1956 Tijuana Potros Roster
Arizona-Mexico League (AAL) - Class: C
Team Record: 17-59
in the AAL
Manager: Virgilio Arteaga (17-59)
Location: Tijuana, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Parque Puerto Blanco
Attendance: 30,000, Avg. 789
1956 Tijuana Potros StatisticsTeam Record: 17-59
in the AAL
Manager: Virgilio Arteaga (17-59)
Location: Tijuana, Mexico, Mexico
Ballpark: Parque Puerto Blanco
Attendance: 30,000, Avg. 789
The Tijuana Potros of the Arizona-Mexico League ended the 1956 season with a record of 17 wins and 59 lossesTijuana withdrew June 28.
The Potros led the circuit with just 517 runs allowed. Tijuana scored 331 runs, worst in the league,. Santiago Ayala paced all regular batters by hitting .282.
Lorenzo Cabrera and Joe Orrell both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Virgilio Arteaga served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Alcantar | R | R | 5'11" | 165 | ||
| Lucio Alvarez | R | R | 5'9" | 148 | ||
| Rogelio Amaro | R | 5'11" | 175 | |||
| Virgilio Arteaga | L | 6'0" | 175 | |||
| Santiago Ayala | L | R | August 25, 1926 | 5'10" | 176 | |
| Stan Bialecki | ||||||
| Federico Bojorquez | R | R | March 2, 1937 | 5'10" | 185 | Empalme, Sonora MX |
| Jesus Bustamante | R | R | April 13, 1938 | 5'4" | 165 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| Lorenzo Cabrera | L | L | April 30, 1920 | 6'1" | 210 | Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos CU |
| Alfonso Cerreza | ||||||
| Librado Cesena | L | L | August 17, 1932 | 5'11" | 155 | |
| Ramon Chaparro | ||||||
| Jaime Corella | R | R | July 19, 1937 | 6'1" | 155 | Cananea, Sonora MX |
| George Davis | ||||||
| Jose Echeverria | R | R | March 26, 1935 | 6'2" | 224 | |
| James Fitzgerald | ||||||
| Manuel Galvan | ||||||
| Robert Hayes | R | 6'0" | 185 | |||
| Robert Henry | S | L | January 15, 1936 | 6'4" | 198 | |
| Guillermo Hernandez | ||||||
| Fernando Hidalgo | ||||||
| Louis Hurt | R | R | December 25, 1935 | 6'1" | 190 | Trezvile, TN US |
| Gideon Jarvis | L | 6'0" | 200 | |||
| Orlando Lugo | R | R | 5'10" | 160 | , CU | |
| Manuel Magallón | R | April 9, 1925 | 6'0" | 190 | ||
| Fernando Montalvo | September 18, 1937 | |||||
| Roy Moore | R | R | 5'8" | 155 | ||
| Rolando Muniz | ||||||
| Joe Orrell | R | R | March 6, 1917 | 6'4" | 210 | National City, CA US |
| Arturo Osuna | R | 5'7" | 157 | |||
| Leopoldo Padilla | R | R | July 8, 1923 | 5'9" | Talpa De Allende, MX | |
| Alberto Palafox | R | R | May 1, 1933 | 5'9" | 176 | Ciudad Obregon, Sonora MX |
| Bernardo Pedroza | ||||||
| Hilario Rios | ||||||
| Roberto Rodriguez | R | R | 6'2" | 180 | ||
| Jose Ruiz | 6'1" | 185 | ||||
| Jose Sanchez | ||||||
| Ramon Sandoval | ||||||
| Leo Solano | ||||||
| Jorge Talavera | L | L | 5'10" | 170 | ||
| Adolph Terrazas | R | L | 5'10" | 166 | ||
| Horace Tucker | L | 5'7" | 171 | |||
| Felipe Valdes | R | 5'11" | 160 | |||
| Regino Vazquez | R | R | 6'2" | 155 | , MX |
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.
