Mexico Tigres
| Tigres de Quintana Roo | |||||
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| League | Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Zona Sur) | ||||
| Location | Cancún, Quintana Roo | ||||
| Ballpark | Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila | ||||
| Year founded | 1955 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | "El equipo que nació campeón" | ||||
| League championships | 12 (1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||||
| Division championships | 18 (1955, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||||
| Former name(s) | Tigres de la Angelopolis | ||||
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| Colors |
Navy blue, orange, white |
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| Ownership | Fernando Valenzuela (34%), Carlos Orvañanos (33%) and José Guillén (33%) | ||||
| Manager | Roberto Vizcarra | ||||
| General Manager | Francisco Minjarez García | ||||
| President | Cuauhtemoc Rodriguez Meza | ||||
| Media | [106.7FM], 105.1FM | ||||
| Website | www |
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Navy blue, orange, white
The Quintana Roo Tigers (Spanish: Tigres de Quintana Roo) also known as Mexico Tigers (Spanish: Tigres del México) is a Triple-A baseball team located in Cancun, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (Zona Sur) of the Mexican Baseball League. Tigres was founded in Mexico City in 1955 and played there through the 2006 season. Tigres has a competitive and long-standing rivalry known as Guerra Civil (Civil War) against their former crosstown rivals Diablos Rojos del Mexico. Tigres is a perennial powerhouse and has won 18 division and 12 league championships since their inception.
Tigres was founded by industrial businessman Alejo Peralta was owned by his son Carlos Peralta for a long time. The team was purchased by MLB All-Star LHP Fernando Valenzuela in 2017. Tigres won the Mexican League championship in its inaugural season, an achievement that has never been matched, and is dubbed: "El equipo que nació campeón" (English: The team that was born as champion).
On April 14, 1955 Tigres made its debut at Julio Molina's baseball park in Mérida, Yucatán. Their inaugural game represented the hard determination of entrepreneur Don Alejo Peralta y Díaz Cevallos to support the sport that by then was submerged in a financial crisis.
The team has won twelve championships to date. (1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015)
In commemoration of the first 50 years of its foundation an alternate logo was designed. The Tigres played their 50th season relying only on Mexican players, and that made the championship more significant. Furthermore, the 2005 season was named "Ing. Alejo Peralta" in memory of the Tigres' founder, and father of the current owner.
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