Veracruz League

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The Veracruz League, technically known as the Liga Invernal Veracruzana de Béisbol Profesional "Beto Ávila", was a winter league founded in 2005. All teams were located in the Mexican state Veracruz. A league of the same name existed in the 1940s-1960s; Bobby Avila began his playing career with them. It was Mexico's secondary winter loop, as the Mexican Pacific League is a much higher circuit. League champions qualifed for the Latin American Series. An earlier version of the league ran from 1952-1953 to 1962-1963.

League Champions[edit]

Team won the Latin American Series
Year Champion Manager
2005-06 Broncos de Cosamaloapan Ramon Arano
2006-07 Gallos de Santa Rosa Ramón Montoya
2007-08 Chileros de Xalapa Rafael Castañeda Ramírez
2008-09 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2009-10 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2010-11 Chileros de Xalapa Shammar Almeida Escamilla
2011-12 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2012-13 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2013-14 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2014-15 Brujos de Los Tuxtlas Pedro Meré
2015-16 Tobis de Acayucan José Ángel Chávez
2016-17 League on hiatus
2017-18 League on hiatus
2018-19 Tobis de Acayucan Félix Tejeda Sánchez
2019-20 League on hiatus