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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
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 Tigres Capitalinos
Former ballparks	Parque del Seguro Social (1955–99) Foro Sol (2000–01) Parque Hermanos Serdan (2002–05)
Colors	Navy blue, orange, white
Ownership	Fernando Valenzuela and Linda Burgos
Manager	C. J. Retherford
President	Fernando Valenzuela Burgos
Media	106.7FM, 105.1FM
Website	tigresqroo.com

The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (Zona Sur). The team has won twelve championships to date: 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2015.

The Tigres were founded in Mexico City in 1955 as the Tigres del México (English: Mexico Tigers), and played there through the 2001 season. After a brief stint in Puebla as the Tigres de la Angelópolis, the team relocated to Cancún. The team was founded by industrial businessman Alejo Peralta, and was long owned by his son, Carlos Peralta. The team was purchased by an ownership group including Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela in 2017.

They have a competitive and long-standing rivalry known as the Guerra Civil (Civil War) against their former crosstown rivals the Diablos Rojos del México. The Tigres won the Mexican League championship in their inaugural season, an achievement that has never been matched, and was dubbed: "El equipo que nació campeón" (English: The team that was born as champion). The Tigres are a perennial powerhouse and have won 18 division and 12 league championships since their inception.

Franchise history

On 14 April 1955, the Tigres made their debut at the Julio Molina ballpark in Mérida, Yucatán.

In 1966, the Tigres toured Japan, losing all their 13 games played against Japanese teams.

Tigres Capitalinos

The Tigres played in Mexico City from its inception until 2001, when the team moved to Puebla City. The team was known as Tigres del México or Tigres Capitalinos. During these years, the team played at the Parque del Seguro Social and later at the Foro Sol, starting in 2000, after the Parque del Seguro Social was demolished in order to build a shopping mall.

On their last two seasons in Mexico City, the Tigres won back to back championships, defeating rivals Diablos Rojos del México.

Move to Puebla

In 2002, the team moved to Puebla and changed its name to Tigres de la Angelópolis.

50th anniversary season

In commemoration of their first 50 years of competition, an alternate logo was designed in 2005. The Tigres played their 50th season relying only on Mexican players, making the championship more significant. Furthermore, the 2005 season was named "Ing. Alejo Peralta" in memory of the Tigres' founder and father of the then-owner.

New home for 2007

At the end of the 2006 season, the club's president, Carlos Peralta, announced that the team would move to the city of Cancún, Quintana Roo. The team was renamed the Quintana Roo Tigres, and began play in Beto Ávila Stadium.

Carrillo and Vizcarra era (2009–present)

For the 2009 season, Enrique "Che" Reyes was replaced by Matías Carrillo as manager. Carrillo, a former major league player for the Florida Marlins, had been a successful player for Tigres from the late 1990s to the mid-2000s having won five championships as player. The Tigres continued to be a competitive squad under Carrillo and reached the 2009 final series, but lost to Saraperos de Saltillo. It was two years later, in 2011, when the team reached the final once more, this time facing their perennial rival: the Diablos Rojos del Mexico.

2011 championship

In 2011, the Tigres and Diablos would play their eighth finals series against each other since 1966. The Tigres entered the 2011 series as an underdog. Nevertheless, the best-out-of-seven series ended with a 4–0 sweep against Diablos before a sell-out crowd (with a large presence of Tigres supporters) at Foro Sol.

2013 championship

Despite injuries to key Tigres players, the team won its eleventh championship against the Sultanes de Monterrey, 4–1, in a best-out-of-seven series.

Championship games

Logos and colors

• The Tigres' former logo in Mexico City
• Tigres' former logo in Cancún

Roster

Retired numbers

Alejo Peralta President   Retired April 8, 1997 Héctor Espino 1B   Retired June 6, 1998 Jose Rodriguez SS   Retired August 9, 2010 Matias Carrillo OF   Retired August 9, 2010

Mexican Baseball Hall of Famers

The following Hall of Famers played and/or managed for the Tigres.

Notable players

• Julio Franco (First Baseman)
• Tyler Herron (1986-2021) (Pitcher)
• Fernando "el Pulpo" Remes (Shortstop)
• Ismael Valdez (Pitcher)
• Pablo Ortega (Pitcher)
• Karim García (Outfielder)
• Jorge Cantú (Infielder)
• Daryle Ward (First baseman/Outfielder)

References

1. "Los Tigres están en la cima - Beisbol - ESPN Deportes". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
2. Ravelo, Vania (20 August 2011). "Tambores de guerra" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
3. "Tigres celebra con su afición" (in Spanish). La Aficion. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
4. Morales, Tomás (11 November 2014). "Todo comenzó en Osaka". El Siglo de Torreón (in Spanish). Retrieved 21 June 2024.
5. "A 20 años del último juego en el PDSS". Tigres de Quintana Roo (in Spanish). 1 June 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
6. "Con un bicampeonato se despiden de la CDMX". Tigres de Quintana Roo (in Spanish). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2022.
7. "El club Tigres deja Puebla y se mudará al balneario de Cancún". La Nación (in Spanish). EFE. 18 October 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
8. Bencomo, Héctor (21 August 2011). "Se abrirá el infierno" (in Spanish). Vanguardia. Retrieved 27 August 2011.
9. Rodriguez, Salvador (26 August 2011). "Los Tigres dedican triunfo a Matías Carrillo y a todo Cancún" (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2011.
10. "Biografías - Alejo Peralta y Díaz de Ceballos" (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
11. "Biografías - Arnoldo "Kiko" Castro" (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
12. "Biografías - Aurelio Rodríguez" (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.
13. "Biografías - Benjamín Cerda" (in Spanish). Monterrey, Mexico: Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 26 July 2011.

External links

• Official website (in Spanish)

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Franchise	History
Ballparks	Estadio Beto Ávila (2007–present) Parque Hermanos Serdan (2003-2006) Foro Sol (2000-2002) Parque del Seguro Social (1955-1999)
Culture	Sistema Peralta El "Mago" Septién Fernando Valenzuela
Hall of Fame	Alejo Peralta Arnoldo Castro Aurelio Rodríguez Benjamín Cerda Beto Ávila Celerino Sánchez Felipe Montemayor Fermín Vázquez Francisco Rodríguez Francisco Maytorena George Brunet Gregorio Luque Guillermo Garibay Jack Pierce Jaime Corella José Bache Leonardo Rodríguez Lino Donoso Miguel Sotelo Miguel Suarez Miguel Fernández Becerril Oscar Rodríguez Roberto Méndez Rodolfo Sandoval Ronaldo Camacho Sergio Robles Vicente Romo
Retired numbers	1 21 23 24
Championships (12)	1955 1960 1965 1966 1992 1997 2000 2001 2005 2011 2013 2015
El equipo que nació campeón

• Baseball teams in Mexico
• Sports clubs and teams in Cancún
• Baseball teams established in 1955
• Mexican League teams
• 1955 establishments in Mexico