Azules de Veracruz

The Azules de Veracruz (Veracruz Blues) were a professional baseball team from Veracruz, Mexico that played in the Mexican League from 1941 to 1951. They won League pennants in 1940, 1941, 1944 and 1951, but were eventually shut down in favor of the other local team, the Águila de Veracruz.

Notable players

• Ace Adams
• Cool Papa Bell
• Ramón Bragaña
• Ray Brown
• Alex Carrasquel
• Tony Castaño
• Buzz Clarkson
• Ray Dandridge
• Tommy de la Cruz
• Leon Day
• Martín Dihigo
• Bobby Estalella
• Harry Feldman
• Pedro Formental
• Silvio García
• Danny Gardella
• Josh Gibson
• Chile Gómez
• Vince Gonzales
• Roy Henshaw
• Chico Hernández
• Bobby Herrera
• Rogers Hornsby
• Monte Irvin
• León Kellman
• Lou Klein
• Max Lanier
• Rufus Lewis
• Agapito Mayor
• Charlie Mead
• René Monteagudo
• Julio Moreno
• Baby Ortiz
• Mickey Owen
• Roy Partlow
• Paul Pettit
• Ted Radcliffe
• Armando Roche
• Héctor Rodríguez
• Lázaro Salazar
• Pat Scantlebury
• Red Steiner
• Vern Stephens
• Willie Wells
• Miguel Arvizu

Sources Baseball Reference

Year-by-Year Record

Year	Record	Finish	Manager	Playoffs	Notes
1940	61-30	1st	Martín Dihigo	League Champions
1941	67-35	1st	Lázaro Salazar	League Champions
1942	39-46	6th	Agustin Bejerano	none
1943	39-51	5th	Gustavo Buenrostro / Horacio Hernández	none
1944	52-37	1st	Rogers Hornsby / Ramón Bragaña	League Champions
1945	42-48	5th	Ramón Bragaña	none
1946	41-57	7th	Ramón Bragaña / Mickey Owen / Chile Gómez / Jorge Pasquel	none
1947	52-67	6th	Chile Gómez / Red Steiner	none
1948	43-43	5th	Dolf Luque	none
1949	42-42	4th	Salvador Hernández	none
1950	34-50	7th	Ramón Bragaña	none
1951	49-35	1st	Ángel Castro	League Champions

External links

• Footage from a 1946 game