Las Cruces Vaqueros

{{Short description|Former professional baseball team}}

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{{Infobox independent baseball team

|name = Las Cruces Vaqueros

|founded = 2010

|city = Las Cruces, New Mexico

|logo =LasCrucesVaqueroslogo.png

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|league = Pecos League (2011–2012, 2015)

|division =

|former_leagues = Continental Baseball League (2010)

|uniform =

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|colors = Powder Blue, Gold, Royal

|ballpark = Apodoca Park

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|owner = Andrew Dunn

|manager = Darrell Carrillo

|gm =

|media = Lawrence Bravo
Las Cruces Sun-News

|website = {{URL|http://www.lascrucesvaqueros.com/}}

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The Las Cruces Vaqueros were a professional baseball team based in Las Cruces, New Mexico that began play in 2010 and ended in 2015.{{citation needed|date=February 2023}} The Vaqueros played in the Pecos League of Professional Baseball Clubs, an independent baseball league which is not affiliated with Major or Minor League Baseball.

Las Cruces Vaqueros played their home games at Apodoca Park, which seats 1,500 fans. The team did not field a team in the Pecos League in 2013, though they did participate in the Pecos Spring League in March 2013.{{cn|date=June 2025}} The team returned to the Pecos League for 2015, and finished the season with an 18–50 record; the team did not return in 2016.{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-santa-fe-new-mexican-las-cruces-vaqu/174467724/|title=Las Cruces Vaqueros will not return to Pecos League in 2016|work=The Santa Fe New Mexican|date=February 26, 2016|page=B003|via=Newspapers.com}}