# Sultanes de Monterrey

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 was formed on 20 May 1939, as Carta Blanca (a local beer brand, owned by Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma which owned the team). The team was renamed to Industriales in 1942. In 1948 it was renamed again to their current name, Sultanes. 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.

### 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
### Retired numbers

The Sultanes de Monterrey have retired the following numbers:
* 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 | No final series | 53–37 |
| 1947 | Lázaro Salazar | No final series | No final series | 70–47 |
| 1948 | Lázaro Salazar | No final series | No final series | 50–35 |
| 1949 | Lázaro Salazar | Unión Laguna de Torreón | 4–0 | 56–33 |
| 1962 | Clemente Carreras | No final series | 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 | Total championships | Total championships | 10 | 10 |

## Average home league attendance

| Season | Total attendance | Home average |
| 2005 | 374,630 | 7,068 |
| 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 | 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.