# José Luis Sandoval

José Luis Sandoval Rodríguez (born 25 August 1968), nicknamed Borrego, is a Mexican professional baseball coach and former shortstop. He is currently the first base coach for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League. As a player, Sandoval spent 23 seasons in the Mexican League, 22 of them with the Diablos Rojos del México winning the league championship in 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2008.

## Career

Sandoval was born on 25 August 1968 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and made his professional debut in the Mexican League in 1990 with the Diablos Rojos del México. In 1993 he was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and assigned to the Buffalo Bisons of the Triple-A American Association, where he played 65 games and recorded 48 hits, 23 runs, five home runs, 21 RBI and .230 batting average in 209 at bats.
After spending the 1993 season with the Bisons, he returned to the Mexican League to play with the Diablos Rojos and won the 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2008 Mexican League championships. He spent the 1997 season playing for the Saraperos de Saltillo but played all other seasons with the Diablos Rojos until his retirement after the 2012 season.
On 23 March 2013, the Diablos Rojos honored José Luis Sandoval by retiring his number 3.
Sandoval also played in the Mexican Pacific League for 20 seasons, 19 of them with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and his final season with the Yaquis de Obregón.
Sandoval was honored with a corrido titled Corrido del Borrego Sandoval, performed by Los Maxximos de Sinaloa.
In 2022, Sandoval was inducted in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Matías Carrillo, Vinicio Castilla, Eduardo Jiménez, Isidro Márquez, Barney Serrell and journalist Jorge Menéndez Torre.
In February 2025, Sandoval was selected by a committee of journalists as the shortstop for the Mexican League Centennial All-Time Team on the occasion of the league's hundredth anniversary.

## International career

Sandoval was part of the Mexican team that won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.

## Managerial career

In November 2015, Sandoval was hired as manager of the Diablos Rojos del México for the 2016 season, replacing Miguel Ojeda. The Diablos finished the season fifth in the North Division with a 57–54 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
In September 2017, Sandoval was appointed as manager of the Guerreros de Oaxaca ahead of the 2018 season, replacing Houston Jiménez. The 2018 season was contested in a two-tournament format and the Guerreros finished the first tournament last in the South Division with a 22–35 record. Sandoval was fired afterward and replaced by Joe Alvarez.

## Managerial statistics
### Mexican League

| Year | Team | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason | Postseason |
| Year | Team | Games | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | Finish | Won | Lost | Pct. | Notes |
| 2016 | Diablos Rojos del México | 112 | 57 | 54 | 1 | .513 | 5th | – | – | – | – |
| 2018 | Guerreros de Oaxaca | 57 | 22 | 35 | 0 | .386 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | Total | 169 | 79 | 89 | 1 | .470 | | – | – | – | – |