Denis Pakši

Denis Pakši

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 192 lb.

• Born June 30, 1995 in Bratislava Slovakia

Biographical Information

Denis Pakši has played for the Slovakian national team.

In the 2017 European Championship U23, he hit .250/.375/.417 with 4 RBI in 5 games, fielding .917. He was second on Slovakia in RBI, behind Michal Puškár. In the 2018 Federations Cup, he was 1 for 6 with a RBI for Apollo Bratislava but fielded .750. In the 2019 B-Level European Championship, he batted .167/.353/.167 with four walks in four games, fielding .867.

In the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, he had a three-hit game against Finland. For the event, he hit .455/.538/.545 with 3 runs in 3 RBI while handling 12 chances error-free at short. Only Martin Brunegraf had more hits for the team as Slovakia qualified for their first European Championship. Unfortunately for Denis, the 2021 European Championship did not go as smoothly. He drew a walk from the Dutch national team's Jayden Gonesh his first time up but was 0 for 14 with a walk the rest of the way for the worst oh-fer of those Euros (including 0 for 6 in an extra-inning loss in the 15th/16th place game against France; Sam Boermans and Nolan Soliveres were 0 for 13. Playing short and third, he fielded .786, with 3 errors.