Two Baseball Greats

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· 22 Jul 2021

Two Baseball Greats

#expertise Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel is a former Venezuelan professional baseball player who played shortstop in major league professional baseball during. 18 seasons between 1956 and 1973.

Son of fellow baseball player Luis Aparicio Ortega, who initially played for the Gavilanes team, known as Luis El Grande.

Luis Aparicio Jr, until 2014, was the only Venezuelan inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, and is considered by the American sports press to be one of the best and fastest shortcuts of all time.

He played for the Chicago White Sox teams, where he made his major league baseball debut.
With the Baltimore Orioles team 1963-1967.
With the Boston Red Sox 1971-1973 team.
He made his debut with the Chicago team in 1956, until 1962, then in 1968-1970.

He was a nine-time winner of the Gold Glove.
He was the leader of stolen bases 9 times.
He was the 1966 World Series champion with the Baltimore Orioles.
His number 11 was retired by the Chicago White Sox.
He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1984.

Two greats of professional baseball

Luis Aparicio Ortega (father) and Luis Aparicio Montiel (son).