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10 Years of Ullamaliztli Namiqui - Part 1

The "Ballgame Union" turned 10 in 1946! It's been 10 amazing years of great ball. It all began in 1936 with 8 teams: Guadalajara, León, Mérida, Jaguares, Águilas, Puebla, San Luis and Tampico. They were joined by Aguascalientes and Monterrey in 1940. 575 players from seven different nationalities have begun to write the history of the league. Let's take a look:

Champions
1936 - Aulladores de Mérida - 55-29, .655, +8 G, +77 RD
1937 - Tunas de San Luis - 48-36, .571, +2 G, +51 RD
1938 - Tunas de San Luis - 54-30, .643, +7 G, +69 RD
1939 - Tunas de San Luis - 58-27, .682, +1 G, +98 RD
1940 - Jaguares de México - 74-34, .685, +14 G, +139 RD
1941 - Aulladores de Mérida - 63-45, .583, +1 G, +32 RD
1942 - Aulladores de Mérida - 69-39, .639, +8 G, +138 RD
1943 - Flechas de León - 67-41, .620, +5 G, +92 RD
1944 - Tunas de San Luis - 66-42, .611, +1 G, +117 RD
1945 - Jaguares de México - 71-37, .657, +9 G, +176 RD
1946 - Jaibas de Tampico - 66-42, .611, +3 G, +96 RD

All-Time Table
Team - Record - Pct
San Luis - 614-479 - .562
Jaguares - 605-487 - .554
León - 597-496 - .546
Mérida - 581-511 - .532
Guadalajara - 539-553 - .494
Tampico - 537-555 - .492
Puebla - 523-569 - .479
Águilas - 430-662 - .394
Monterrey - 357-399 - .472
Aguascalientes - 342-414 - .452

Individual Batting Leaders
At Bats
1936 - Raúl Pérez, Guadalajara - 353 in 84 G
1937 - Antonio Monterrosa, Mérida - 365 in 84 G
1938 - José Contreras, Mérida - 367 in 84 G
1939 - Antonio Sánchez, Jaguares - 363 in 83 G
1940 - Alberto Campana, Puebla - 472 in 108 G
1941 - Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 464 in 107 G
1942 - Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 467 in 107 G
1943 - Edwin Esparza, Mérida - 453 in 108 G
1944 - William Middleton, Jaguares - 458 107 G
1945 - José Contreras, Mérida - 457 in 108 G
1946 - Francisco Castro, León - 445 in 107 G

Runs
1936 - Celestino de la Rosa, Mérida - 50 in 84 G
1937 - Jorge Ramírez, Puebla - 49 in 84 G
1938 - Jorge Ramírez, Puebla - 53 in 83 G
1939 - Juan Negrete, León - 52 in 85 G
1940 - Andrés Suárez, León - 90 in 106 G
1941 - Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 84 in 107 G
1942 - Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 74 in 107 G
1943 - Celestino Valadez, Puebla - 77 in 108 G
1944 - Celestino Valadez, Puebla - 89 in 108 G
1945 - Manuel Vargas, Jaguares - 79 in 107 G
1946 - Orlando Melara, Tampico - 70 in 108 G

Hits
1936 - Antonio Monterrosa, Mérida - 119 in 83 G
1937 - Antonio Monterrrosa, Mérida - 116 in 84 G
1938 - Óscar Valladolid, Guadalajara - 118 in 81 G
1939 - Max Braud, San Luis and Juan Negrete, León - 111
1940 - Ángel Ziranda, León - 150 in 107 G
1941 - Alberto Campana, Puebla - 136 in 108 G
1942 - Antonio Monterrosa, Aguascalientes - 140 in 108 G
1943 - Oziel Rojas, León - 139 in 99 G
1944 - Gabriel Barrón, Jaguares - 148 in 108 G
1945 - José Serrano, Jaguares - 130 in 107 G
1946 - Edwin Esparza, Tampico - 138 in 108 G

Doubles
1936 - Reynaldo Caratachea, Águilas - 18 in 81 G
1937 - Juan Negrete, León - 20 in 84 G
1938 - Fernando del Toro, Puebla - 20 in 84 G
1939 - Juan Negrete, León - 24 in 85 G
1940 - Gregorio Pérez, Tampico - 38 in 105 G
1941 - Antonio Monterrosa, Puebla - 38 in 107 G
1942 - Antonio Monterrosa, Aguascalientes - 36 in 108 G
1943 - Heraclio Rincón, Tampico - 35 in 86 G
1944 - César Loaiza, Guadalajara - 35 in 107 G
1945 - Antonio Sánchez, Águilas - 32 in 107 G
1946 - Edwin Esparza, Tampico and Antonio Monterrosa, Aguascalientes - 31

