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The Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol Venezolano (in English, the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) is a nonprofit institution operated by private interests, which was founded on April 18, 2002, thanks to the vision of Carlos Daniel Cárdenas Lares.
Hall of Fame, 9x Gold Glove, AL ROY, 13x All-Star: SS Chicago White Sox, AL April 17, 1956 September 28, 1973 7 Elio Chacón: 2B Cincinnati Reds, NL April 20, 1960 September 30, 1962 8 Víctor (Vic) Davalillo Gold Glove, All-Star: OF Cleveland Indians, AL April 9, 1963 October 6, 1980 9 César Tovar: IF Minnesota Twins, AL April 12, 1965
It is named after former MLB shortstop Luis Aparicio, [1] who is the only player from Venezuela to be inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. [2] The award was first presented in 2004, and was created in order to honour Aparicio's major league career and to commemorate his father, who died thirteen years before his son was elected ...
In 2007, Aparicio was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame. [61] There is a stadium in Maracaibo, Venezuela, bearing his father's name. The full name of the stadium is Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande (Luis Aparicio "the Great" Stadium) in honor to Luis Aparicio Ortega. [62]
The Luis Aparicio Award was established in 2004, in honor of Luis Aparicio, the only Venezuelan ballplayer to have been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. The award is given annually to honor the Venezuelan player who recorded the best individual performance in Major League Baseball , as voted on by ...
Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel (January 23, 1926 – May 26, 2005), was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager. [1] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop from 1950 to 1959, most prominently as a member of the Chicago White Sox where he became the first Latin American in MLB history to start in an All-Star Game in 1951. [2]
He is a member of the Caribbean Series Hall of Fame. [4] In 2014, Concepción returned to Cincinnati to serve as grand marshal of the annual opening day Findlay Market Parade, and later he and his successor at shortstop for the Reds, Barry Larkin, threw the ceremonial first pitches prior to the Reds' season opener. [9]
In 2007, Trillo was inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. [33] In 1983, he was named to the Philadelphia Phillies Centennial Team as its second baseman. In 2020, he was selected for enshrinement on the Philadelphia Baseball Wall of Fame .