Sixto Lezcano

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Sixto Joaquin Lezcano Curras

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.

Debut September 10, 1974
Final Game September 29, 1985
Born November 28, 1953 in Arecibo, P.R.

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Sixto Lezcano, who played 12 seasons in the major leagues, came up originally with the 1974 Milwaukee Brewers the same year that Robin Yount was a rookie. Yount was 18, while Sixto was 20. Lezcano had a terrific year in 1979 when he was second in the league in OPS+, although he finished only 15th in the MVP voting.

Sixto was in the minors from 1971-74, and in his last season, 1974 with Sacramento, he hit .325 with 34 home runs.

Lezcano played the first seven of his 12 major league seasons with the Brewers, and then was with four different teams in the last five years of his major league career. However, he was often still good in the latter part of his career - with the 1982 Padres he showed power and an OBP of .388 which was sixth in the league, while with the 1984 Phillies he had an OBP of .371 and a slugging percentage of .480.

In his only World Series in 1983, he started two games, batting second in one (ahead of Mike Schmidt and fourth in the other one (behind Mike Schmidt).

After the majors he played for Taiyo in Japan.

In 1989, Lezcano played for the Orlando Juice of the Senior Professional Baseball Association. Lezcano batted .400 in 2 games.

He is the cousin of Carlos Lezcano.

Sixto played for the Caguas Creoles and the Santurce Crabbers of the Puerto Rican Winter Baseball League.