Sixto Báez

Sixto Báez Padrón

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 198 lb.

• Born August 6, 1967 in Cardel, Veracruz Mexico
• Died March 4, 2008 in Xalapa, Veracruz Mexico

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Biographical Information

Relief pitcher Sixto Baez played in the Mexican League from 1993 to 2007. In 574 career appearances, he went 54-54 with a 2.95 ERA, saving 210 games. In 735 innings, he allowed 688 hits and 110 walks, while striking out 192 batters.

Seasons of note include 1996, when he led the league with a 1.54 ERA (.16 ahead of Isaac Jimenez), 2003, when he had a 1.73 ERA and 25 saves in 38 games for the Oaxaca Guerreros and 2006, when he had 26 saves and a 1.99 ERA in 62 games between the Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz and Venados de Mazatlan of the Mexican Pacific Winter League.

He died at 40 years old in a car crash. At the time of his death, he was second in LMB history in saves, behind only Isidro Márquez.