Culiacán, Sinaloa

Culiacán is a city in northwestern Mexico and is the largest city and capital of the state of Sinaloa. It is 150 miles north-west of Mazatlan, Sinaloa and 120 miles south-east of Los Mochis, Sinaloa.

Culiacan hosted the Caribbean Series in 2001 and 2017. It is the site of a youth academy run by Major League Baseball in cooperation with the state government which opened in January 2017.

Teams that have played here

• Tomateros de Culiacán, Mexican Pacific League (1965-present)

People born here

• Miguel Ahumada, writer
• Víctor Álvarez, pitcher
• Édgar Arredondo, minor league pitcher
• Marco Carrillo, minor league pitcher
• Victor Castaneda, minor league pitcher
• Francisco Felix, minor league pitcher
• Leo Germán, minor league outfielder
• Luis Juárez, minor league catcher
• Arnold León, pitcher
• Juan Manuel Ley López, minor league owner
• Arturo López, pitcher
• Joey Meneses, infielder
• Andrés Meza, minor league pitcher
• Mario Meza, minor league pitcher
• Oliver Pérez, pitcher
• Rafael Reyes Nájera, writer; Salón de la Fama
• Daniel Rodríguez, minor league pitcher
• Jesus Sanchez, minor league outfielder
• Julio Urias, pitcher
• Salvador Valdez, minor league pitcher
• Jesús Valenzuela, minor league pitcher; Salón de la Fama
• Jorge Vázquez, infielder
• Amadeo Zazueta, minor league infielder

People who died here

• Renato Vega, winter league executive

Educational establishments

• Cetis 107

Further Reading

• Jesse Sanchez: "MLB unveils 'ambitious' Mexican academy: Inaugural class of 45 prospects includes brother of Dodgers' phenom Urias", mlb.com, February 6, 2017. [1]