| Salomé Barojas | |
|---|---|
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1957-06-16)June 16, 1957 (age 68) Córdoba, Veracruz,Mexico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 11, 1982, for the Chicago White Sox | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 26, 1988, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 18–21 |
| Earned run average | 3.95 |
| Strikeouts | 177 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2002 |
Salomé Barojas Romero (born June 16, 1957, inCórdoba, Veracruz) is a Mexican formerrelief pitcher inMajor League Baseball who played for theChicago White Sox,Seattle Mariners, andPhiladelphia Phillies from1982 to1988.
Barojas was an integral part of the1983 Chicago White Sox team which won theAmerican League West division – the first White Sox team to make it to postseason play since1959.
His performance includes 17 seasons in the Mexican Summer League. He finished with 115 wins and only 58 defeats for a .665 percentage, the second highest figure in the history of the circuit. He played four years with Cordoba, two with Reynosa and eleven in Mexico.
Best campaigns were 1978, 81, 87, 88 and 91 respectively. In 78 he was with 8-3 and 2.45 ERA playing with Cordoba. In 81 he finished with 12.03 and 3.03 in the 87 to 13.04 and 3.10 in the 88 to 14.04 and 3.14 and 91 at 10-1 and 2.44, all those years in Mexico. He pitched 543 games, started 85 and finished 30. The Veracruz was a great relief because he managed 152 rescues. He pitched 1,406 innings with a third, struck out 773 enemies and gave 648 walks.
In 1981 he shared the lead with win–loss record 12-3 (.800) being part of the Red Devils. In '91 he led won and lost with 10-1 (.909) playing with Mexico. He played five years in the major leagues. Two and a half years with the Chicago White Sox, one and a half with the Seattle Mariners and the other with the Philadelphia Phillies.
In the Mexican Pacific he won 51 games and lost 39. In 1989–1990 to Mazatlan was saves leader with 17. He is fourth in saves with 53. It is ranked 14th in effectiveness of all time with 2.68.
Barojas was one ofNew York Yankees public address announcerBob Sheppard's favorite names to announce.[1]
In February 2025, Barojas was selected by a committee of journalists as a pitcher for the Mexican League Centennial All-Time Team on the occasion of the league's hundredth anniversary.[2]
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