Venados de Mazatlán

• Location: Mazatlán, Sinaloa
• League: Mexican Pacific League 1945-1948, 1950-1957, 1965-present
• Stadium: Estadio Teodoro Mariscal

The Venados de Mazatlán (or Mazatlan Deer or Reindeer in English) have been a mainstay of Mexican winter baseball for decades. They won five titles in the winter Pacific Coast League in the 1940s and 1950s and have won eight pennants in the Mexican Pacific League - in 1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009 and 2016. They won their first Caribbean Series in 2005 behind the strong arm of Francisco Campos. They won their second title in 2016 when they swept through the tournament undefeated.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs
1945-46	32-22	Manolo Fortes	Champions
1946-47	26-26	Manolo Fortes
1947-48	25-35	Manolo Fortes
1948-49	37-23	Guillermo Garibay
1949-50	Did not enter
1950-51	30-30	Guillermo Garibay
1951-52	33-27	Guillermo Garibay	Runner-up
1952-53	39-18	Guillermo Garibay	Champions
1953-54	48-32	Guillermo Garibay	Champions
1954-55	47-33	Guillermo Garibay	Champions
1955-56	23-33	Guillermo Garibay
1956-57	31-29	Guillermo Garibay
1957-58	41-21	Guillermo Garibay	Champions
1965-66	36-47	Daniel Rios
1966-67	39-42	Mario Peláez
1967-68	39-51	Guillermo Garibay
1968-69	25-31
1969-70	24-37
1970-71	44-40
1971-72	34-39		Semi-final
1972-73	34-51
1973-74	44-39	Ronaldo Camacho	Champions
1974-75	25-55
1975-76	40-45	Russ Nixon
1976-77	29-36	Miguel Gaspar / Alfredo Ortiz	Champions
1977-78	37-36		1st round
1978-79	35-39
1979-80	36-35
1980-81	40-44
1981-82	36-53
1982-83	36-36		1st round
1983-84	36-34	Benjamin Reyes	1st round
1984-85	33-40	Jorge Calvo / Chico Rodriguez
1985-86	37-35	Carlos Paz	1st round
1986-87	35-27	Carlos Paz	Champions
1987-88	29-28		Semi-final
1988-89	48-37		Semi-final
1989-90	37-31	Benjamin Reyes	Semi-final
1990-91	31-39		Semi-final
1991-92	35-42
1992-93	36-29	Ramón Montoya	Champions
1993-94	40-27		1st round
1994-95	31-25	Ozzie Virgil	Semi-final
1995-96	31-27	Fernando Villaescusa	Runner-up
1996-97	27-35	Marco Antonio Vazquez
1997-98	30-32	Raúl Cano	Champions
1998-99	28-40	Raúl Cano
1999-00	40-28	Raúl Cano	1st round
2000-01	40-28	Tim Johnson	Runner-up
2001-02	38-30	Tim Johnson	Runner-up
2002-03	31-34	Dan Firova	Semi-final
2003-04	40-28	Dan Firova	Semi-final
2004-05	35-30	Dan Firova / J.J. Pacho	Champions
2005-06	35-32	Juan Jose Pacho	Champions
2006-07	38-27	Juan Jose Pacho	Runner-up
2007-08	36-30	J.J. Pacho / Eddie Diaz	Runner-up
2008-09	41-27	Lorenzo Bundy	Champions
2009-10	36-32	Lorenzo Bundy	Runner-up
2010-11	33-35	Lorenzo Bundy	1st round
2011-12	27-41	Homar Rojas / Miguel Ojeda
2012-13	27-40	Carlos Subero / Alfonso Jimenez	1st round
2013-14	26-40	Alfonso Jimenez / Miguel Flores
2014-15	31-36	Miguel Ojeda / J.J. Pacho	1st round
2015-16	38-30	Juan Jose Pacho	Champions
2016-17	29-39	J.J. Pacho / Daniel Fernandez	1st round
2017-18	37-31	Daniel Fernandez	1st round
2018-19	34-34	Juan Jose Pacho	Semi-final
2019-20	31-37	Juan Jose Pacho	Runner-up
2020-21	28-30	J.J. Pacho / Pablo Ortega	1st round
2021-22	29-39	Pablo Ortega / Eddie Diaz

Caribbean Series Appearances

• 1974: Last place
• 1977: 3rd place (t)
• 1987: 3rd place (t)
• 1993: 3rd place (t)
• 1998: 3rd place (t)
• 2005: Champions
• 2006: Last place
• 2009: 2nd place
• 2016: Champions

Source: Viva Beisbol newsletter by Bruce Baskin