List of Mexican League batting champions

In the baseball Mexican League (LMB), the player with the highest batting average at the end of the season wins the "batting title". The first champion was recognized in 1937, the first season that the Mexican League officially recorded statistics.[a] That year, Alfonso Nieto claimed the title with a .476 batting average.[1] The most recent LMB batting champion is Robinson Canó, who slashed .431 while playing for the Diablos Rojos del México during the 2024 season.[2]

Héctor Espino is the most successful batter in the history of the Mexican League batting title, having won it five times, in 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, and 1973, including three consecutive seasons.[3] The record for the most consecutive batting titles belongs to Al Pinkston, who won four straight from 1959 to 1962.[4] Beto Ávila was the first player to win batting titles in both the Mexican League and Major League Baseball, achieving the feat in 1947 with the Pericos de Puebla and in 1954 with the Cleveland Indians in the American League.[5]

Winners

Key

Winner Player with the highest batting average (AVG) in the league
AVG The winner's batting average
† Member of the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
Year Winner AVG Team(s) Ref
1937 Alfonso Nieto .476 Agricultura de México [6]
1938 Martín Dihigo† .387 El Águila de Veracruz [7]
1939 Lázaro Salazar† .374 Cafeteros de Córdoba [8]
1940 Cool Papa Bell .437 Unión Laguna de Torreón / Azules de Veracruz [9]
1941 Bill Wright† .390 Rojos del México [10]
1942 Monte Irvin† .397 Azules de Veracruz [11]
1943 Bill Wright† .366 Diablos Rojos del México [10]
1944 Alberto Hernández .395 Pericos de Puebla [12]
1945 Claro Duany .375 Industriales de Monterrey [13]
1946 Claro Duany .364 Industriales de Monterrey [13]
1947 Beto Ávila† .346 Pericos de Puebla [5]
1948 Ray Dandridge† .369 Azules de Veracruz [14]
1949 Tribilín Cabrera .382 Charros de Jalisco [15]
1950 Lorenzo Cabrera .355 Diablos Rojos del México [16]
1951 Ángel Castro† .354 Azules de Veracruz [17]
1952 René González† .370 El Águila de Veracruz [18]
1953 René González† .336 Diablos Rojos del México / El Águila de Veracruz [3]
1954 René González† .315 El Águila de Veracruz [3]
1955 Leo Rodríguez† .385 Tigres de México [19]
1956 Alonzo Perry .392 Diablos Rojos del México [20]
1957 Aldo Savent .359 El Águila de Veracruz [12]
1958 Pablo Bernard .371 Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo [21]
1959 Al Pinkston† .369 Diablos Rojos del México [4]
1960 Al Pinkston† .397 Diablos Rojos del México [4]
1961 Al Pinkston† .374 El Águila de Veracruz [4]
1962 Al Pinkston† .381 El Águila de Veracruz [4]
1963 Vinicio García† .368 Sultanes de Monterrey [12]
1964 Héctor Espino† .371 Sultanes de Monterrey [22]
1965 Emilio Sosa .368 Petroleros de Poza Rica [23]
1966 Héctor Espino† .369 Sultanes de Monterrey [3]
1967 Héctor Espino† .379 Sultanes de Monterrey [3]
1968 Héctor Espino† .365 Sultanes de Monterrey [3]
1969 Teolindo Acosta .354 Pericos de Puebla [24]
1970 Francisco Campos .359 Charros de Jalisco [6]
1971 Teolindo Acosta .392 Leones de Yucatán [24]
1972 Donald Anderson .362 Charros de Jalisco [12]
1973 Héctor Espino† .377 Alijadores de Tampico [25]
1974 Teolindo Acosta .366 Ángeles Negros de Puebla [24]
1975 Pat Bourque .372 Diablos Rojos del México [26]
1976 Larry Fritz .355 Rieleros de Aguascalientes [12]
1977 Víctor Davalillo .384 Rieleros de Aguascalientes [12]
1978 Romel Canada .366 Saraperos de Saltillo [12]
1979 Jimmie Collins .438 Dorados de Chihuahua [27]
1980 Jimmie Collins .380 Saraperos de Saltillo [27]
1981 Willie Norwood .365 Broncos de Reynosa [12]
1982 Bobby Smith .357 Indios de Ciudad Juárez [12]
1983 Richard Duran .377 Indios de Ciudad Juárez [12]
1984 Jimmie Collins .412 Diablos Rojos del México / Cafeteros de Córdoba [27]
1985 Oswaldo Olivares .397 Rieleros de Aguascalientes / Piratas de Campeche [28]
1986 Willie Aikens .454 Ángeles Negros de Puebla [12]
1987 Orlando Sánchez .415 Ángeles Negros de Puebla [29]
1988 Nick Castañeda .374 Leones de Yucatán [30]
1989 Willie Aikens .395 Bravos de León [12]
1990 Nick Castañeda .388 Leones de Yucatán [30]
1991 Rick Renteria .442 Charros de Jalisco [31]
1992 Raúl Pérez Tovar .416 Acereros de Monclova [32]
1993 Nelson Simmons .382 Charros de Jalisco [33]
1994 Adam Casillas .367 Industriales de Monterrey [12]
1995 Ty Gainey .411 Diablos Rojos del México [34]
1996 Matías Carrillo† .368 Tigres de México [6]
1997 Cornelio García† .382 Sultanes de Monterrey [35]
1998 Luis Polonia .380 Tigres de México [36]
Miguel Flores† Sultanes de Monterrey
1999 Julio Franco .423 Tigres de México [12]
2000 Warren Newson .386 Algodoneros de Unión Laguna [12]
2001 Julio Franco .437 Tigres de México [12]
2002 Willie Romero .387 Saraperos de Saltillo [37]
2003 Félix José .377 Diablos Rojos del México [16]
2004 Demond Smith .406 Sultanes de Monterrey [16]
2005 Javier Robles† .392 Tigres de la Angelópolis [36]
2006 Derrick White .407 Potros de Tijuana [12]
2007 Carlos Rivera .410 Guerreros de Oaxaca [12]
2008 Kit Pellow .385 Saraperos de Saltillo [38]
2009 Dionys César .380 Vaqueros Laguna [39]
2010 Willis Otáñez .393 Pericos de Puebla [40]
2011 Bárbaro Cañizares .396 Guerreros de Oaxaca [41]
2012 Michel Abreu .371 Sultanes de Monterrey [42]
2013 Luis Mauricio Suárez .413 Pericos de Puebla [36]
2014 Sandy Madera .371 Pericos de Puebla [43]
2015 Jesús Valdez .363 Leones de Yucatán [44]
2016 César Tapia .383 Pericos de Puebla [36]
2017 Yadir Drake .385 Generales de Durango [45]
2018[b] Isaac Rodríguez .394 Toros de Tijuana [36]
Olmo Rosario .408 Piratas de Campeche [46]
2019 Daniel Mayora .391 Generales de Durango [47]
2020 No winner. Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[48][49]
2021 Leo Heras .401 Mariachis de Guadalajara [50]
2022 Henry Urrutia .420 Saraperos de Saltillo [51]
2023 Fernando Villegas .390 Saraperos de Saltillo [52]
2024 Robinson Canó .431 Diablos Rojos del México [2]

