The Naranjeros de Hermosillo () are a professional baseball team based in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. They compete in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). The team plays at the Estadio Fernando Valenzuela with a capacity of 16,000 seated spectators.

The Naranjeros are one of the most successful teams in Mexican baseball and the most winning team in the Mexican Pacific League. They have won 16 LMP championships, the most recent during the 2013–14 season and two Caribbean Series titles. They were the first Mexico team to win the Caribbean Series, doing so in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in 1976.

History
The team was established in 1945 as Queliteros de Hermosillo (). In 1947, the Queliteros won their first championship in the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico (Pacific Coast League), the competition that preceded the Mexican Pacific League. The club changed its name to the current Naranjeros in the 50s and won the Pacific Coast League back to back in the 1955–56 and 1956–57 seasons. The Naranjeros played in the Estadio de la Casa del Pueblo that was later renamed to Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz.

Hermosillo repeated the feat of winning the league championship twice in a row in the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons, both times under manager Virgilio Arteaga. They won the league again in the 1963–64 season. During these years, legendary player Héctor Espino was part of the team.

The Naranjeros won the 1970–71 season and therefore became the first Pacific League team to represent Mexico in the 1971 Caribbean Series. In 1972 the team moved to the Estadio Coloso del Choyal. They won the 1974–75 and 1975–76 seasons back to back and participated in the 1976 Caribbean Series.

The Naranjeros' victory at the 1976 Caribbean Series in Santo Domingo was the first ever by a Mexican team. The club was managed by Benjamín "Cananea" Reyes and included players such as Héctor Espino (1B), Sergio "Kalimán" Robles (C), Celerino Sánchez (3B), Elliot Willis (2B), Arnoldo de Hoyos (CF), George Brunett (P) and Jerry Hairston Sr. (LF). Again under Cananea Reyes, the Naranjeros won the 1979–80 season. With Tom Harmon as manager, Hermosillo won the 1981–82, 1989–90 and 1991–92 seasons.

In the 1993–94, 1994–95 and 2000–01 seasons, the Naranjeros won the Mexican Pacific League, led by manager Derek Bryant. Under Lorenzo Bundy, Hermosillo won the 2006–07 season and were champions again in the 2009–10 season with Homar Rojas as manager.

In 2013, the Naranjeros moved to Estadio Sonora. During that season, the team won its seventeenth league title and the 2014 Caribbean Series with Matías Carrillo as manager.

Stadium
In its early days, the team played at Estadio Fernando M. Ortiz, also known as "La Casa del Pueblo." Since 1972, the Naranjeros have been playing in their home stadium, Estadio De Beisbol Héctor Espino, named after the greatest Mexican baseball player in history, Héctor Espino. Since 2013 they have played their home games at Estadio Fernando Valenzuela, which was called the Estadio Sonora until 2023.

Roster

Retired numbers
The Naranjeros de Hermosillo have retired the following numbers:

 3: José Luis Sandoval
 6: Sergio Robles
 9: Vinicio Castilla
10: Cananea Reyes
11: Francisco Barrios
14: Celerino Sánchez
19: Miguel Sotelo
20: Miguel Flores
21: Héctor Espino
23: Cornelio García
25: Maximino León
30: Ángel Moreno
44: Erubiel Durazo

Championships

Caribbean Series record

Notable players

 Alfredo Aceves
 Ramón Arano
 Francisco Barrios
 George Brunet
 Vinicio Castilla
 Jorge de la Rosa
 Elmer Dessens
 Erubiel Durazo
 Narciso Elvira
 Héctor Espino
 Luis Garcia
 Daniel Garibay
 Carlos Gastélum
 Édgar González
 Jerry Hairston Sr.
 Rich Hinton
 Trenidad Hubbard
 Al Martin
 Maximino León
 Mario Mendoza
 Ángel Moreno
 Jerry Owens
 Rubén Rivera
 Chris Roberson
 Sergio Robles
 Homar Rojas
 Gary Ross
 Celerino Sánchez
 Yunesky Sánchez
 Curt Schilling
 Dave Sells
 Miguel Sotelo
 Alex Treviño
 Fernando Valenzuela
 Sebastián Valle
 Larry Walker
 Jon Weber
 Zelous Wheeler
 Bump Wills
 Maury Wills
 Jim Wilson

References

External links
 Official site

Hermosillo Naranjeros
Sport in Hermosillo
Sports teams in Sonora
Baseball teams established in 1945
1945 establishments in Mexico