Petroleros de Poza Rica

• Location: Poza Rica, Veracruz
• League: Mexican League 1958-1983, 1996-1997, 2006
• Ballpark: Estadio General Heriberto Jara Corona

Team History

The Petroleros de Poza Rica (based in Poza Rica, Veracruz) have been members of the Mexican League on and off since 1958. They were absent from 1984-1995 and 1998-2005. The team won their only pennant in 1959 behind the bat of Aldo Salvent (.317/~.401/.568, 29 HR to tie for the league lead, 16 SB), the pitching of Roberto Vargas (13-3, a league-best 2.55) and the fine two-way play of Diomedes Olivo (21-8, 3.02, tied for the league lead in wins and a .269 average with 5 homers at the plate). They played their home games in Estadio General Heriberto Jara Corona in 2006 but a dispute with the Oil Workers Union, the stadium's owners, led to the club moving mid-season to Cordoba, Veracruz where they became the Cafeteros de Cordoba.

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1958	52-68	5th (t)	Jesus Valenzuela / Pepe Bache	none
1959	84-62	1st	Pepe Bache / Luis "Camaleón" García	Lost in 1st round
1960	65-78	4th	Daniel Ríos / Bernardo Lopez	none
1961	61-72	3rd	Bernardo Lopez	none
1962	51-79	6th	Jose Bache / Walter Graham / Bernardo Lopez	none
1963	66-66	4th (t)	Manuel Arroyo / David Garcia	none
1964	70-70	5th	Memo Garibay	none
1965	64-76	8th	Guillermo Frayde	none
1966	61-79	7th	Tony Castano
1967	65-75	5th	Winston Brown	none
1968	60-79	7th	Winston Brown / Ricardo Garza	none
1969	66-87	7th	Ricardo Garza	none
1970	57-93	10th	David Garcia
1971	61-81	10th	David Garcia / Moises Camacho
1972	65-70	10th	Moises Camacho
1973	79-53	3rd	Moises Camacho	Lost in 1st round
1974	71-65	6th	Moises Camacho
1975	68-67	7th	Moises Camacho
1976	68-67	8th	David Garcia
1977	58-91	14th	George Brunet / David Garcia
1978	67-84	12th	Luis Arroyo / Emilio Sosa / David Garcia
1979	57-74	17th	Emilio Sosa
1980	36-57	18th	David Garcia	none (Player strike)
1981	68-87	15th	Luis Alcaraz
1982	81-49	1st	David Garcia	Lost in 1st round
1983	41-73	16th	David Garcia / Aaron Flores
1996	63-50	4th	Raul Cano / Bernardo Calvo / Jesus Sommers	Lost in 1st round
1997	67-52	3rd (t)	Jesus Sommers	Lost in 1st round
2006	43-64 overall	--		--	Poza Rica moved to Cordoba June 14