# Alacranes de Durango (baseball club)

There are three Minor League Baseball clubs named Alacranes de Durango (Durango Scorpions) in Mexican Baseball History.
In all its incarnations, the Alacranes have represented the city of Durango, the capital, and the largest city of the Mexican state of Durango. Since the classification of minor leagues began, they have been labeled as classes C, A and AAA in a span of 12 seasons from 1956 to 1979. The name is traditional for all sports teams from Durango, as its association football club is also called the Alacranes.
In 1978, Joel Pérez won the Mexican League Rookie of the Year Award, he became the only player in the history of the club to receive such honour.
Besides, Durango is known nationally and even internationally as the Land of the Scorpions (Tierra de los Alacranes), due to abundant species of scorpions on its territory, especially in the colonial areas.

## Alacranes de Durango chronology

| Year | League | Class | Record | Finish | Manager | Notes |
| 1956 | Mexican Central League | C | 45-54 | 5th | Salvador Sahuayo Adolfo Cabrera | |
| 1957 | Mexican Central League | C | 52-48 | 3rd | Virgilio Arteaga | |
| 1965 | Mexican Center League | A | 66-72 | 4th | Regino García Francisco Martínez | |
| 1966 | Mexican Center League | A | 67-69 | 5th | Francisco Martínez | |
| 1967 | Mexican Center League | A | 45-95 | 8th | Epitacio Torres | |
| 1972 | Mexican Center League | A | 34-35 | 4th | Guillermo Frayde | |
| 1973 | Mexican Center League | A | 25-43 | 8th | Felipe Hernández | [1] |
| 1974 | Mexican Center League | A | 52-23 | 1st | Manuel Fortes | [2][3] |
| 1976 | Mexican League | AAA | 54-79 | 15th | Ossie Álvarez Jorge Fitch Al Gallagher | |
| 1977 | Mexican League | AAA | 77-71 | 7th | Benjamin Cerda | [4] |
| 1978 | Mexican League | AAA | 85-65 | 4th (tied) | Benjamin Cerda | [5] |
| 1979 | Mexican League | AAA | 58-74 | 16th | Benjamin Cerda | |
1. Served as a farm club for AAA Algodoneros del Unión Laguna 2. Served as a farm club for AAA Charros de Jalisco 3. Won Championship 4. Lost in 1st round of playoffs 5. Lost in 1st round of playoffs

## Notable players

* Kim Allen (1976)
* Jim Bouton !(1977)
* Jim Breazeale (1976)
* Ted Ford (1976–1977)
* Wayne Granger (1977)
* Jerry Hairston (1979)
* Rudy Hernández (1976)
* Jeff Holly (1976)
* Max León (1979)
* Buck Leonard (1956)
* Roberto Méndez (1976–1979)
* Bill Moran (1976)
* Ivan Murrell (1976)
* Tom Norton (1976)
* Reggie Sanders (1977)
* Ray Torres (1977–1979)
* Earl Williams (1979)

## Sources

* ↑ Alacranes de Durango History Archived 2017-03-21 at the Wayback Machine. Baseball Reference Bullpen website
* ↑ Esquivel, Armando (26 March 2021). "El 'Chino' Pérez". El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
* ↑ Esquivel, Armando (2 April 2021). "El 'Chino' Pérez". El Siglo de Durango (in Spanish). Retrieved 26 February 2024.
* ↑ Durango's Cult of the Scorpion. Los Angeles Times website
* ↑ 1956 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1957 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1965 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1966 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1967 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1972 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1973 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1974 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1976 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1977 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1978 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website
* ↑ 1979 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website