Piratas de Sabinas

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Team History[edit]

The Piratas de Sabinas were members of the Mexican League from 1971 to 1973. The team was founded by entrepreneur David Yutani. In 1974 they moved to Monclova, Coahuila and were renamed the Coahuila Miners alternating two games in each city. Ironically, Sabinas is a mountain town whose principal industry is mining, whereas Monclova is a steel town and not a mining city. In any case the present-day Monclova Steelers are the direct descendents of the short-lived Pirates.

Year-by-Year Record[edit]

Year Record Finish Manager Playoffs
1971 62-83 10th Vinicio Garcia May 4 / Roberto Montelongo / Andres Ayon / Manuel Lopez / Jesus Moreno / Ruben Gomez/ Alfonso Preciado
1972 62-76 10th Vinicio Chico Garcia
1973 51-81 15th Benjamin Valenzuela

The players[edit]

Notable foreign and mexican players wore the Piratas uniform; some of them have been inducted in the Mexico's Salon de la Fama. These stars included:

Vinicio García [1] (the first manager, elected to the Salon de la Fama in 1981, died in 2007)

Lorenzo "Carbonero" Lopez

Arnoldo "Kiko" Castro (elected to the Salon de la Fama in 1995)

Rodolfo "Rudy" Sandoval (elected to the Salon de la Fama in 2001)

Wenceslao "Chalayo" Gonzalez

Ricardo Sandate (Texan pitcher candidate for the Salon de la Fama)

Daniel Keller

Richard Wissel

Alfredo Palomino

Donald Anderson

Gilberto Rivera

Antony Barboza Cantú

Rufino Reyes

Benjamín "Papelero" Valenzuela (manager in 1973, elected to the Salon de la Fama in 1986)

Ricardo Byron Quiroz

Francisco Rolando Rivas

Porfirio Ruiz

Carlos "Tiburón" Sandoval

Andrés Ayón (elected to the Salon de la Fama in 1997)

José de Jesús Tovar

Victor Fabela

Wong Kuk Lee (candidate to the Salon de la Fama, of Korean origin, was also called Carlos Ernesto after he became a nationalized Mexican)

William Berzunza (elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995)

Rigoberto Plasencia

Alfonso Cisneros

Eliseo Pompa

Federico "Chichí" Olivo

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