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Sultanes de Monterrey
Sultanes de Monterrey
Information
League	Mexican League (1939–present); Mexican Pacific League (2019–present)
Location	Monterrey, Nuevo León
Ballpark	Estadio Mobil Super
Founded	1939
Nickname(s)	Fantasmas Grises (Gray Ghosts); Los Muchachos del Regreso (The Comeback Boys)
League championships	10 (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007, F2018)
Division championships	13 (1986, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2013, S2018, F2018, 2022, 2024)
Former name(s)	Industriales de Monterrey (1942–1948); Carta Blanca (1939–1941);
Former ballparks	Parque Cuauhtémoc; Parque Cuauhtémoc y Famosa;
Colors	Navy blue, white, and red;
Mascot	Perro Sultán (Sultan Dog)
Ownership	José Maiz García (50%); Grupo Multimedios (50%)
Manager	Roberto Kelly
Website	www.sultanes.com.mx
Current uniforms
Home	Away

The Sultanes de Monterrey (English: Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball club based in Monterrey, Mexico. Sultanes fields teams in both the Mexican League (LMB) and the Mexican Pacific League (LMP), which plays a winter league schedule; they are the easternmost team to participate in the Pacific League.

History

The team in 1939 was called Carta Blanca

The team was formed on 20 May 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team).^[2] The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes.^[3]^[4] The team was also known as the Gray Ghosts. The team won its first championship in 1943. In total, the Sultanes have collected ten championships (1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1962, 1991, 1995, 1996, 2007. and 2018), including three straight (1947–1949) under the legendary Cuban manager Lázaro Salazar. During the seasons from 1989 to 1994 both the Sultanes and the Industriales played in the Mexican League for Monterrey.^[5]

Mexican Pacific League

On 27 January 2019, during a rally at the Estadio Francisco Carranza Limón in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announced that the Algodoneros de Guasave would return to compete in the Mexican Pacific League beginning in the 2019–20 winter season. The Sultanes were announced as the other team to join the league, bringing the total number of LMP teams to ten. A draft was later held to fill the team, making it a different roster than the one that competes in the Summer league.

Roster

Sultanes de Monterrey roster
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Players				Coaches/Other
Pitchers 53 Tanner Anderson 26 Michel Báez 61 Enrique Castillo 63 Daniel de la Fuente 58 Edwin Escobar 27 Juan Gamez 38 Felipe González 45 Nolan Kingham 55 Jared Lakind 87 Jose Miranda 95 Carlos Morales 71 Zach Muckenhirn 48 Richard Rodríguez 47 Denny Román 99 Jorge Rondón 84 Arturo Roque 16 Stephen Tarpley 49 Julio Teherán -- César Vargas 28 Alexis Vera 46 Tyler Viza		Catchers 41 Christopher Escarrega 27 Jonathan Morales 30 Omar Rentería 8 Carlos Soto Infielders 24 Daniel Castro 25 Victor Mendoza 4 Jermaine Palacios 19 Ramiro Peña 2 Javier Salazar 62 Luis Santos 30 Roberto Valenzuela 14 Christian Villanueva Outfielders 18 Zoilo Almonte 33 José Cardona 10 Sebastián Elizalde 93 Rafael Franco 15 Nomar Mazara 69 Brayan Mendoza 11 Asael Sanchez		Manager 39 Roberto Kelly Coaches 73 Erik Rodríguez (bench) 51 Carlos Rivera (hitting) 31 Juan Canizales (hitting) 53 Wilfrido Cordoba (pitching) 32 Remigio Diaz (infield) 37 Daniel Hinojosa (infield) 77 Alberto Manrique (bullpen) 56 Óscar Villarreal (bullpen) 7-day injured list ~ Development list # Rehab assignment ∞ Reserve list ‡ Restricted list § Suspended list † Temporarily inactive list Roster updated December 23, 2024 Transactions → More rosters: MiLB • Mexican League

Retired numbers

The Sultanes de Monterrey have retired the following numbers:^[6]^[7]

José
Maíz Mier
President
Retired 22 March 2007

Daniel "La Coyota"
Ríos
P
Retired 21 May 1995

Epitacio "La Mala"
Torres
RF
Retired 16 May 1994

Vinicio
García
2B
Retired 11 June 1999

Felipe "Clipper"
Montemayor
CF
Retired 20 May 2006

Lázaro
Salazar
Manager
Retired 21 May 1998

Miguel
Flores
2B
Retired 10 July 2011

Héctor
Espino
1B
Retired 18 June 1996

Arturo
González
P
Retired 25 May 1997

Championships

Season	Manager	Opponent	Series score	Record
1943	Lázaro Salazar	No final series		53–37
1947	Lázaro Salazar	No final series		70–47
1948	Lázaro Salazar	No final series		50–35
1949	Lázaro Salazar	Unión Laguna de Torreón	4–0	56–33
1962	Clemente Carreras	No final series		77–53
1991	Aurelio Rodríguez	Diablos Rojos del México	4–3	94–44
1995	Derek Bryant	Diablos Rojos del México	4–0	77–52
1996	Derek Bryant	Diablos Rojos del México	4–1	94–38
2007	Félix Fermín	Leones de Yucatán	4–3	81-44
2018	Roberto Kelly	Guerreros de Oaxaca	4–2	46–29
Total championships			10

Average home league attendance

Season	Total attendance	Home average	Ref.
2005	374,630	7,068	^[8]
2006	977,508	17,773
2007	491,630	9,640
2008	658,494	12,424
2009	204,701	4,178
2010	356,757	6,731
2011	430,421	8,440
2012	645,303	11,321
2013	590,694	11,145
2014	687,642	11,856
2015	517,235	9,404
2016	690,309	12,784
2017	659,791	11,575
2018	563,297	10,058
2019	556,872	9,770
2020	Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	149,011	4,657
2022	382,048	8,490
2023	371,262	8,438

The Sultanes have led LMB in average per game attendance every season from 2012 through 2017.

References

^ Rodarte, Ernesto (20 May 2021). "LMB vuelve con más fuerza que nunca para su temporada 2021". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 May 2021.
^ "Sultanes de Monterrey celebra 81 años de grandeza". sultanes.com.mx (in Spanish). 20 May 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Landa Ruiloba, Pablo (2012). Monterrey en el espejo (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial de Nuevo Leon. p. 86. ISBN 9786077577591.
^ Ibarra, Horacio (1 April 2016). "Una historia monumental". sultanes.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2024.
^ Monterrey, Mexico Encyclopedia. Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
^ "Sultanes y sus números retirados". sultanes.com.mx (in Spanish). 18 March 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2022.
^ "Leyendas". sultanes.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
^ "Quién es quién 2024" (PDF) (in Spanish). Liga Mexicana de Beisbol. p. 121. Retrieved 14 August 2024.