1964 Mexican Baseball League season

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1964 Mexican League season
LeagueMexican League
SportBaseball
Duration26 March – 16 August
Teams8
Season championsDiablos Rojos del México

The 1964 Mexican League season was the 40th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by eight teams. The season started on 26 March and finished on 16 August.[1] Diablos Rojos del México won their second championship after finishing first with a 82–58 record, three games ahead of the Pericos de Puebla, led by manager Tomás Herrera.[2]

The competition format was the same used since the 1952 season where the team with the best win-loss record by the end of the season would be the champion.

Standings

1964 Mexican League standings[3]
Pos Team W L Pct. GB
1 Diablos Rojos del México8258.586—
2 Pericos de Puebla7961.5643.0
3 El Águila de Veracruz7862.5574.0
4 Tigres de México7663.5475.5
5 Petroleros de Poza Rica7070.50012.0
6 Sultanes de Monterrey6674.47116.0
7 Broncos de Reynosa6179.43621.0
8 Charros de Jalisco4792.33834.5

League leaders

Batting leaders[4]
Stat Player Team Total
AVG Mexico Héctor EspinoMonterrey.371
HR Mexico Héctor EspinoMonterrey46
RBI Panama Bobby PrescottPoza Rica123
R Mexico Héctor EspinoMonterrey118
H Mexico Alfredo RíosMonterrey189
SB Mexico Armando MurilloTigres21
Pitching leaders[5]
Stat Player Team Total
ERA Panama Fernando OsorioVeracruz2.56
W Mexico Miguel SoteloPuebla17
K Cuba Ramón LópezMonterrey213

Awards

AwardPlayerTeamRef.
Rookie of the Year Mexico Elpidio OsunaPoza Rica[6]

References

  1. "La Liga Mexicana pone hoy en marcha su torneo 1964". El Informador (in Spanish). 26 March 1964. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  2. Morales, Tomás (29 May 2015). "1964: el año de Diablos y Tomás Herrera". MiLB.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  3. "Quién es quién 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 396. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  4. "Quién es quién 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 437. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  5. "Quién es quién 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 485. Retrieved 24 July 2024.
  6. "Un 17 de diciembre pero de 1944 nace Elpidio Osuna". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). 18 December 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2024.