1949 Mexican League season

The 1949 Mexican League season was the 25th season in the history of the Mexican League. It was contested by eight teams. Sultanes de Monterrey won their third championship in a row and fourth in their history after defeating Unión Laguna de Torreón in the Final Series, led by manager Lázaro Salazar.^[1]

1949 Mexican League season
League	Mexican League
Sport	Baseball
Number of teams	8
Serie Final
Champions	Sultanes de Monterrey
Runners-up	Unión Laguna de Torreón

The season was contested in a split-season format, where the winner of each one of the two halves of the tournament faced each other in the Final Series to determine the champion. Monterrey won the first half with a 25–18 record, while Torreón won the second half with a 29–13 record. The Sultanes sweeped Unión Laguna in four games to claim the championship.^[2]

Standings

First half standings^[3]

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Sultanes de Monterrey	25	18	.581	—
2	Tuneros de San Luis Potosí	24	19	.558	1.0
3	Azules de Veracruz	23	19	.548	1.5
4	Diablos Rojos del México	22	20	.524	2.5
5	Charros de Jalisco	21	21	.500	3.5
6	Unión Laguna de Torreón	20	23	.465	5.0
7	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	18	24	.429	6.5
8	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	17	25	.405	7.5

Second half standings^[3]

Pos	Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
1	Unión Laguna de Torreón	29	13	.690	—
2	Sultanes de Monterrey	27	15	.643	2.0
3	Charros de Jalisco	22	20	.524	7.0
4	Rojos del Águila de Veracruz	21	21	.500	8.0
5	Azules de Veracruz	19	23	.452	10.0
6	Diablos Rojos del México	19	23	.452	10.0
7	Tuneros de San Luis Potosí	17	25	.405	12.0
8	Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo	14	28	.333	15.0

Postseason

Final Series

Sultanes de Monterrey won the series, 4–0.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	3 October	Monterrey – 8, Torreón – 5	Estadio Revolución	-	-
2	4 October	Monterrey – 6, Torreón – 2	Estadio Revolución	-	-
3	5 October	Torreón – 4, Monterrey – 9	Parque Cuauhtémoc	-	-
4	6 October	Torreón – 4, Monterrey – 7	Parque Cuauhtémoc	-	-

League leaders

Batting leaders[4] Stat Player Team Total AVG Tribilín Cabrera Jalisco .382 HR Jesús Díaz Torreón 13 RBI Jesús Díaz Torreón 83 R Pablo García Monterrey 78 H Dilio Rodríguez Torreón 132 SB Alfredo Jiménez Jalisco 27

Pitching leaders[5] Stat Player Team Total ERA Alfonso Ramírez México 2.35 W Daniel Ríos Monterrey 21 K Wilfredo Salas Torreón 158

Awards

Award	Player	Team	Ref.
Rookie of the Year	Leo Rodríguez	Torreón	[6]