Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila

(Redirected from Beto Ávila Stadium) This article is about the baseball stadium in Cancún. For the baseball stadium in the city of Veracruz, see Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila.

Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila
Construction
Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila main entrance in 2007

Location	Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico
Coordinates	21°9′9.09″N 86°50′12.70″W / 21.1525250°N 86.8368611°W / 21.1525250; -86.8368611
Capacity	9,785
Renovated	2006
Tenants
Marlins de Cancún (1980s) Langosteros de Quintana Roo (1996–1997) Tigres de Quintana Roo (2007–present)

Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila is a stadium in Cancún, Mexico. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the home field of the Quintana Roo Tigres Mexican League baseball team. It has a capacity of 9,785 people. It is named to honor Beto Ávila the former Mexican major league baseball (known as Bobby Avila in the U. S.) most remembered for his years with the Cleveland Indians (1949–58) where he won the American League batting title in 1954 with an average of .341, and where he was selected to the AL All Star Team in 1952, '54, and '55. After splitting time with the Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox, and Milwaukee Braves in 1959, his last year of active play (1960) was with the Tigres del México.

In the 1980s the park, originally with a capacity of 4,500 was the homefield of the Marlins de Cancún. It became an LMB park in 1996 when the Langosteros de Quintana Roo (Quintana Roo Lobstermen) were promoted to that league. The park was expanded to seat 7,000. However, after the Lobstermen left Cancún the stadium was heavily damaged by Hurricane Wilma in October 2005. In 2006 renovations were undertaken to rebuild and expand the stadium and draw an LMB team back to Cancún. After the 28 million peso renovation the Tigres played the 2007 season with Beto Ávila as their homefield.

References

Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. "Quién es quién 2023" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. Retrieved 6 September 2023.
^ ":.TIGRES DE QUINTANAROO.: Estadio" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2011-06-22.
Goldstein, Richard (28 October 2004). "Bobby Avila, 78, One of the First Prominent Latin Major Leaguers". The New York Times. Retrieved 4 July 2011.
"World Stadiums - Stadiums in Mexico :: Yucatán Peninsula". Archived from the original on 2011-09-26. Retrieved 2011-06-23.

v t e Tigres de Quintana Roo
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

v t e Ballparks in the Mexican League
North Zone	Estadio Chevron Estadio de Béisbol Francisco I. Madero Estadio de Béisbol Monclova Estadio Francisco Villa Estadio Mobil Super Estadio Revolución Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez Parque la Junta Uni-Trade Stadium
South Zone	Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú Estadio Centenario 27 de Febrero Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán Estadio Domingo Santana Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos Estadio Nelson Barrera Estadio Universitario Beto Ávila Parque Kukulcán Alamo

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