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Sultanes de Monterrey
Mexican professional baseball team
Mexican professional baseball team
| Field | Value | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | Sultanes de Monterrey | |||||||||
| logo | Sultanes de Monterrey logo.svg | |||||||||
| cap_logo | Sultanes de Monterrey cap insignia.svg | |||||||||
| league | Mexican League (1939–present) | |||||||||
| Mexican Pacific League (2019–2025) | ||||||||||
| location | Monterrey, Nuevo León | |||||||||
| stadium | Walmart Park | |||||||||
| founded | ||||||||||
| nickname | *Fantasmas Grises* (Gray Ghosts) | |||||||||
| *Los Muchachos del Regreso* (The Comeback Boys) | ||||||||||
| league_champs | **10** (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007, F2018) | |||||||||
| division_champs | **13** (1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, S2018, F2018, 2022, 2024) | |||||||||
| former_names | {{plainlist | |||||||||
| former_ballparks | {{plainlist | |||||||||
| colors | Navy blue, white, and red | |||||||||
| owner | José Maiz García (50%) | |||||||||
| Grupo Multimedios (50%) | ||||||||||
| president | José Maiz García | |||||||||
| mascot | *Perro Sultán* (Sultan Dog) | |||||||||
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| manager | Henry Blanco | |||||||||
| website |
Mexican Pacific League (2019–2025) Los Muchachos del Regreso (The Comeback Boys)
- Industriales de Monterrey (1942–1948)
- Carta Blanca (1939–1941)
- Parque Cuauhtémoc
- Parque Cuauhtémoc y Famosa
Grupo Multimedios (50%)
The Sultanes de Monterrey () are a professional baseball club in the Mexican League (LMB) based in Monterrey, Mexico. Established in 1939 as Carta Blanca, the Sultanes have won ten LMB titles, most recently in 2018. From 2019 to 2025, the club also fielded a team in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP), which plays a winter league schedule; they were the easternmost team to participate in the LMP.
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). The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes. 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.
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.
In April 2025, it was announced that the Sultanes' LMP franchise would relocate to Nayarit, marking the end of the Sultanes' participation in the Mexican Pacific League after six seasons.
Roster
Retired numbers
The Sultanes de Monterrey have retired the following numbers:
| **José | |
|---|---|
| Maíz Mier** | |
| President | |
| 1982–2006 | |
| Retired | |
| 22 March 2007 | **Daniel |
| Ríos** | |
| P | |
| 1941–1952 | |
| Retired | |
| 21 May 1995 | **Epitacio Torres** |
| RF | |
| 1939–1956 | |
| Retired | |
| 16 May 1994 | **Vinicio |
| García** | |
| 2B | |
| 1960–1965 | |
| Retired | |
| 11 June 1999 | **Felipe Montemayor** |
| CF | |
| 1964–1966 | |
| Retired | |
| 20 May 2006 | **Lázaro Salazar** |
| Manager | |
| 1942–1951 | |
| Retired | |
| 21 May 1998 | **Miguel |
| Flores** | |
| 2B | |
| 1995–2009 | |
| Retired | |
| 10 July 2011 | **Héctor |
| Espino** | |
| 1B | |
| 1962–1970 | |
| Retired | |
| 18 June 1996 | **Arturo González** |
| P | |
| 1976–1984 | |
| Retired | |
| 25 May 1997 |
Championships
| Season | Manager | Opponent | Series score | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUB Lázaro Salazar | No final series | 53–37 | ||
| CUB Lázaro Salazar | No final series | 70–47 | ||
| CUB Lázaro Salazar | No final series | 50–35 | ||
| CUB Lázaro Salazar | Unión Laguna de Torreón | 4–0 | 56–33 | |
| CUB Clemente Carreras | No final series | 77–53 | ||
| MEX Aurelio Rodríguez | Diablos Rojos del México | 4–3 | 94–44 | |
| USA Derek Bryant | Diablos Rojos del México | 4–0 | 77–52 | |
| USA Derek Bryant | Diablos Rojos del México | 4–1 | 94–38 | |
| DOM Félix Fermín | Leones de Yucatán | 4–3 | 81-44 | |
| PAN Roberto Kelly | Guerreros de Oaxaca | 4–2 | 46–29 | |
| **Total championships** | **10** |
Average home league attendance
| Season | Total attendance | Home average | Ref. | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 374,630 | 7,068 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 977,508 | 17,773 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 491,630 | 9,640 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 658,494 | 12,424 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 204,701 | 4,178 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 356,757 | 6,731 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 430,421 | 8,440 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 645,303 | 11,321 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 590,694 | 11,145 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 687,642 | 11,856 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 517,235 | 9,404 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 690,309 | 12,784 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 659,791 | 11,575 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 563,297 | 10,058 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 556,872 | 9,770 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| *Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 149,011 | 4,657 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 382,048 | 8,490 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 371,262 | 8,438 |
The Sultanes led LMB in average per game attendance every season from 2012 through 2017.
References
References
- Rodarte, Ernesto. (20 May 2021). "LMB vuelve con más fuerza que nunca para su temporada 2021".
- (20 May 2020). "Sultanes de Monterrey celebra 81 años de grandeza".
- (2012). "Monterrey en el espejo". Fondo Editorial de Nuevo Leon.
- Ibarra, Horacio. (1 April 2016). "Una historia monumental".
- [https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/team.cgi?city=Monterrey&state=&country=MX&empty=0 Monterrey, Mexico Encyclopedia]. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
- Razo, Alejandra. (10 April 2025). "LMP: ¡Adiós a los Fantasmas Grises! Se aprueba venta de Sultanes y se confirma la nueva franquicia".
- Arrieta, Oscar. (15 April 2025). "¡Oficial! Sultanes de Monterrey se despide de LMP y Jaguares de Nayarit tomará su lugar".
- (18 March 2016). "Sultanes y sus números retirados".
- "Leyendas".
- "Quién es quién 2024". Liga Mexicana de Beisbol.
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