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It's been 5 years since the first pitch in the Ullamaliztli Namiqui was thrown, so it's time to open up the Book of Records!

First off, let's recap the league champions:
1936 - Aulladores de Mérida
1937 - Tunas de San Luis
1938 - Tunas de San Luis
1939 - Tunas de San Luis
1940 - Jaguares de México

And here are the clubs listed by win total. Reminder that Aguascalientes and Monterrey began play in 1940.
Tunas de San Luis - 257-188
Flechas de León - 246-199
Jaguares de México - 241-203
Serpientes de Puebla - 240-204
Obsidianas de Guadalajara - 226-218
Aulladores de Mérida - 221-223
Águilas de México - 176-268
Jaibas de Tampico - 172-272
Tuzos de Aguascalientes - 55-53
Cardenales de Monterrey - 51-57

Only 6 managers have managed a club for 5 seasons, and only 3 of them have won a title. Here they are listed by win total.
Jesús Grana - 257-188
Julio Padilla - 246-199
Julio Reyes - 241-203
Francisco Herrera - 240-204
Roberto Rodríguez - 226-218
Iván Egas - 221-223

Julio Reyes just retired at 63 while Rodríguez was fired from his post, leaving two spots for old or new managers.

Now onto what I consider to be the most interesting part. I'm talking of course about the leaderboards. The league has gone through slight changes in offensive and pitching production, but it has stayed more or less the same. Of course, the 1940 season came to break a lot the records, specially the counting ones, due to 24 more games being put into the schedule.

Let's take a look at some of the best hitting seasons:
Highest AVG
Oscar Valladolid (GDL, 1938) - .395
Edwin Esparza (LEO, 1940) - .348
César Loaiza (GDL, 1936) - .347

Highest OBP
Leocadio Garza (MTY, 1940) - .443
Andrés Suárez (LEO, 1930) - .441
Celestino de la Rosa (MER, 1937) - .425

Highest SLG
Andrés Suárez (LEO, 1940) - .542
Edwin Esparza (LEO, 1940) - .535
Ricardo Palacios (JAG, 1940) - .517

Highest OPS
Andrés Suárez (LEO, 1940) - .983
Edwin Esparza (LEO, 1940) - .952
Ricardo Palacios (JAG, 1940) - .939

Most Hits
Ángel Ziranda (LEO, 1940) - 150
Antonio Monterrosa (PUE, 1940) - 148
Edwin Esparza (LEO, 1940) - 146
Alberto Campana (PUE, 1940) - 146

Most Doubles
Gregorio Pérez (TAM, 1940) - 38
Ricardo Palacios (JAG, 1940) - 36
Salvador Velázquez (JAG, 1940) - 36
Antonio Monterrosa (PUE, 1940) - 34

Most Triples
Raúl Pérez (MER, 1940) - 23
Omar Morales (GDL, 1940) - 21
Celestino de la Rosa (MER, 1940) - 20

Most Home Runs
Héctor Ramírez (PUE, 1940) - 20
Raúl Alvarado (MTY, 1940) - 15
6 players (1940) - 13

Most RBI
Edwin Esparza (LEO, 1940) - 88
Héctor Ramírez (PUE, 1940) - 81
3 players (1940) - 79

Most Stolen Bases
Juan Negrete (LEO, 1939) - 39
Nicolás Zúñiga (TAM, 1938) - 38
Nicolás Zúñiga (TAM, 1939) - 37

Most WAR
Juan Negrete (LEO, 1939) - 7.03
Max Braud (SNL, 1939) - 6.22
Rogelio Herrán (SNL, 1939) - 6.02

And now, who leads these categories but throughout their entire careers. Since the league has only been running for 5 years, and asterisk will indicate a player who has retired. The team between the parentheses is the current team, no team means the player is currently a Free Agent.

