tacuarineros de Culiacán baseball club was one of the four original founding members of the Mexican Pacific Coast League, a league that operated in Mexico in the seasons from 1945–46 through 1957–58; it was later rebranded as the Liga Invernal Sonora-Sinaloa that would become the current Mexican Pacific League (LMP).[1] They were managed by Manuel Arroyo.[2]

The Tacuarineros were based in Culiacán, the capital of the state of Sinaloa, and played its home games in their first three seasons at the Estadio Universitario, owned by the Autonomous University of Sinaloa.[2] They moved to the Estadio General Ángel Flores for the 1948–49 season, when they won the first of their five league championships, repeating in the 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52 and 1955–56 campaigns.[3][4][5]

The name of the team came from the El Tacuarinero, a service of the Western Railway of Mexico inaugurated in 1883 that ran from Altata to Culiacán, with plans to reach as far as Durango City; however, those plans never materialized and the route terminated in Culiacán until 1975, when the service ended. The train was known as El Tacuarinero because of the people aboard the train who sold tacuarines, small pieces of hard bread made from corn.[6][7]

Championships

Season Manager Opponent Series score Record
1948–49 Manuel Arroyo No final series 39–21–3
1949–50 Manuel Arroyo Cañeros de Los Mochis 4–3 38–29
1950–51 Manuel Arroyo No final series 20–10
1951–52 Manuel Arroyo No final series 35–25
1955–56 Manuel Arroyo No final series 33–23-1
Total championships 4

Notable players

Sources

  1. ^ Baskin, Bruce. "Mexican Baseball History 3: The Mexican Pacific League". Baseball Mexico. Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Historia de los Tomateros de Culiacán". Tomateros de Culiacán official website (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Campeones de la Liga del Pacífico". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Notimex. 28 January 2005. Archived from the original on 19 April 2019. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  4. ^ "¡Adiós al coloso!". Noroeste (in Spanish). 16 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  5. ^ Félix Pico, Jaime (25 August 2022). "Raíces del béisbol en Culiacán". Tus Buenas Noticias (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  6. ^ Meza Pacheco, Ruth Elizabeth (5 August 2025). "La historia de El Tacuarinero, el tren que conectó Altata con Culiacán". El Sol de Sinaloa (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.
  7. ^ Rubio, Jesús Alberto. ""Tacuarineros" y "Queliteros"". Beisbol de los Barrios (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2025.

Further reading

  • Bjarkman, Peter (2005). Diamonds around the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood. ISBN 978-0-31-332268-6


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