| Tigres de Quintana Roo | |||||
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| League | Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Zona Sur) | ||||
| Location | Cancún, Quintana Roo | ||||
| Ballpark | Estadio de Béisbol Beto Ávila | ||||
| Founded | 1955 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | "El equipo que nació campeón" | ||||
| League championships | 12 (1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||||
| Division championships | 18 (1955, 1956, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1982, 1992, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015) | ||||
| Former name(s) | Tigres de la Angelopolis Tigres Capitalinos | ||||
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| Colors | Navy blue, orange, white | ||||
| Ownership | Fernando Valenzuela and Linda Burgos | ||||
| Manager | C. J. Retherford | ||||
| President | Fernando Valenzuela Burgos | ||||
| Media | 106.7FM, 105.1FM | ||||
| Website | tigresqroo | ||||
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The Tigres de Quintana Roo (English: Quintana Roo Tigers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico. The team is part of the Southern Division (Zona Sur). The team has won twelve championships to date: 1955, 1960, 1965, 1966, 1992, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2011, 2013, and 2015.
The Tigres were founded in Mexico City in 1955 as the Tigres del México (English: Mexico Tigers),[1] and played there through the 2001 season. After a brief stint in Puebla as the Tigres de la Angelópolis, the team relocated to Cancún. The team was founded by industrial businessman Alejo Peralta, and was long owned by his son, Carlos Peralta. The team was purchased by an ownership group including Major League Baseball All-Star pitcher Fernando Valenzuela in 2017.
They have a competitive and long-standing rivalry known as the Guerra Civil (Civil War) against their former crosstown rivals the Diablos Rojos del México.[2] The Tigres won the Mexican League championship in their inaugural season, an achievement that has never been matched, and was dubbed: "El equipo que nació campeón" (English: The team that was born as champion).[3] The Tigres are a perennial powerhouse and have won 18 division and 12 league championships since their inception.
- ^ "Los Tigres están en la cima - Beisbol - ESPN Deportes". ESPN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-11.
- ^ Ravelo, Vania (20 August 2011). "Tambores de guerra" (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
- ^ "Tigres celebra con su afición" (in Spanish). La Aficion. 28 August 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2011.