Highest AVG
Antonio Monterrosa (PUE) - .318
Edwin Esparza - .312
Efraín Cuxum - .309

Highest OBP
Daniel Rivera (JAG) - .386
Mario Morales - .383
Andrés Suárez (LEO) - .379

Highest SLG
Efraín Cuxum - .436
Ángel Ziranda (LEO) - .434
Edwin Esparza - .419

Highest OPS
Efraín Cuxum - .797
Edwin Esparza - .787
Celestino de la Rosa - .786

Most Games
Antonio Sánchez (JAG) - 442
César Loaiza (GDL) - 441
Fernando del Toro (SNL) - 440
Rico Santistevan - 440

Most Hits
Antonio Monterrosa (PUE) - 547
César Loaiza (GDL) - 532
Juan Negrete (LEO) - 518

Most Doubles
Juan Negrete (LEO) - 103
Celestino de la Rosa - 88
Gregorio Pérez - 87

Most Triples
Celestino de la Rosa - 47
Raúl Pérez - 44
Omar Morales - 33

Most Home Runs
Fernando del Toro (SNL) - 30
Héctor Ramírez (PUE) - 30
Andrés Suárez (LEO) - 27
César Loaiza (GDL) - 24
Gustavo Ruiz - 24

Most RBI
César Loaiza (GDL) - 218
Edwin Esparza - 203
Celestino de la Rosa - 187

Most Stolen Bases
Juan Negrete (LEO) - 144
Raúl Pérez - 134
Jorge Ramírez (GDL) - 132

Most WAR
Antonio Sánchez (JAG) - 22.53
Rogelio Herrán - 20.08
Max Braud - 19.41

Now to the pitchers. The game has probably changed the most on this front, with the rotation going from 3 to 4 players, more games pitched, more use of relievers. ERAs have also fluctuated, despite offensive numbers remaining similar through all seasons. We've gone from 2.7 earned runs to 2.6 and now almost 4 in 1940, which explains why some records still stand.

Lowest ERA
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1939) - 1.13
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1938) - 1.31
Rafael Sianez* (PUE, 1937) - 1.37

Most Wins
Jacinto Santos (GDL, 1936) - 19
Jesús Pérez (1936) , Carlos Casillas (1940) and Jacinto Santos (1940) - 17
Faustino Campos (1940), Roberto García (1936) and Roberto Mestre (1937) - 16

Most Saves
Ramiro Silva (JAG, 1940) - 23
Joaquín Cuestas and Amadeo Velázquez (1940) - 22
Rodrigo Parra and Jorge Grimaldo (1940) - 19

Most Innings Pitched
Andrés Amaya (JAG, 1936) - 274
Jacinto Santos (GDL, 1936) - 264
Luis Helguera* (JAG, 1936) - 259

Most Strikeouts
Victor Villarroel (PUE, 1938) - 120
Victor Villarroel (PUE, 1939) - 106
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1940) - 102

Lowest WHIP
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1938) - 0.90
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1939) - 0.95
Pedro Ávila (LEO, 1937) - 0.95
Iván Moctezuma* (PUE, 1936) - 0.96

Most WAR
Faustino Campos (PUE, 1940) - 6.05
Roberto Mestre (SNL, 1940) - 5.73
Juan González (LEO, 1940) - 5.00
Israel Pastrana (TAM, 1940) - 5.00

Finally, the career leaders for the same categories. Apparently 42 more innings are required in order to be counted for the career rate stats.

Lowest ERA
Iván Moctezuma* - 1.70
Pedro Avilla - 1.85
Melvin Ramírez - 1.86

Most Wins
Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 66
Roberto Mestre (SNL) - 62
Carlos Casillas (JAG) - 58

Most Saves
Ramiro Silva - 59
Pedro Avilla - 55
Mariano Avelar (SNL) - 49

Most Appearances
Pedro Avilla - 208
Ramiro Silva - 205
Mario Rodríguez - 177

Most Starts
Francisco Barajas (MER) - 130
Antonio Aguilar, Andrés Amaya and Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 121
César Plascencia - 120

Most Shutouts
Roberto Mestre (SNL) - 28
Carlos Casillas (JAG) - 19
Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 18

Innings Pitched
Andrés Amaya - 1015
Roberto García - 981
Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 974

Strikeouts
Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 414
César Plascencia - 405
Israel Pastrana - 385

Lowest WHIP
Melvin Ramírez - 1.00
Juan Rocha (SNL) - 1.04
Iván Moctezuma* - 1.05

Most WAR
Faustino Campos (PUE) - 21.08
Jacinto Santos (JAG) - 21.07
Jesús Pérez - 20.76

It's been a very exciting 5 years, and I can't wait to keep showcasing what's in store for this universe. In the next update, we'll go over the offseason moves and check into where some of these players will continue making history. Thanks for reading!