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Former Orioles outfielder Chito Martinez, the first and still only MLB player from Belize, has died, the team announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
He was 59. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe mourn the passing of former Orioles outfielder Chito Martinez, the only native of Belize to play in the majors,\u201d the Orioles said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n
Though an official cause of death was not announced, Crescent City Sports reported that Martinez suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n
A GoFundMe page set up to help his family said Martinez had a \u201cseries of hospitalizations\u201d over the past few weeks and died on Sunday. <\/p>\n
\u201cAs a ballplayer myself growing up, I never had his talent but I always looked up to him,\u201d his brother, Robbie, told Crescent City Sports. \u201cThey called Chito \u2018Mex\u2019 and called me \u2018Little Mex.\u2019 He introduced me to baseball. I worshipped those guys in 1983 and 1984 at Brother Martin. Even more, he taught me about life, about how to be a dad, about golf, above and beyond baseball.\u201d<\/p>\n
Martinez, born in Belize in 1965, immigrated to New Orleans with his family when he was 2 years old. <\/p>\n
He starred at Brother Martin High School and was then drafted by the Royals in the sixth round of the 1984 MLB Draft. <\/p>\n
After six years in the minor leagues with Kansas City, he caught on with the Orioles and made his MLB debut in 1991. <\/p>\n
During his rookie season, he smacked 13 homers with 33 RBIs and an .817 OPS. <\/p>\n
Martinez played two more seasons in the big leagues, finishing with a .259\/.330\/.445 slash line and 18 long balls. <\/p>\n
\u201cOur hearts go out to the family of Crusader Baseball legend Chito Martinez \u201884,\u201d Brother Martin\u2019s baseball program wrote on X..<\/p>\n
\u201cPlease pray for them during this difficult time.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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