Triples
1936 - Celestino de la Rosa, Mérida - 10 in 84 G
1937 - Celestino de la Rosa, Mérida - 11 in 83 G
1938 - Omar Morales, Jaguares - 6 in 74 G
1939 - Juan Negrete, León - 6 in 85 G
1940 - Raúl Pérez, Mérida - 23 in 103 G
1941 - Omar Morales, San Luis - 15 in 108 G
1942 - Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 16 in 107 G
1943 - Oziel Rojas, León - 20 in 99 G
1944 - Reynaldo Caratachea, Aguascalientes - 10 in 103 G
1945 - Celestino Valadez, San Luis - 12 in 108 G
1946 - José García, Aguascalientes - 14 in 108 G

Home Runs
1936 - Guillermo Aceves, San Luis, Gustavo Ruiz, León and Andrés Suárez, León - 5
1937 - Fernando del Toro, Puebla - 7 in 83 G
1938 - Jorge Ramírez, Puebla - 10 in 83 G
1939 - Daniel Rivera, Puebla - 7 in 81 G
1940 - Héctor Ramírez, Puebla - 20 in 108 G
1941 - Andrés Suárez, León - 17 in 107 G
1942 - Raúl Alvarado, Aguascalientes - 18 in 105 G
1943 - Héctor Ramírez, Mérida - 17 in 108 G
1944 - Héctor Ramírez, Mérida - 19 in 108 G
1945 - Edwin Esparza, Mérida and Guillermo Meraz, Monterrey - 17
1946 - Guillermo Meraz, Monterrey - 24 in 103 G

Runs Batted In
1936 - Gustavo Ruiz, León - 42 in 83 G
1937 - César Loaiza, Guadalajara - 49 in 84 G
1938 - Fernando del Toro, Puebla - 45 in 84 G
1939 - Fernando del Toro, Puebla - 42 in 84 G
1940 - Edwin Esparza, León - 88 in 107 G
1941 - Andrés Suárez, León - 80 in 107 G
1942 - Alberto Campana, Puebla - 75 in 108 G
1943 - Raúl Martínez, Tampico - 80 in 108 G
1944 - Alberto Campana, Puebla - 86 in 108 G
1945 - Edwin Esparza, Mérida - 83 in 108 G
1946 - Edwin Esparza, Tampico - 84 in 108 G

Stolen Bases
1936 - Guillermo Aceves, San Luis - 30 in 81 G
1937 - Juan Negrete, León and Jorge Ramírez, Puebla - 36
1938 - Nicolás Zúñiga, Tampico - 38 in 81 G
1939 - Juan Negrete, León - 39 in 85 G
1940 - Nicolás Zúñiga, Tampico - 33 in 108 G
1941 - Roberto Guerrero, Aguascalientes - 31 in 108 G
1942 - Roberto Guerrero, Aguascalientes - 29 in 107 G
1943 - Amado Almaraz, León and Raúl Pérez, Tampico - 24
1944 - Nicolás Zúñiga, Mérida - 22 in 108 G
1945 - José Contreras, Mérida - 26 in 108 G
1946 - José Contreras, Tampico - 19 in 108 G

Batting Champions
1936 - César Loaiza, Guadalajara - .347, 15 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 30 RBI in 83 G
1937 - Victor Barrios, Águilas - .332, 15 2B, 2 HR, 26 RBI in 83 G
1938 - Antonio Monterrosa, Mérida - .324, 13 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 24 RBI in 84 G
1939 - Max Braud, San Luis - .342, 13 2B, 4 HR, 27 RBI in 83 G
1940 - Edwin Esparza, León - .348, 25 2B, 10 3B, 11 HR, 88 RBI in 107 G
1941 - David Herrera, Puebla - .333, 25 2B, 2 3B, 4 HR, 49 RBI in 92 G
1942 - Mario Morales, Tampico - .325, 24 2B, 2 3B, 10 HR, 57 RBI in 108 G
1943 - Miguel Aldava, León - .328, 13 2B, 3 3B, 1 HR, 41 RBI in 93 G
1944 - Gabriel Barrón, Jaguares - .351, 20 2B, 2 HR, 61 RBI in 108 G
1945 - Santiago González, Jaguares - .327, 15 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 47 RBI in 92 G
1946 - Pedro Ayala, Puebla - .324, 18 2B, 2 3B, 12 HR, 63 RBI in 93 G