Algodoneros de San Luis

Algodoneros de San Luis (English: San Luis Cotton Growers) are a Mexican professional baseball team based in San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora. They play as a member of the Liga Norte de Mexico, a Minor League Baseball-organized farm system in Mexico and play their home games at Estadio Andres Mena Montijo de San Luis.

Algodoneros de San Luis
Minor league affiliations
Previous classesDoble-A
Previous leagues
Liga Norte de Mexico (2013)
Major league affiliations
Previous teamsUnaffiliated
Minor league titles
League titles 0
Division titles 1 (1998, 2000, 2002, 2003)
Team data
Previous names
  • Algodoneros de San Luis
  • Soles de San Luis (70's)
Previous parks
Estadio Andres Mena Montijo

The Algodoneros are one of the most successful teams in the league, having won three LNM titles.

Team history

The franchise actually was a descendant of the Triple-A Los Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (Two Laredo Owls) before moving to Tijuana to become the Toros de Tijuana in 2004. They made the playoffs in their debut season. But, the Mexican League was reported to have stripped the Toros owner of his franchise and gave it to new owners who renamed that team the Potros de Tijuana after the original Double-A team that folded in 1991. The Toros ownership kept the team name, logo, uniforms and history as a result of the alleged political wrangling that went on in that league.[1]

The original ownership in Mexico were slated to bring the team to the independent Golden Baseball League[2] and were expected to play in 2005, but could not come to a stadium deal in Tijuana. A ballpark was said to be ready in Chula Vista, California near San Diego should the team have decided to come to the league. They folded in 2005. Some say that the Toros were never a part of the GBL, however the league still includes them in their history. If they were to have joined the league, they would've not only been the league's first team based outside of the United States (that honor went to the traveling Japan Samurai Bears), but they would have also been the only privately owned team at the time.

Liga Norte de México (2012–present)

In January 2012, the Liga Norte de Sonora split into two leagues and the Algodoneros joined the new Liga Norte de México (LNM).[3]

The team won LNM titles in 2013, 2014, and 2019.[4]

Since 2022, the club is affiliated with the Sultanes de Monterrey of the Mexican League.[5]

See also

References
  1. Baseball Posse: Tijuana Toros Archived 2007-08-18 at the Wayback Machine (2004)
  2. Los Toros a la Golden League Independiente (www.hitazos.com, December 12, 2004)
  3. Domínguez, Marco (19 January 2012). "Nace "nueva" Liga Norte de México". El Vigía (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 10 March 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  4. Kuri, Omar (23 April 2022). "¿Quiénes son los Algodoneros de San Luis?". Vpro Sports (in Spanish). Retrieved 22 May 2023.
  5. López, Tomás (1 March 2022). "Tendrá Sultanes de Monterrey sucursal en la Liga Norte". Séptima Entrada (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
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