Mexican League baseball team
The Cafeteros de Córdoba (English: Córdoba Coffee Growers) were a Mexican League baseball team that played on-and-off, in various incarnations, from 1937 to 2006, based in Córdoba, Veracruz.[1]
The team played on and off for a duration not last more than a decade:
- 1937 to 1939
- 1972 to 1979
- 1984 to 1986
- 1991 to 1992
- 1998 to 2003
- 2006
Championships
It won the league championship in 1939 and 1972.[2] Led by player-manager Lázaro Salazar, the Cafeteros won the 1939 Mexican League championship by finishing first with a 46–12 record.[3]
Ballpark
Other than the first two seasons, the team has played its home games at Estadio De Béisbol Beisborama 72. From 1937 to 1939 the team played at Parque Cuauhtémoc de Monterrey in Monterrey.
Roster
New Cafeteros (2007)
The team name re-emerged in 2007 in the Veracruz Winter League and plays at the same stadium.
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