Rojos del Águila de Veracruz
| Veracruz Red Eagles | |||
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| League | Mexican League (South Zone) | ||
| Location | Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico | ||
| Ballpark | Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila | ||
| Year founded | 1903 | ||
| League championships | 1937, 1938, 1952, 1961, 1970, 2012 | ||
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| Mascot | "Junior" | ||
| Manager | Lino Connell | ||
| President | José Antonio Mansur Galán | ||
| Website | www |
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The Rojos del Águila de Veracruz (English: Veracruz Red Eagles) is a Triple-A level baseball team playing in the Mexican Baseball League of Minor League Baseball.
They play at the Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila in Veracruz, Veracruz.
Baseball was introduced to Veracruz during the early 20th century by employees of American and British oil companies. Native employees began to take an interest in the games, played by the managers of these companies, who then purchased uniforms for the new players. The uniforms they purchased were red, which had a lasting effect on future baseball teams in Veracruz. Mexican Eagle Petroleum Co., a Mexican oil company now known as Pemex, was the inspiration for the name of the first baseball club founded in Veracruz, the Rojos del Águila ("Red Eagles"), founded on September 16, 1903.
One of the original teams of the Mexican Baseball League, Águila won its first championship titles in 1937 and 1938, when the league was recently organized and began to keep statistics. Agustín Green was the team's manager at the time. Subsequent titles came in 1952 and 1961, both under Santos Amaro's management, and Enrique Izquierdo led the team to its fifth win in 1970. Their sixth win in 2012 was under manager Pedro Meré. They are one of the most recognized teams in the Mexican League.
Águila played in the Veracruz Sports Park until 1986, when the team retired from the league. When the team returned in 1992, it adopted Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila as the new headquarters.
The Eagles won their first championship title in 1937, under Cuban Agustín Green, in an official championship and inaugural Mexican Baseball League game. Martin Dihigo'soutstanding performance, both on the pitching mound and in the batter's box, was a major contributing factor to their win. The team included field players Augustine "Pijini" Bejarano, Felino Cardenas Estaquillo Martinez, Martin "El Maestro" Dihigo, Francisco Medina, Alberto Cornejo, Nero Arjona, Donato "Toco" Aldama, Ramon Michelena, Antonio Tenorio, Julian Ramirez Pajón and Augustine Green; and pitchers Gustavo Ortiz, Martin Dihigo, Sabas Mora and Carlos Rubio. Sabas Mora holds the win-loss record at 7-0 with an ERA of 2.09, and Martin Dihigo is credited with winning the three games in a row needed to win the series.
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