1956 Cananea Mineros Roster
Team Record: 75-56
Finished 1st in the AAL
Manager: Memo Garibay (75-56)
Location: Cananea, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Estadio Martires de 1906
Attendance: 134,723, Avg. 2,057
Playoffs - Cananea Mineros 3 games, Yuma Sun Sox 0
The Cananea Mineros of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1956 season with a record of 75 wins and 56 losses, finishing first in the AAL.
The Mineros plated 1109 runs, tops in the circuit. Cananea gave up 1009 runs. Claudio Solano paced all regular hitters by hitting .386. Pedro Perez topped the team with 19 wins, while Nate Moreland added 15 or more wins, too Nate Moreland recorded a 4.52 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Nate Moreland played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Cananea Mineros to do so.
Memo Garibay served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Belmonte | ||||||
| Jesus Bustamante | R | R | April 13, 1938 | 5'4" | 165 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| Arturo Cacheux | R | R | January 31, 1934 | 6'1" | 165 | Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur MX |
| Luis Casablanca | L | L | 5'9" | 180 | ||
| Librado Cesena | L | L | August 17, 1932 | 5'11" | 155 | |
| Alfonso DeLaFuente | ||||||
| Antonio DeLaFuente | ||||||
| Avelino Duarte | ||||||
| Manuel Escalera | ||||||
| Rafael Fabela | R | R | November 10, 1931 | 6'0" | 194 | Tlahualilo, Durango MX |
| Gregorio Figueroa | R | 6'3" | 178 | |||
| Alfred Galindo | R | R | March 21, 1933 | 6'0" | 190 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Memo Garibay | R | R | July 6, 1921 | 5'11" | 210 | Torreon, Coahuila MX |
| Humberto Guerrero | R | R | 5'8" | 175 | ||
| Zacatillo Guerrero | R | R | July 12, 1926 | 5'10" | 165 | Torreon, Coahuila MX |
| Arnulfo Manzo | S | L | 5'10" | 175 | ||
| Tomas Martell | R | R | 5'10" | 192 | ||
| Ventura Morales | R | R | July 7, 1928 | 5'7" | 165 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| Nate Moreland | R | L | April 22, 1914 | 6'1" | 195 | England, AR US |
| Jose Munoz | S | L | 5'11" | 172 | ||
| Roberto Osuna | ||||||
| Jose Padilla | R | R | 5'10" | 161 | ||
| Alberto Palafox | R | R | May 1, 1933 | 5'9" | 176 | Ciudad Obregon, Sonora MX |
| Pedro Perez | R | R | 5'11" | 180 | , CU | |
| Carlos Quezada | R | 5'10" | 165 | |||
| Antonio Reyes | ||||||
| Daniel Ríos | S | R | December 17, 1919 | 6'1" | 190 | Beeville, TX US |
| Javier Rivera | R | L | 5'6" | |||
| Raymundo Rocha | ||||||
| Claudio Solano | R | February 14, 1926 | 5'10" | 180 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX | |
| Roberto Sonora |
Average attendance is based upon the number of actual home dates where known (most leagues from 1992 and later). Where the number of home dates is not known, the average is calculated using half the team's total games.
