Luis Aparicio Baseball player

Luis Ernesto Aparicio Montiel (born April 29, 1934), nicknamed "Little Louie", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball (MLB) for 18 seasons from 1956 through 1973. In 1956, Aparicio won the American League (AL) Rookie of the Year Award playing for the Chicago White Sox, and helped lead the "Go-Go White Sox" to the American League Pennant championship in 1959. Aparicio was the dominant shortstop of his era and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984. A 10-time All-Star (13 games) and a 9-time American League stolen base leader, he was nominated for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team in 1999.

Personal facts

Luis Aparicio
Birth dateApril 29, 1934
Birth place
Venezuela , Maracaibo

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Baseball player

Career startApril 17, 1956
Career endSeptember 28, 1973
batting sideRight
former teams
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
position
Shortstop
teams
Baltimore Orioles
Boston Red Sox
Chicago White Sox
throwing sideRight

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