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Chito Martínez, the only MLB player who has left Belize, has died, Baltimore’s orioles announced Tuesday. He was 59 years old.
Martínez played three years in the largest for the orioles as a gardener from 1991 to 1993. He played in 158 race games, hitting .259 with 18 home runs, 58 driven races and 22 doubles.
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Chito Martínez de los Orioles before a match against the Chicago Blancas stockings on July 8, 1992, in Camden Yards in Baltimore. (Mitchell Layton/Getty images)
“We regret the death of the former gardener of the Orioles Chito Martínez, the only native of Belize to play in the elders,” the Orioles said in an X publication.
Dalton Martínez, Chito’s son, wrote in X that his father died in Easter.
“On Sunday night in Easter, my father was taken from this land unexpectedly,” he wrote. “We desperately need help at this time. My father was one of the best men. He taught baseball game in the right way. He taught young people how to be better. His presence in my life can never be replaced. As I pick up the pieces of my life, please consider helping.
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“A kind soul has left us too soon.”
The cause of death was not announced.
Chito Martínez was a selection of sixth round in the 1984 Draft by the Kansas City Royals of the Brother Martin High School in New Orleans.
The royal released him in 1990 and signed with the orioles days later. The Orioles released him after the 1993 season and then joined the Minnesota Twins. But he never appeared with the twins.
