2024 Mexican League season

The 2024 Mexican League season is the 99th season in the history of the baseball Mexican League (LMB). The league is contested by 20 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 11 April with the series between the defending champions Pericos de Puebla and Diablos Rojos del México and will end on 11 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, the Mexican League championship series.^[1][2]

2024 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	11 April – 11 September
Number of games	930^[1]
Number of teams	20
Serie del Rey
LMB seasons
← 2023 2025 →

Team changes

The number of teams increased from eighteen in 2023 to twenty in 2024 (the last time that twenty teams contested the league was in 1979) with four new franchises joining the LMB for this season.^[3]

Dorados de Chihuahua and Conspiradores de Querétaro joined the league as expansion teams. The Dorados first played in the Mexican League in 1940 and had since played in the league in several stints, the most recent being from 2007 to 2010, while the Conspiradores were established in 2023, bringing professional baseball to Querétaro for the first time.^[4][5]

Charros de Jalisco returned to the LMB after purchasing the Mariachis de Guadalajara; Charros last played in the Mexican League in 1995 and joined the Mexican Pacific League in 2014.^[6][7] Caliente de Durango, owned by Grupo Caliente, replaced Generales de Durango after the league suspended the Generales due to its owner's legal problems.^[8][9]

Standings

(Current through 17 May 2024)

North^[10] Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK 1 Sultanes de Monterrey 22 9 .710 – W3 2 Saraperos de Saltillo 19 12 .613 3.0 W6 3 Toros de Tijuana 18 13 .581 4.0 L3 4 Acereros de Monclova 16 15 .516 6.0 L1 5 Algodoneros de Unión Laguna 16 15 .516 6.0 W2 6 Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos 15 16 .484 7.0 L4 7 Caliente de Durango 13 18 .419 9.0 W1 8 Rieleros de Aguascalientes 13 18 .419 9.0 W1 9 Charros de Jalisco 12 19 .387 10.0 L1 10 Dorados de Chihuahua 11 20 .355 11.0 L2

South^[10] Rank Team W L Pct. GB STK 1 Diablos Rojos del México 25 6 .806 — W2 2 Leones de Yucatán 19 12 .613 6.0 W3 3 Pericos de Puebla 19 12 .613 6.0 W1 4 El Águila de Veracruz 16 14 .533 8.5 W1 5 Bravos de León 15 16 .484 10.0 L1 6 Olmecas de Tabasco 15 16 .484 10.0 L1 7 Conspiradores de Querétaro 14 17 .452 11.0 L3 8 Guerreros de Oaxaca 14 17 .452 11.0 W2 9 Tigres de Quintana Roo 9 22 .290 16.0 L3 10 Piratas de Campeche 8 22 .267 16.5 L2

League leaders

(Current through 17 May 2024)

Batting leaders^[11] Stat Player Team Total AVG   Vimael Machín Jalisco .437 HR   Jerar Encarnación Oaxaca 19 RBI   Kennys Vargas Dos Laredos 39 R   Leonys Martín Querétaro 33   Jerar Encarnación Oaxaca H   Wilfredo Tovar Aguascalientes 52   Vimael Machín Jalisco SB   Daniel Amaral Monclova 13   Juan Pérez Monclova

Pitching leaders^[11] Stat Player Team Total W   Jorge Pérez Tijuana 5   Tyler Viza Monterrey ERA   Trevor Bauer México 1.80 K   Trevor Bauer México 55 IP   César Valdez Yucatán 45.0 SV   Julián Fernández Veracruz 10

Notes

References

1. "LMB: ¡Calendario oficial de la temporada 2024 de la Liga Mexicana de Beisbol!". MiLB.com (in Spanish). 16 November 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
2. "Diablos Rojos barre a los campeones Pericos en serie inaugural". La Jornada (in Spanish). 13 April 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
3. Boada Nájera, Miguel (14 November 2023). "LMB: ¿Cuántas veces ha tenido 20 equipos en una temporada?". Séptima Entrada (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
4. "Chihuahua y Querétaro entran a la LMB; Expansión de 20 equipos e inclusión de Charros". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 13 November 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
5. "Querétaro y Chihuahua, las dos nuevas franquicias de la LMB para la temporada 2024". Marca (in Spanish). 12 April 2023. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
6. "Los Charros de Jalisco regresan a la LMB". MiLB.com. 14 November 2023. Retrieved 14 November 2023.
7. Meza, Carlos (13 November 2023). "LMB aprueba expansión a 20 equipos; se une Charros de Jalisco". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 14 November 2023.
8. "Grupo Caliente será el dueño del nuevo equipo de Durango en la LMB". Mediotiempo.com (in Spanish). 7 March 2024. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
9. Lastra Guerrero, Gilberto (19 March 2024). "Presentan el nombre, logo y uniforme del equipo de Durango de la LMB". Milenio (in Spanish). Retrieved 24 April 2024.
10. "Standings". MiLB.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.
11. "Stats". MiLB.com. Retrieved 24 April 2024.