The Águilas de Mexicali (Mexicali Eagles) is a Mexican Pro baseball team playing for the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

Liga Mexicana del Pacífico

The Mexican Pacific League is a winter minor baseball league in Mexico. The eight-team league's regular season runs from October to December and is followed by a playoff series in January to determine the league champion...

 (Mexican Pacific League) based in Mexicali

Mexicali

Mexicali is the capital of the State of Baja California, seat of the Municipality of Mexicali, and 2nd largest city in Baja California. The City of Mexicali has a population of 689,775, according to the 2010 census, while the population of the entire metropolitan area reaches 936,826.The city...

, Baja California

Baja California

Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...

, 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...

The team was founded on October 14, 1976. They have won the championshhip three times, 1985-1986 (coach, Benjamin Reyes), 1988-1989 (coach, Dave Machemer), 1998-1999 (coach, Francisco Estrada). The team also won the 1986 Caribbean Series, played in Venezuela

Venezuela

Venezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...

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Their stadium is called El Nido (The Nest) with a Capacity of 19,500.

Famous players

• John Kruk
  John Kruk
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   (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Juan Navarrete (1986 Caribbean Series Championship team)
• Mike Piazza
  Mike Piazza
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   LAD,NYM
• Fernando Valenzuela
  Fernando Valenzuela
  Fernando Valenzuela Anguamea is a Mexican former left-handed pitcher, most notably with the Los Angeles Dodgers.In 1981, the 20-year-old Valenzuela took Los Angeles by storm, winning his first 8 decisions and leading the Dodgers to the World Championship...
  
   LAD
• Jonny Gomes
  Jonny Gomes
  Jonathan Johnson "Jonny" Gomes is an American professional baseball outfielder.-Early years:...
  
   TB,CIN
• Gene Richards
  Gene Richards (baseball)
  Eugene Richards Jr. is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played eight seasons in the majors, from 1977 until 1984, for the San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants. He was born in Monticello, South Carolina.-See also:...
  
   SD
• Charlie Sands
  Charlie Sands (baseball)
  Charles Duane Sands is a retired American professional baseball player, a pinch hitter, designated hitter and catcher for the New York Yankees , Pittsburgh Pirates , California Angels and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball...
  
   NYY, PIT
• Rudy Seanez
  Rudy Seanez
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   CLE, SD, LA, ATL, TEX, BOS, LAD, PHI
• Jeff Samardzija
  Jeff Samardzija
  Jeffrey Alan Samardzija is an American baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs...
  
   CHI
• Sergio Romo
  Sergio Romo
  Sergio Francisco Romo is a American right-handed professional baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants of Major League baseball.-Early life:Romo was born in Brawley, California to Mexican immigrant parents...
  
   SF
• Dan Serafini
  Dan Serafini
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• Matt Joyce
  Matt Joyce (baseball)
  Matthew R. Joyce is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.-Early life:Joyce began his career at North Brandon Little League in Brandon, Florida....
  
  TB

Officers

• President: Dio Alberto Murillo Rogers
• Vice President: Rigoberto Cardenas Valdez
• Vice President of Operations: Jose Luiz Rodriguez Escoto
• Director, Scouting: David Cardenas Cortes

External links

• Águilas de Mexicali Official site