1981 Mexican League season

1981 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March – September 9
Number of games	993
Number of teams	16
Serie Final
Champions	Diablos Rojos del México
Runners-up	Broncos de Reynosa

The 1981 Mexican League season was the 57th season in the history of the Mexican League in baseball. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on March and ended on 9 September with the last game of the Serie Final, where Diablos Rojos del México defeated Broncos de Reynosa to win the championship.^[1]

Standings

North Northeast[2] Rank Team W L T Pct. GB 1 Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo 75 50 1 .600 — 2 Broncos de Reynosa 62 64 1 .492 13.5 3 Sultanes de Monterrey 59 69 0 .461 17.5 4 Rieleros de Aguascalientes 57 70 2 .449 19.0 Northwest[2] Rank Team W L T Pct. GB 1 Saraperos de Saltillo 72 52 2 .581 — 2 Indios de Ciudad Juárez 71 57 0 .555 3.0 3 Diablos Blancos de Unión Laguna 68 58 1 .540 5.0 4 Dorados de Chihuahua 36 90 1 .286 37.0

South Southeast[2] Rank Team W L T Pct. GB 1 Diablos Rojos del México 75 47 5 .615 — 2 Piratas de Campeche 71 50 3 .587 3.5 3 Leones de Yucatán 72 51 3 .585 3.5 4 Petroleros de Poza Rica 38 87 0 .304 38.5 Southwest[2] Rank Team W L T Pct. GB 1 Tigres Capitalinos 65 56 3 .537 — 2 Azules de Coatzacoalcos 62 60 3 .508 3.5 3 Plataneros de Tabasco 59 59 3 .500 4.5 4 Rojos del Águila de Veracuz 51 73 4 .411 15.5

Postseason

First stage

Zone Finals

Serie Final

NE1

Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

4

NW2

Indios de Ciudad Juárez

2

NE1

Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

1

North

NE2

Broncos de Reynosa

4

NW1

Saraperos de Saltillo

0

NE2

Broncos de Reynosa

4

N

Broncos de Reynosa

3

S

Diablos Rojos del México

4

SE1

Diablos Rojos del México

4

SW2

Azules de Coatzacoalcos

1

SE1

Diablos Rojos del México

4

South

SE2

Piratas de Campeche

3

SW1

Tigres Capitalinos

1

SE2

Piratas de Campeche

4

League leaders

Batting leaders[3] Stat Player Team Total AVG Willie Norwood Broncos de Reynosa .365 HR Andrés Mora Saraperos de Saltillo 23 RBI Andrés Mora Saraperos de Saltillo 93 H Roberto Rodríguez Diablos Rojos del México 165 SB Dell Alston Leones de Yucatán 37 SLG Greg Biagini Indios de Ciudad Juárez .583

Pitching leaders[3] Stat Player Team Total ERA Vicente Romo Azules de Coatzacoalcos 1.40 W Rafael García Indios de Ciudad Juárez 20 SV Antonio Pulido Piratas de Campeche 27 K Rafael García Indios de Ciudad Juárez 187

Awards

LMB Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Teodoro Higuera	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	[4]

References

1. "En 1981, séptimo campeonato escarlata" (in Spanish). MiLB. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
2. "1981 Mexican League". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
3. "Quién es quién 2021" (PDF). MiLB (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 228. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
4. Miranda Madrid, José (3 May 2021). "Teodoro Higuera; de los faraones a las grandes ligas". El Diario del Noroeste (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2021.