:Guerreros de Oaxaca

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| league =Liga Mexicana de Béisbol

| name=Guerreros de Oaxaca

| logo = File:Guerreros-Oaxaca.png

| cap_logo = Guerreros de Oaxaca insignia.svg

| stadium =Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos

| location =Oaxaca City, Oaxaca

| founded =1996

| president = Guillermo Spíndola Morales

| manager = Luis Carlos Rivera

| owner =Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú

| colors =Black and white
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| league_champ_type = Serie del Rey championships

| league_champs = 1 ({{lmby|1998}})

| division =Southern Division

| mascot =Tato

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The Guerreros de Oaxaca (English: Oaxaca Warriors) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Oaxaca City, Oaxaca, Mexico. Their home field is Estadio Eduardo Vasconcelos.{{cite web|url=http://www.guerrerosdeoaxaca.com.mx/?page_id=323|title=Guerreros de Oaxaca: Directorio de Club de Beisbol Guerreros de Oaxaca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312010420/http://www.guerrerosdeoaxaca.com.mx/?page_id=323|archive-date=12 March 2012|access-date=17 February 2025|language=es}}

History

In October 1995, a group of businessmen, led by Alfredo Harp Helú, learned that the Charros de Jalisco were unable to continue participating in the Mexican League.{{cite web|title=Oaxaca: unos Guerreros de 14 campañas|url=http://liga.mexicana.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100125&content_id=7964364&vkey=news_l125&fext=.jsp&sid=l125|publisher=Liga Mexicana de Beisbol|date=25 January 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100206022412/http://liga.mexicana.milb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100125&content_id=7964364&vkey=news_l125&fext=.jsp&sid=l125|archive-date=6 February 2010|access-date=17 February 2025|language=es}} These businessmen saw the opportunity to move the team from Guadalajara to the city of Oaxaca, and the project was officially presented at a meeting of directors of the league.{{cite book|last=Harp Helú|first=Alfredo|date=2003|title=Vivir y morir jugando beisbol|url=https://fahho.mx/Vivir-Morir-Jugando-Beisbol.pdf|publisher=Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú|page=150|isbn=970-93813-0-X|access-date=17 February 2025|language=es}} The franchise move was officially accepted in December of that year. This was the first time that Oaxaca had a professional sports team.{{cite web|title=Guerreros y sus 25 años en Oaxaca|url=https://fahho.mx/guerreros-y-sus-25-anos-en-oaxaca/|website=Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú|first=Gerardo|last=Salazar Franco|date=March 2021|access-date=26 July 2021|language=es}}

The Guerreros, as they were named, played their first game on 14 March 1996 against the Petroleros de Minatitlán in the Parque 18 de marzo de 1938, under the direction of manager Alfredo Ortiz. The team recruited Mexican batter Nelson Barrera for its inaugural season.{{cite web|url=http://www.guerrerosdeoaxaca.com.mx/?page_id=182|title=Guerreros de Oaxaca: Historia|access-date=2010-09-09|language=es}}

The Guerreros won their first and only league championship in 1998 by sweeping Acereros de Monclova in the final series.

Former Major League Baseball player Oscar Azócar played for the Warriors in 2000.

Roster

=Retired numbers=

{{retired number list|

{{retired number|image=Jaime Brena 10.jpg|alt=10|name=Jaime
Brena|pos=2B|date=
2019}}

{{retired number|image=Nelson Barrera 16.jpg|alt=16|name=Nelson
Barrera|pos=1B, 3B|date=
2002}}

{{retired number|image=Tribilin Cabrera 47.jpg|alt=47|name=Adolfo
"Tribilín" Cabrera|pos=Coach|date=
2006}}

}}

References

External links

{{Official|https://www.guerreros.mx}} {{in lang|es}}

Category:Baseball teams established in 1996

Category:Baseball teams in Mexico

Category:Mexican League teams

Category:1996 establishments in Mexico

Category:Sports clubs and teams in Oaxaca