José Luis Sandoval
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| José Luis Sandoval | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Sandoval in 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: 25 August 1968 Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .293 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 253 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,315 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Mexican Professional | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Induction | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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José Luis Sandoval Rodríguez (born 25 August 1968), nicknamed Borrego, is a Mexican professional baseball coach and former shortstop. As a player, Sandoval spent 23 seasons in the Mexican League, 22 of them with the Diablos Rojos del México winning the league championship in 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2008.
Sandoval represented Mexico at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2007 Pan American Games, winning the bronze medal in both tournaments.
Early career
Sandoval was born on 25 August 1968 in Los Mochis, Sinaloa and made his professional debut in the Mexican League in 1990 with the Diablos Rojos del México.[1] In 1993 he was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates and assigned to the Buffalo Bisons of the Triple-A American Association, where he played 65 games and recorded 48 hits, 23 runs, five home runs, 21 RBI and .230 batting average in 209 at bats.[2]
Mexican League
After spending the 1993 season with the Bisons, he returned to the Mexican League (LMB) to play for the Diablos Rojos winning LMB championships in 1994, 1999, 2002, 2003 and 2008. He spent the 1997 season with the Saraperos de Saltillo, but played all other seasons with the Diablos Rojos.[1][3]
On 19 May 2012, Sandoval received a special career award from the Mexican League during his final season.[4] He retired after the 2012 season.[3][5]
| Seasons | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | SLG |
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| 23 | 2219 | 7725 | 1171 | 2263 | 435 | 31 | 253 | 1315 | 59 | 754 | .293 | .456 |
Mexican Pacific League
Sandoval played 20 seasons in the Mexican Pacific League (LMP). He debuted in 1991 with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, with whom he spent 19 seasons, and played his final season with the Yaquis de Obregón during the 2011–12 tournament.[7] He won seven LMP championships: six with Hermosillo in 1992, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2007 and 2010, and one with Obregón in 2012.
| Seasons | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | BB | BA | SLG |
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| 21 | 1138 | 3858 | 455 | 953 | 163 | 5 | 98 | 471 | 26 | 319 | .247 | .368 |
International career
Sandoval represented Mexico at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games, where he won the bronze medal.[9] He was also part of the Mexican team that won the bronze medal at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro.[10] He appeared in four games, recording two runs, five hits, one double, three RBIs and a .313/.368/.375 batting line.[11]
Managerial career
In November 2015, Sandoval was hired as manager of the Diablos Rojos del México for the 2016 season, replacing Miguel Ojeda.[12][13] The Diablos finished the season fifth in the North Division with a 57–54 record, failing to qualify for the playoffs.
In September 2017, Sandoval was appointed as manager of the Guerreros de Oaxaca ahead of the 2018 season, replacing Houston Jiménez.[14] The 2018 season was contested in a two-tournament format and the Guerreros finished the first tournament last in the South Division with a 22–35 record. Sandoval was fired afterward and replaced by Joe Alvarez.[15][16]
Legacy
On 23 March 2013, the Diablos Rojos honored José Luis Sandoval by retiring his number 3.[17][18]
Sandoval was honored with a corrido titled Corrido del Borrego Sandoval, performed by Los Maxximos de Sinaloa.[19][20]
In 2022, Sandoval was inducted in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame alongside Matías Carrillo, Vinicio Castilla, Eduardo Jiménez, Isidro Márquez, Barney Serrell and journalist Jorge Menéndez Torre.[21][22]
In February 2025, Sandoval was selected by a committee of journalists as the shortstop for the Mexican League Centennial All-Time Team on the occasion of the league's hundredth anniversary.[23]
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