Liga Invernal Veracruzana


The Veracruz Winter League is a professional baseball winter league, representing the Mexican state of Veracruz, taking place between the months of October and January. It is currently made up of 6 teams and the league champion is invited to compete in the Latin American Series.

History

The league was formed in its current iteration in 2005 by the then-state governor Fidel Herrera Beltrán as a league representing an area of Mexico not covered by the other two professional leagues, with the Mexican Pacific League covering the Pacific side of the country and the Mexican League covering inland and southern Mexico, leaving Veracruz unrepresented up to that point. The league ran for eleven seasons before it was put on hold due to lack of funding, with youth competition Veracruz State League, representing the state from that point onwards. In 2018, the president of Tobis de Acayucan, Regina Vázquez Saut, announced the revival of the league, appointing herself as the commissioner, with the first game of the revived league being played on October 27, 2018.

Current teams

TeamHead CoachCityStadium
Astros de Jáltipan

Affiliations with Mexican League

Because the Veracruz Winter League is considered a lower level than the other two professional leagues in Mexico, three of the teams have affiliations with Mexican League teams:
Team
Mexican League Affiliate
Astros de JáltipanUnaffiliated
Cafetaleros de CórdobaBravos de León
Cañeros de Úrsulo GalvánUnaffiliated
Chileros de XalapaAcereros del Norte
Rojos de VeracruzDiablos Rojos del México
Tobis de AcayucanUnaffiliated

League champions



Championships by Team

Los Tuxtlas
62008-09, 2009-10, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14, 2014-15
Chileros de Xalapa22007-08, 2010-11
Tobis de Acayucan22015-16, 2018-19
Broncos de Cosamaloapan 12005-06
Gallos de Santa Rosa 12006-07