finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1993 right brooklyn , new york 1990 october 3 .179 0 7 shortstop new york mets batting average home runs runs batted in september 3 10 january 1967 kevin baez
 new york mets kevin baez right
kevin baez

kevin richard baez -lrb- born january 10 , 1967 in brooklyn , new york -rrb- is a former american major league baseball player .
he was a shortstop for the new york mets in 1990 , 1992 and 1993 .
baez attended college at dominican college and was drafted by the new york mets in the 7th round in 1988 .
he made his debut on september 3 , 1990 .
in 63 career games , he was 27 for 126 -lrb- a .179 average -rrb- .
he had 7 career rbis .
baez played in his final game on october 3 , 1993 .
he is currently the manager for the long island ducks .
baez has also served as the long island ducks 3rd base coach .
in 2007 baez spent most of the season coaching in the mets organization .
third base/infield coach baez returned to the ducks after serving as a coach in 2009 .
the former ducks and big league infielder became a full-time coach with long island on may 20 , 2005 , and spent most of the 2007 season coaching in the mets organization .
in his role with the ducks , he is responsible for working with all players to make sure the level of play is where it is needed both offensively and defensively to support the pitching staff .
baez will also coach third base baez is currently running baseball clinics for all ages in oceanside , ny at south shore sports complex .
he helps children of all ages with the fundamentals of baseball from fielding to hitting .
baez was an anchor of the ducks ' 2004 championship team , batting .256 with 36 runs scored and 40 rbi in 98 games played .
he was selected to the atlantic league all-star team and took home mvp honors after going 2-for-4 with two rbi and scored the go-ahead run in the north 's 10-8 victory over the south at camden 's campbell 's field .
in the 2004 playoffs , baez batted .263 en route to his first professional baseball championship .
on november 17 , 2010 , the long island ducks named baez their manager for the 2011 season , replacing dave lapoint .
a veteran of 63 major league and 1,750 minor league games , baez registered career-highs in hits -lrb- 113 -rrb- and doubles -lrb- 27 -rrb- in 2000 with the norfolk tides -lrb- aaa , mets -rrb- .
he has made three different stops in the majors -lrb- all with the mets -rrb- .
his most lengthy stay came in 1993 when he appeared in 52 games at shortstop for new york .
