Naranjeros de Hermosillo

• Location: Hermosillo, Sonora
• League: Mexican Pacific League 1952-present
• Stadium: Estadio Sonora

Team History

The Naranjeros de Hermosillo (Orange Growers) have been a winter league powerhouse for decades. Their 18 league titles since the modern era began in 1958 are the most in league history. In 1976, the Orange Growers won the Caribbean Series for the first time; guiding them was legendary manager Benjamin Reyes. The Series MVP was Héctor Espino. They won their second title in 2014, when they were managed by Matt Carrillo and the MVP was Chris Roberson. Curt Schilling and Larry Walker are some other Notable alumni.

Year-by Year Record

Year	Record	Manager	Playoffs
1952-53	19-37	Virgilio Arteaga
1953-54	39-41	Tomás Arroyo
1954-55	44-36	Tomás Arroyo	Runner-up
1955-56	30-26	Tomás Arroyo	Champions
1956-57	40-20	Tomás Arroyo	Champions
1957-58	23-17	Tomás Arroyo
1958-59	22-14	Virgilio Arteaga	Runner-up
1959-60	12-24	Virgilio Arteaga
1960-61	35-19	Virgilio Arteaga	Champions
1961-62	39-21	Virgilio Arteaga	Champions
1962-63	31-29	Virgilio Arteaga
1963-64	47-33	Leonardo Rodríguez	Champions
1964-65	45-35
1965-66	40-44
1966-67	43-41	Orestes Miñoso
1967-68	40-53	Orestes Miñoso / Manuel Magallón
1968-69	31-28
1969-70	34-29
1970-71	56-31	Maury Wills	Champions
1971-72	37-36
1972-73	55-31	George Noga	Semi-final
1973-74	47-39	Jim Mahoney	Semi-final
1974-75	50-32	Maury Wills / Benjamin Reyes	Champions
1975-76	49-37	Benjamin Reyes	Champions
1976-77	40-25	Benjamin Reyes	1st round
1977-78	45-28		Semi-final
1978-79	36-36	Benjamin Reyes	Runner-up
1979-80	51-23	Benjamin Reyes	Champions
1980-81	44-41	Benjamin Reyes	Runner-up
1981-82	54-36	Tom Harmon	Champions
1982-83	33-38		Runner-up
1983-84	38-35	Russ Nixon	1st round
1984-85	34-38	Russ Nixon	Semi-final
1985-86	33-40	Russ Nixon	1st round
1986-87	36-25		1st round
1987-88	33-25		Semi-final
1988-89	38-44	Bump Wills / Tim Johnson
1989-90	46-23	Tim Johnson	Champions
1990-91	35-32	Tim Johnson	1st round
1991-92	37-37	Maximino León / Tim Johnson	Champions
1992-93	35-32	Tim Johnson
1993-94	37-31	Mario Mendoza / Marv Foley	Champions
1994-95	28-28	Marv Foley / Derek Bryant	Champions
1995-96	34-24	Derek Bryant	Semi-final
1996-97	34-28	Derek Bryant	Runner-up
1997-98	27-34	Derek Bryant
1998-99	38-29	Derek Bryant	Semi-final
1999-00	38-29	Tim Johnson	Runner-up
2000-01	40-28	Derek Bryant	Champions
2001-02	37-31	Derek Bryant	Semi-final
2002-03	36-30	Derek Bryant	1st round
2003-04	36-30	Lee Sigman	Semi-final
2004-05	28-38	Tom Gamboa / Pat Kelly
2005-06	34-33	Pat Kelly / Lorenzo Bundy	Semi-final
2006-07	41-26	Lorenzo Bundy	Champions
2007-08	32-36	Lorenzo Bundy / Derek Bryant
2008-09	36-32	Francisco Estrada / Vinny Castilla	Semi-final
2009-10	39-29	Homar Rojas	Champions
2010-11	38-30	Homar Rojas / Ever Magallanes	1st round
2011-12	36-32	Ever Magallanes / Bill Plummer	1st round
2012-13	33-35	Bill Plummer / Homar Rojas	1st round
2013-14	42-25	Matias Carrillo	Champions
2014-15	28-40	Matias Carrillo / Derek Bryant
2015-16	27-40	Delino DeShields / Lorenzo Bundy
2016-17	34-34	Lorenzo Bundy	Semi-final
2017-18	33-34	Lorenzo Bundy	1st round
2018-19	37-31	Bronswell Patrick	1st round
2019-20	38-27	Vinny Castilla	1st round
2020-21	33-23	Juan Navarette	Runner-up
2021-22	36-32	Juan Navarette / Juan Castro	1st round

Caribbean Series Appearances

• 1971: 2nd place (t)
• 1975: 2nd place (t)
• 1976: Champions
• 1980: Last place
• 1982: 3rd place (t)
• 1990: Last place
• 1992: 3rd place
• 1994: Last place
• 1995: 3rd place (t)
• 2001: 2nd place (t)
• 2007: Last place
• 2010: 3rd place
• 2014: Champions