Multiple-time winners

Manager # of Wins Years
Héctor Espino† 5 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1973
Al Pinkston† 4 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962
René González† 3 1952, 1953, 1954
Teolindo Acosta 1969, 1971, 1974
Jimmie Collins 1979, 1980, 1984
Bill Wright† 2 1941, 1943
Claro Duany 1945, 1946
Willie Aikens 1986, 1989
Nick Castañeda 1988, 1990
Julio Franco 1999, 2001

Wins by team

Teams Champions Years
Diablos Rojos del México 12 1941, 1943, 1950, 1953, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1975, 1984, 1995, 2003, 2025
Industriales/Sultanes de Monterrey 11 1945, 1946, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1997, 1998, 2004, 2012
El Águila de Veracruz 7 1938, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1961, 1962
Pericos de Puebla 7 1944, 1947, 1969, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2016
Tigres de México/Angelópolis/Quintana Roo 6 1955, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2005
Saraperos de Saltillo 6 1978, 1980, 2002, 2008, 2022, 2023
Charros de Jalisco 5 1949, 1970, 1972, 1991, 1993
Azules de Veracruz 4 1940, 1942, 1948, 1951
Leones de Yucatán 4 1971, 1988, 1990, 2015
Unión Laguna de Torreón/Vaqueros Laguna/Algodoneros de Unión Laguna 3 1940, 2000, 2009
Ángeles Negros de Puebla 3 1974, 1986, 1987
Rieleros de Aguascalientes 3 1976, 1977, 1985
Cafeteros de Córdoba 2 1939, 1984
Indios de Ciudad Juárez 2 1982, 1983
Piratas de Campeche 2 1985, 2018
Guerreros de Oaxaca 2 2007, 2011
Generales de Durango 2 2017, 2019
Agricultura de México 1 1937
Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo/Dos Laredos 1 1958
Petroleros de Poza Rica 1 1965
Alijadores de Tampico 1 1973
Dorados de Chihuahua 1 1979
Broncos de Reynosa 1 1981
Bravos de León 1 1989
Industriales de Monterrey 1 1994
Potros de Tijuana 1 2006
Toros de Tijuana 1 2018
Mariachis de Guadalajara 1 2021

Notes

  • a The Mexican League was established in 1925, but it did not officially recorded statistics until 1937.[1]
  • b The 2018 season was contested in a two-tournament format known as Spring and Autumn, each one with a batting champion.[53]

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