1981 Mexican League season

1981 Mexican League season
1981 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March – September 9
Number of games	993
Number of teams	16
Serie Final
Champions	Diablos Rojos del México
Runners-up	Broncos de Reynosa
LMB seasons
	← 1980 1982 →

The 1981 Mexican League season was the 57th season in the history of the Mexican League in baseball. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on March and ended on 9 September with the last game of the Serie Final, where Diablos Rojos del México defeated Broncos de Reynosa to win the championship.^[1]

Standings[]

North[]

Northeast^[2]
Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
1	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	75	50	1	.600	—
2	Broncos de Reynosa	62	64	1	.492	13.5
3	Sultanes de Monterrey	59	69	0	.461	17.5
4	Rieleros de Aguascalientes	57	70	2	.449	19.0

Northwest^[2]
Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
1	Saraperos de Saltillo	72	52	2	.581	—
2	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	71	57	0	.555	3.0
3	Diablos Blancos de Unión Laguna	68	58	1	.540	5.0
4	Dorados de Chihuahua	36	90	1	.286	37.0

South[]

Southeast^[2]
Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
1	Diablos Rojos del México	75	47	5	.615	—
2	Piratas de Campeche	71	50	3	.587	3.5
3	Leones de Yucatán	72	51	3	.585	3.5
4	Petroleros de Poza Rica	38	87	0	.304	38.5

Southwest^[2]
Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
1	Tigres Capitalinos	65	56	3	.537	—
2	Azules de Coatzacoalcos	62	60	3	.508	3.5
3	Plataneros de Tabasco	59	59	3	.500	4.5
4	Rojos del Águila de Veracuz	51	73	4	.411	15.5

Postseason[]

First stage

Zone Finals

Serie Final

NE1

Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

4

NW2

Indios de Ciudad Juárez

2

NE1

Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo

1

North

NE2

Broncos de Reynosa

4

NW1

Saraperos de Saltillo

0

NE2

Broncos de Reynosa

4

N

Broncos de Reynosa

3

S

Diablos Rojos del México

4

SE1

Diablos Rojos del México

4

SW2

Azules de Coatzacoalcos

1

SE1

Diablos Rojos del México

4

South

SE2

Piratas de Campeche

3

SW1

Tigres Capitalinos

1

SE2

Piratas de Campeche

4

League leaders[]

Batting leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
AVG	Willie Norwood	Broncos de Reynosa	.365
HR	Andrés Mora	Saraperos de Saltillo	23
RBI	Andrés Mora	Saraperos de Saltillo	93
H	Roberto Rodríguez	Diablos Rojos del México	165
SB	Dell Alston	Leones de Yucatán	37
SLG	Greg Biagini	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	.583

Pitching leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
ERA	Vicente Romo	Azules de Coatzacoalcos	1.40
W		Indios de Ciudad Juárez	20
SV		Piratas de Campeche	27
K		Indios de Ciudad Juárez	187

Awards[]

LMB Awards
Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Teodoro Higuera	Indios de Ciudad Juárez	^[4]

References[]

^ "En 1981, séptimo campeonato escarlata" (in Spanish). MiLB. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1981 Mexican League". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Quién es quién 2021" (PDF). MiLB (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 228. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
^ Miranda Madrid, José (3 May 2021). "Teodoro Higuera; de los faraones a las grandes ligas". El Diario del Noroeste (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[1] "En 1981, séptimo campeonato escarlata" (in Spanish). MiLB. 13 September 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[Standings-2] "1981 Mexican League". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 7 September 2021.

[lmb-3] "Quién es quién 2021" (PDF). MiLB (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 228. Retrieved 16 August 2021.

[4] Miranda Madrid, José (3 May 2021). "Teodoro Higuera; de los faraones a las grandes ligas". El Diario del Noroeste (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 September 2021.

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