Salomé Barojas

Barojas was an integral part of the 1983 Chicago White Sox team that won the American League West division – the first White Sox team to make it to postseason play since 1959.^[1]

His career includes 17 seasons in the Mexican Baseball League. He finished with 115 wins and 58 losses 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.

His best campaigns were in 1978, 1981, 1987, 1988, and 1991. In 1978 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 White Sox, one and a half with the Mariners and the other with the Philadelphia Phillies.

In the winter Mexican Pacific League, he won 51 games and lost 39. In 1989–1990, with Mazatlan, he 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 of New York Yankees public address announcer Bob Sheppard's favorite names to announce.^[2]

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.^[3]