Jim Baba

Jim Farris Baba

• School University of Iowa, University of Saskatchewan

• Born August 6, 1956 in Moose Jaw, SK CAN
• Died September 12, 2025 in Moose Jaw, SK CAN

Biographical Information

Jim Baba has been active with Team Canada for many years. Baba was the Parks and Recreation Director in Kindersley, Saskatchewan (his hometown) for nine years after college. He was the Director of Operations for Baseball Saskatchewan for 10 seasons and was with the Major League Baseball Scouting Bureau for nine years.

He managed Team Canada in the 1994 Baseball World Cup, 1998 Baseball World Cup and 2005 Baseball World Cup and has also coached for the team (1991 Pan American Games, 1993 World University Championship and 1994 Baseball World Cup). He became Canada's Manager of Baseball Operations in 2000 and has also served as Director General starting in 2000, later transitioning to an executive director position. Concurrently, from 2002 to 2021, he served as a technical official for the World Baseball Softball Confederation and served in that capacity at 25 international events, including Olympic qualifiers, the Pan-American Games and the Women's Baseball World Cup.

He was a member of the Order of Canada and was elected to the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2026.

Sources include Team Canada 2005 World Cup Media Guide

Related Sites

• Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame bio