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8 February 2017
Infielder, Chicago Cubs
Javier Baez was one of the
key players helping the Chica-
go Cubs win the World Series in
2016. He was named a National
League Championship Series
co-MVP, after hitting .318 with
five RBIs, four doubles, and two
stolen bases in the series, inclu-
ding three hits and three RBIs in
Game 5. He shares the title with
starter Jon Lester.
Baez also left his mark in past
series: he hit a solo home run
May 8 in the bottom of the 13th
inning to lead the Cubs to a 4-3
victory and a four-game sweep
of the Washington Nationals. A
month later, he hit a grand slam
in the 15th inning to lead the
Cubs in a win over the Cincinna-
ti Reds.
In Game 1 of the 2016 Na-
tional League Division Series
against the San Francisco Giants,
Báez hit a solo home run for a
1-0 Cubs victory. It was the first
1-0 win in a playoff game for the
Cubs since the 1906 World Se-
ries against the Chicago White
Sox. In Game 4, Báez drove in
Jason Heyward to cap off a four-
run rally in the top of the ninth,
sending the Cubs to the 2016
National League Championship
Series with a 6-5 victory.
On October 15, 2016, during
the first game of the 2016 Na-
tional League Championship
Series against the Los Angeles
Dodgers, Baez stole home in the
second inning. He is one of only
19 players in baseball history to
steal home in a playoff game.
Javier Baez, 24
A home run hitter and MVP
"E
verything I did in my life, it
was because of her."
Baez said a her sister and Noely, who died in 2015 due
to a birth defect spina bifida. She was 21 years old.
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