2016 Mexican League season

The 2016 Mexican League season was the 92nd season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by 16 teams, evenly divided in North and South zones. The season started on 1 April with the series between Tigres de Quintana Roo and Leones de Yucatán and ended on 14 September with the last game of the Serie del Rey, where Pericos de Puebla defeated Toros de Tijuana to win the championship.^[1]

Standings

South^[2]
Rank	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	STK
1	Leones de Yucatán	77	33	.700	—	W1
2	Pericos de Puebla	74	38	.661	4.0	W3
3	Tigres de Quintana Roo	68	45	.602	10.5	L1
4	Piratas de Campeche	57	51	.528	19.0	L3
5	Olmecas de Tabasco	44	67	.396	33.5	W2
6	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	43	67	.391	34.0	L2
7	Guerreros de Oaxaca	42	70	.375	36.0	L3
8	Delfines de Ciudad del Carmen	31	76	.290	44.5	W1

Sultanes de Monterrey won the series, 4–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 16 and 17	Laguna – 2, Monterrey – 8	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	3,473
2	August 18	Laguna – 5, Monterrey – 13	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	16,941
3	August 20	Monterrey – 9, Laguna – 4	Estadio Revolución	-	9,185
4	August 21	Monterrey – 2, Laguna – 0	Estadio Revolución	-	7,367

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 16	Tijuana – 5, Monclova – 3	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	-	6,508
2	August 17	Tijuana – 4, Monclova – 2 (11 inn.)	Estadio de Béisbol Monclova	-	4,777
3	August 19	Monclova – 4, Tijuana – 6	Estadio Gasmart	-	15,024
4	August 20	Monclova – 1, Tijuana – 2	Estadio Gasmart	-	15,989

Leones de Yucatán won the series, 4–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 16	Campeche – 0, Yucatán – 4	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	10,982
2	August 17	Campeche – 1, Yucatán – 3	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	11,321
3	August 19	Yucatán – 1, Campeche – 3	Estadio Nelson Barrera	-	5,771
4	August 20	Yucatán – 7, Campeche – 11	Estadio Nelson Barrera	-	5,893
5	August 21	Yucatán – 6, Campeche – 5	Estadio Nelson Barrera	-	5,811
6	August 23	Campeche – 1, Yucatán – 7	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	12,000

Pericos de Puebla won the series, 4–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 16	Quintana Roo – 0, Puebla – 9	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	10,418
2	August 17	Quintana Roo – 1, Puebla – 6	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,102
3	August 19	Puebla – 4, Quintana Roo – 2	Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila	-	6,972
4	August 20	Puebla – 7, Quintana Roo – 5	Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila	-	6,490

Toros de Tijuana won the series, 4–3.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 27	Tijuana – 0, Monterrey – 3	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	21,214
2	August 28 and 29	Tijuana – 0, Monterrey – 3	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	25,896
3	August 31	Monterrey – 1, Tijuana – 9	Estadio Gasmart	-	15,018
4	September 1	Monterrey – 1, Tijuana – 2	Estadio Gasmart	-	15,891
5	September 2	Monterrey – 0, Tijuana – 2	Estadio Gasmart	-	17,362
6	September 4	Tijuana – 3, Monterrey – 5	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	20,603
7	September 5	Tijuana – 2, Monterrey – 2	Estadio de Béisbol Monterrey	-	25,621

Pericos de Puebla won the series, 4–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	August 27	Puebla – 2, Yucatán – 1	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	12,000
2	August 28	Puebla – 4, Yucatán – 0	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	11,000
3	August 30 and 31	Yucatán – 3, Puebla – 5	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
4	September 1	Yucatán – 5, Puebla – 1	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
5	September 2	Yucatán – 9, Puebla – 1	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
6	September 4	Puebla – 4, Yucatán – 3	Parque Kukulcán Alamo	-	12,000

Pericos de Puebla won the series, 4–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	September 7	Puebla – 0, Tijuana – 1	Estadio Gasmart	-	17,399
2	September 8	Puebla – 6, Tijuana – 3	Estadio Gasmart	-	17,649
3	September 10	Tijuana – 5, Puebla – 8	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
4	September 11	Tijuana – 1, Puebla – 5	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
5	September 12	Tijuana – 9, Puebla – 2	Estadio de Béisbol Hermanos Serdán	-	12,112
6	September 14	Puebla – 2, Tijuana – 0	Estadio Gasmart	-	17,893

Batting leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
AVG	César Tapia	Pericos de Puebla	.383
HR	Alex Valdez	Sultanes de Monterrey	30
RBI	Diory Hernández	Rieleros de Aguascalientes	97
R	Chris Roberson	Sultanes de Monterrey	80
H	Justin Greene	Saraperos de Saltillo	145
SB	Justin Greene	Saraperos de Saltillo	39
SB	Christian Zazueta	Saraperos de Saltillo	39
SLG	César Tapia	Pericos de Puebla	.662

Pitching leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
ERA	Josh Lowey	Acereros de Monclova	1.65
W	Yoanner Negrín	Leones de Yucatán	18
SV	Arcenio León	Acereros de Monclova	36
IP	Yoanner Negrín	Leones de Yucatán	141.4
K	Josh Lowey	Acereros de Monclova	131
WHIP	Josh Lowey	Acereros de Monclova	0.93

LMB Awards
Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Most Valuable Player	César Tapia	Pericos de Puebla	^[4]
Rookie of the Year	Isaac Rodríguez	Toros de Tijuana	^[5]
Best Pitcher	Yoanner Negrín	Leones de Yucatán	^[6]
Best Relief Pitcher	Arcenio León	Acereros de Monclova	^[7]
Manager of the Year	Willie Romero	Leones de Yucatán	^[8]

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^ ^a ^b "Standings". milb.com. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
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^ "Arcenio León, Relevista del Año 2016". milb.com (in Spanish). 6 October 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Willie Romero, Manager del Año 2016". milb.com (in Spanish). 10 October 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
^ "Luis Flores obtuvo Guante de Oro". milb.com (in Spanish). 30 November 2016. Retrieved 28 May 2021.