1968–69 Mexican Pacific League season

The 1968–69 Mexican Pacific League season was the 11th season in the history of the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). It was contested by six teams. Cañeros de Los Mochis won their first championship in the team's history by finishing first in the final round robin, led by manager Benjamín Valenzuela.^[1][2]

1968–69 Mexican Pacific League season
League	Mexican Pacific League
Sport	Baseball
Duration	10 October 1968 – 7 January 1969
Number of games	221
Number of teams	6
Season champions	Cañeros de Los Mochis
Season MVP	Don Secrist (Los Mochis)

This was the first season of the league to use the points system to determine the standings.^[3]

Standings

Regular season

Regular season standings^[4]

Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Pts.
1	Cañeros de Los Mochis	35	27	0	.565	—	9
2	Yaquis de Obregón	34	26	2	.567	1.0	8
3	Naranjeros de Hermosillo	31	28	3	.525	2.5	7
4	Ostioneros de Guaymas	23	36	2	.390	11.0	7
5	Tomateros de Culiacán	30	30	2	.500	4.0	6
6	Venados de Mazatlán	25	31	5	.446	7.5	5

Championship round robin

Championship round robin standings^[4]

Rank	Team	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
1	Cañeros de Los Mochis	11	6	1	.647	—
2	Yaquis de Obregón	9	9	0	.500	2.5
3	Naranjeros de Hermosillo	8	9	1	.471	3.0
4	Ostioneros de Guaymas	7	11	0	.389	4.5

League leaders

Batting leaders[5] Stat Player Team Total AVG Gabriel Lugo Cañeros de Los Mochis .309 HR Rogelio Álvarez Tomateros de Culiacán 20 RBI Bill Parlier Yaquis de Obregón 50 R Gabriel Lugo Cañeros de Los Mochis 49 H Gabriel Lugo Cañeros de Los Mochis 98 SB Aurelio Rodríguez Cañeros de Los Mochis 17 SLG Rogelio Álvarez Tomateros de Culiacán .613

Pitching leaders[6] Stat Player Team Total ERA Vicente Romo Ostioneros de Guaymas 1.54 W Don Secrist Cañeros de Los Mochis 15 L Ramón López Yaquis de Obregón 11 SV Manuel Lugo Naranjeros de Hermosillo 5 IP Don Secrist Cañeros de Los Mochis 176.0 K Jerry Hinsley Ostioneros de Guaymas 176

Awards

1968–69 LMP Awards^[7]

Award	Player	Team
Manager of the Year	Benjamín Valenzuela	Cañeros de Los Mochis
Most Valuable Player	Don Secrist	Cañeros de Los Mochis
Rookie of the Year	Luis Lagunas	Yaquis de Obregón

References

1. "Campeonato 1968-1969". cañeros.net (in Spanish). Cañeros de Los Mochis. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
2. López Alanis, Gilberto J. (4 December 2011). "Los Mochis Campeón del Béisbol en 1969". La Voz del Norte (in Spanish). Retrieved 23 June 2023.
3. "La magia del «Papelero», primer título 7 de enero de 1969". squeezeplay.mx (in Spanish). 19 January 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
4. Gastélum Duarte, Guillermo. Enciclopedia Conmemorativa del 75 Aniversario de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). Culiacán, Sinaloa: Moby Dick Editorial. p. 1040. Archived from the original on 2022-06-26. Retrieved 2023-06-08.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
5. Gastélum Duarte, p. 41
6. Gastélum Duarte, p. 85
7. Gastélum Duarte, p. 113