The Salon de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano, Mexico’s Baseball Hall of Fame, voted in seven new members on Tuesday, with three players from Mexican baseball, two Major League Baseball players, one veteran, and one journalist gaining election in the class of 2026.
Elected as players from Mexico’s professional leagues were Miguel Ojeda, Pablo Ortega, and Mike Paul.
Ojeda, a native of Guayamas, Sonora, Mexico, played nine seasons with the Diablos Rojos del Mexico from 1995 to 2003 before making his MLB debut with the San Diego Padres in 2004. After spending parts of four seasons in MLB, Ojeda returned to Mexico from 2006-12, playing for the Diablos Rojos in the summer and the Venados de Mazatlan of the Liga ARCO Mexicana del Pacifico in the winter and was a member of Mexico’s first two World Baseball Classic teams in 2006 and 2009.
Ortega, from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pitched in the LMB from 2000-19 with the Tigres Capitalinos/Angelopolis/Quintana Roo and the Pericos de Puebla and in the LAMP for Mazatlan, Hermosillo, and Obregon, representing Mexico at two World Baseball Classics and three Caribbean Series.
Paul, a native of Detroit, Michigan, pitched in Mexico after making 228 MLB appearances over seven seasons with Cleveland, Texas, and the Chicago Cubs from 1968-74. In Mexico, he pitched for Tampico, Juarez, and the Diablos Rojos from 1976-82.
Elected for their performance in MLB were Erubiel Durazo and Rodrigo Lopez. Durazo played in MLB from 1999 to 2005, playing first base and serving as a designated hitter for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Oakland A’s, hitting 94 homers and driving in 330 runs in seven seasons.
Lopez pitched in MLB from 2000-12 with San Diego, Baltimore, Colorado, Philadelphia, Arizona, and the Chicago Cubs, making 257 appearances totaling 1350 2/3 innings with a 4.82 ERA and 865 strikeouts.
Elected as a veteran was Ricardo Solis, a pitcher who was active from 1980 to 2000 with Coatzacoalcos, Cordoba, the Diablos Rojos, Saltillo, Monterrey, Yucatan, Minititlan, and Dos Laredos, and briefly pitched at Triple-A Indianapolis in the Montreal Expos organization in 1992.
Jose “Pepe” Segarra was elected to the Hall of Fame as a journalist, having served as a play-by-play announcer for baseball in Mexico since 1981, and has also called the Summer and Winter Olympic Games, FIFA World Cups, World Series, the Super Bowl, and boxing matches in his long career.
Graphic courtesy of the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol
