There are three Minor League Baseball clubs named Alacranes de Durango (Durango Scorpions) in Mexican Baseball History.Alacranes de Durango History . Baseball Reference Bullpen website
In all its incarnations, the Alacranes have represented the city of Durango, the capital, and the largest city of the Mexican state of Durango. Since the classification of minor leagues began, they have been labeled as classes C, A and AAA in a span of 12 seasons from 1956 to 1979. The name is traditional for all sports teams from Durango, as its association football club is also called the Alacranes.
In 1978, Joel Pérez won the Mexican League Rookie of the Year Award, he became the only player in the history of the club to receive such honour.
Besides, Durango is known nationally and even internationally as the Land of the Scorpions (Tierra de los Alacranes), due to abundant species of scorpions on its territory, especially in the colonial areas.Durango's Cult of the Scorpion. Los Angeles Times website
Alacranes de Durango chronology Year League Class Record Finish Manager Notes Ref 1956 Mexican Central League C 45-54 5th Salvador Sahuayo Tribilín Cabrera 1956 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1957 Mexican Central League C 52-48 3rd Virgilio Arteaga 1957 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1965 Mexican Center League A 66-72 4th Regino GarcíaFrancisco Martínez 1965 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1966 Mexican Center League A 67-69 5th Francisco Martínez 1966 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1967 Mexican Center League A 45-95 8th Epitacio Torres 1967 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1972 Mexican Center League A 34-35 4th Guillermo Frayde 1972 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1973 Mexican Center League A 25-43 8th Felipe Hernández 1973 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1974 Mexican Center League A 52-23 1st Manuel Fortes 1974 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1976 Mexican League AAA 54-79 15th Ossie ÁlvarezJorge FitchAl Gallagher 1976 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1977 Mexican League AAA 77-71 7th Benjamin Cerda 1977 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1978 Mexican League AAA 85-65 4th (tied) Benjamin Cerda 1978 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1979 Mexican League AAA 58-74 16th Benjamin Cerda 1979 Alacranes de Durango season. Baseball Reference website 1. Served as a farm club for AAA Algodoneros del Unión Laguna 2. Served as a farm club for AAA Charros de Jalisco 3. Won Championship 4. Lost in 1st round of playoffs 5. Lost in 1st round of playoffs
Notable players
Kim Allen (1976) Jim Bouton !(1977) Jim Breazeale (1976) Ted Ford (1976–1977) Wayne Granger (1977) Jerry Hairston (1979) Rudy Hernández (1976) Jeff Holly (1976) Max León (1979) Buck Leonard (1956) Roberto Méndez (1976–1979) Bill Moran (1976) Ivan Murrell (1976) Tom Norton (1976) Reggie Sanders (1977) Ray Torres (1977–1979) Earl Williams (1979)
Sources
Further reading Treto Cisneros, Pedro (2002). The Mexican League/La Liga Mexicana: Comprehensive Player Statistics, 1937-2001. McFarland & Company. Worth, Richard (2013). Baseball Team Names: A Worldwide Dictionary, 1869–2011. McFarland & Company.