Oaxaca Guerreros
Encyclopedia
The Guerreros de Oaxaca (English: Oaxaca Warriors) are a AAA-level baseball
team playing in the Mexican League in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
, Mexico
. Their home field is the Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium.
, learned that the team Charros de Jalisco was unable to continue participating in the league. 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 Mexican League. The franchise change was officially accepted in December of that year and the new Warriors, as they were named, played their first game on March 14, 1996, under the direction of manager Alfredo 'Lefty' Ortiz. The directive gave the big surprise of recruiting the batter and historic figure in the league, Nelson Barrera
, who came from Mexico.
Only in his third season took up with his first and so far only league title by sweeping the Monclova Steelers in the final series of the 1998 season.
Former Major League player Oscar Azócar
played for the Warriors in 2000.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team playing in the Mexican League in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca
Oaxaca
Oaxaca , , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico. It is divided into 571 municipalities; of which 418 are governed by the system of customs and traditions...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. Their home field is the Eduardo Vasconcelos Stadium.
History
In October 1995 a group of businessmen, led by Alfredo Harp HeluAlfredo Harp Helú
Alfredo Harp Helú is a Mexican businessman of Lebanese origin, and as of 2011, with a net worth of $1.0 billion, is according to Forbes the 1140th richest person in the world...
, learned that the team Charros de Jalisco was unable to continue participating in the league. These businessmen saw the opportunity to move the team from Guadalajara
Guadalajara
Guadalajara may refer to:In Mexico:*Guadalajara, Jalisco, the capital of the state of Jalisco and second largest city in Mexico**Guadalajara Metropolitan Area*University of Guadalajara, a public university in Guadalajara, Jalisco...
to the city of Oaxaca and the project was officially presented at a meeting of directors of the Mexican League. The franchise change was officially accepted in December of that year and the new Warriors, as they were named, played their first game on March 14, 1996, under the direction of manager Alfredo 'Lefty' Ortiz. The directive gave the big surprise of recruiting the batter and historic figure in the league, Nelson Barrera
Nelson Barrera
Nelson Barrera Romellón was a Mexican League baseball player, who at the time of his death in 2002 led the league in career home runs and RBIs .A right-hander and a native of the Mexican state of Campeche, Barrera entered...
, who came from Mexico.
Only in his third season took up with his first and so far only league title by sweeping the Monclova Steelers in the final series of the 1998 season.
Former Major League player Oscar Azócar
Oscar Azócar
Oscar Gregorio Azócar was a Venezuelan left fielder in Major League Baseball who played from through for the New York Yankees and San Diego Padres . Listed at 6' 1", 170 lb., Azócar batted and threw left-handed...
played for the Warriors in 2000.