Algodoneros de Unión Laguna

• English Name: Union Laguna Cotton Dealers (also translated as Cotton Pickers)
• Location: Torreon, Coahuila
• League: Mexican League 1940-1943, 1946, 1949-1953, 1970-1981, 1985-2002; 2018-present Mexican Center League 1968
• Ballpark: Estadio de la Revolución

Team History

The Algodoneros de Union Laguna (or Union Laguna Cotton Dealers in English) are a Mexican League team. The Torreon-Gomez Palacio franchise of 1946 was listed as the Harriers. It also played in the Mexican Center League in 1968. The club was revived in 1970 under the name Algodoneros del Unión Laguna (Union Laguna refers to the metropolitan area formed by Torreon and its twin city of Gomez Palacio). It was also known as the Diablos Blancos (White Devils) in 1980 and 1981, in reference to Mexico City's famed Red Devils. The team reverted to the Torreon name in 1993 and held it until 2003, during a particularly uncompetitive period. They became the Vaqueros de Laguna in 2003. The Algodoneros only won pennants twice, in 1942 and 1950.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1940	45-41	5th	Matanzas Valdez / Chester Williams	none
1941	45-56	4th	Mel Almada / Manuel Fortes / Martin Dihigo	none
1942	48-40	1st	Martin Dihigo	none League Champs
1943	51-36	2nd	Martin Dihigo	none
1946	50-47	4th	Martin Dihigo	none
1949	39-26	6th / 1st	Memo Garibay	Lost League Finals
1950	48-36	1st / 6th	Memo Garibay	League Champs
1951	45-39	7th / 2nd	Memo Garibay
1952	48-42	2nd	Memo Garibay
1953	27-33	6th	Memo Garibay		Folded in mid-season
1968	71-53	3rd	Pedro Gonzalez	none
1970	68-82	7th	Minnie Minoso
1971	72-76	7th	Minnie Minoso
1972	56-84	12th	Zacatillo Guerrero
1973	65-65	9th	Zacatillo Guerrero
1974	79-57	4th	Zacatillo Guerrero	Lost League Finals
1975	66-70	9th	Zacatillo Guerrero
1976	75-62	4th	Moises Camacho	Lost League Finals
1977	83-67	5th	Moises Camacho	Lost in 1st round
1978	79-72	7th	Moises Camacho	Lost League Finals
1979	66-70	11th	Moises Camacho
1980	46-51	13th	Jesus Diaz	none	season ended by player strike
	19-18	3rd	Jesus Diaz	none	supplemental season
1981	68-58	8th	Felipe Hernandez
1985	61-70	13th	Mario Pelaez / Rodolfo Sandoval / Gerardo Gutierrez
1986	60-65	10th	Wito Conde / Gerardo Gutierrez
1987	58-69	12th	Ramon Montoya
1988	59-69	11th	Alfredo Rios / Mark Weidemaier
1989	73-59	4th	Marco Antonio Vazquez	Lost in 1st round
1990	71-54	4th	Marco Antonio Vazquez	Lost League Finals
1991	57-63	10th	Marco Antonio Vazquez
1992	71-63	6th	Marco Antonio Vazquez / Dave Stockstill	Lost in 2nd round
1993	61-70	12th	Dave Stockstill
1994	72-57	5th	Gregorio Luque	Lost in 1st round
1995	56-57	11th	Francisco Galindo / Herminio Saiz
1996	50-62	11th	Herminio Saiz / Zacatillo Guerrero
1997	48-70	13th	Zacatillo Guerrero
1998	55-67	10th	Zacatillo Guerrero
1999	50-69	12th (t)	Pompeyo Davalillo / Alejandro Lizarraga
2000	56-65	11th	Raul Cano / Juan Jose Lopez
2001	61-59	9th	Francisco Chavez
2002	44-65	13th	Juan Jose Pacho
2018-1	23-34	13th	Ramón Orantes
2018-2	18-39	16th	Ramón Orantes
2019	37-79	16th	Jonathan Aceves
2021	31-33	9th	Omar Malavé	Lost in 1st round