Omar Vizquel was exalted to the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame

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The star shortstop who played 24 seasons in the Major Leagues and in Venezuela 13 was elected with 77% to enter the Hall of Fame of his country

 

Nelson Salazar | Leader in Sports.- Caraqueño Omar Vizquel, was born to write golden pages in baseball and leave the name of Venezuela on high. Today, Wednesday, August 1st, he began his path towards immortality, when he was exalted to the Hall of Fame of Venezuela , with 77% support from voters.

Juan José Ávila, President of the Venezuelan League of Professional Baseball (LVBP) said that "Omar has been one of the best Venezuelan shortstops in history." He added that "He always stood out with the glove and was a good hitter. An extraordinary athlete. Their numbers exalt Venezuelan baseball. "

Vizquel left in his career impressive numbers, played 2,968 in the Major Leagues spread over 24 seasons, dressed six uniforms, Seattle Mariners (1989-1993), Cleveland Indians (1994-2004), San Francisco Giants (2005-2008) , Rangers deTexas (2009), White Sox of Chicago (2010-2011) and Azulejos de Toronto (2012).

His lifetime average in the majors was .272 with 456 doubles, 77 triples, 80 homers, 951 RBIs, 1,445 runs scored, 404 stolen bases and 1,028 tickets. He also played 57 playoff games with the Indians (1995-1999, 2001), including two World Series (1995, 1997).

In his credit he has 11 gold gloves as shortstop (1993-2001, 2005-2006) he won in both leagues, was selected three times to the All-Star Game (1998, 1999, 2002) and owns the highest fielding average. (.985) of all times between the shortstops (minimum 1,000 games) and is first placed in challenges played in the short stops (2,709) and doubleplays (1,735). It also appears among lifetime leaders in assists, with 7,676 (3) and outs, with 4,102 (11).

He is the oldest player (45 years old) in the history of Major League Baseball who jumped into the field as shortstop. He did it on May 6, 2012, Vizquel is also the oldest player who has won a Gold Glove at the shortstop (at 38 in 2005 and 39 in 2006).

He is also an immortal in the Cleveland Indians Hall of Fame and a plaque in the Latino Hall of Fame. In 2017 I appreciate for the first time on the ballots to reach the niche of Cooperstown.

With the team of his country Los Leones del Caracas had a participation in 13 campaigns, between 1984 and 2007, he shook 383 hits in 1,391 turns (.275). He played in 144 postseason games and was titled with the Lions in the 1986-1987, 1987-1988, 1989-1990 and 1994-1995 seasons.

The ceremony of exaltation will take place at the end of 2018, as has been a tradition in recent years, on a date that will be announced in the coming days.

ROBERT MARCANO

Another one who came to the immortality of Venezuelan baseball was Robert Marcano who, with Los Guaurons de La Guaira, hit .251 (1.226-308), with 16 homers and 136 trailers, in 13 seasons. He was a member of the champion team of the Sharks in the harvest 1982-1983.

Robert is best remembered for his stint in the Japan Baseball League, where he made his big part of the career as a baseball player. In 1975 he quickly became one of the best foreigners or Gaijin in professional Japanese baseball.

His best season was in 1978, at the age of 26, when he hit .322 / .346 / .574, with 27 homers, 94 RBIs and 280 bases reached. He led the Pacific League in slugging, total and towing bases, while winning the Gold Glove and was once again included among the Nine Best. In the World Series he hit .346 / .414 / .654.

Other players who were also exalted to the Hall of Fame of Venezuela:

Edwin Hurtado

Leronado Hernández

Melvin Mora

Richard Garcés

Magglio Ordóñez

Juan Carlos Pulido

Jesús Alfaro

Richard Hidalgo

Omar Daal

Oscar Azócar

Géremi González

Alex Delgado

Roberto Zambrano

Luis Raven

Felipe Lira

Tom Evans

Carlos Guillen

Eduardo Pérez

Crsitóbal Colón

Jay Gibbons