Chico Carrasquel paved the way for what future Major Leaguer who played 24 years?
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Chico Carrasquel Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel (January 23, 1928 – May 26, 2005), was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop for the Chicago White Sox (1950–1955), Cleveland Indians (1956–1958), Kansas City Athletics (1958) and the Baltimore Orioles (1959). Carrasquel was the first in a long line of Major League shortstops from Venezuela including, Luis Aparicio, Dave Concepción, Ozzie Guillén and Omar Vizquel among others. He was known for his excellent defensive abilities and for being the first Latin American in MLB history to start in an All-Star Game.
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Omar Vizquel Omar Enrique Vizquel González (] ; born April 24, 1967), nicknamed "Little O", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop. During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays. In Venezuela he played for Leones del Caracas. Since 2014, he has been the Detroit Tigers' first-base, infield and baserunning coach.
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Hiram Bithorn Hiram Bithorn (March 18, 1916 – December 29, 1951) was a professional right-handed pitcher who became the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to play in Major League Baseball.
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Ralph DiLullo Ralph S. DiLullo (March 31, 1911 – August 9, 1999) was a professional baseball player, manager and scout whose career in the sport spanned 60 years.
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Rico Carty Ricardo Adolfo Jacobo Carty (born September 1, 1939) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as an outfielder in a career that spanned from 1963 to 1979. Nicknamed "Beeg Boy", he was the 1970 National League (NL) batting champion with a .366 average and made his only All-Star appearance that season.
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Zoilo Versalles Zoilo Casanova Versalles Rodriguez (] ; December 18, 1939 – June 9, 1995), nicknamed "Zorro", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played as a shortstop in Major League Baseball, most notably for the Minnesota Twins. He was the catalyst who led the 1965 Twins to their first World Series after moving from Washington to Minnesota. The same year he also won the American League Most Valuable Player award.
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Chester Emerson Chester Arthur Emerson (October 27, 1889 – July 2, 1971) was a Major League Baseball player. Nicknamed "Chuck", he played parts of two seasons, 1911 and 1912 , for the Philadelphia Athletics. He played a total of eight games—seven in the outfield—and had four hits in 19 at bats for a batting average of .211.
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Dan Boone (baseball) James Albert "Dan" Boone (January 19, 1895 – June 11, 1968) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1919 through 1923. Boone batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Samantha, Alabama. His younger brother, Ike, also played in the major leagues from 1922–32.
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Johnny Burnett (baseball) John Henderson Burnett (November 1, 1904 – August 12, 1959) was an American professional baseball player who was a utility infielder in Major League Baseball for nine seasons during the 1920s and 1930s. Burnett played second base, third base, shortstop, and outfielder for the Cleveland Indians and St. Louis Browns.
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Virgil Cheeves Virgil Earl Cheeves (February 12, 1901 – May 5, 1979) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for six seasons. Nicknamed "Chief", he played for the Chicago Cubs from 1920 to 1923, the Cleveland Indians in 1924, and the New York Giants in 1927.
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Mark Higgins (baseball) Mark Douglas Higgins (July 9, 1963 – March 22, 2017) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who played for one season in the MLB, and seven seasons in the Minor Leagues. He played for the Cleveland Indians for six games during the 1989 Cleveland Indians season. He was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 13th round of the 1983 MLB January Draft-Regular Phase, the Texas Rangers in the 3rd round of the 1983 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase and the Cleveland Indians in the 1st round (7th Pick) of the 1984 MLB June Draft. He also played college baseball at the University of New Orleans where he led the Privateers to the College World Series (first Louisiana college to do so), holds the school's single season home run record (24), and is now in UNO's Athletic Hall of Fame. He died on March 22, 2017.
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Chico Fernández Humberto Fernández Pérez (March 2, 1932 – June 11, 2016), better known as Chico Fernández, was a Cuban professional baseball shortstop. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1956 to 1963 for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia Phillies, Detroit Tigers, and New York Mets. In 1965 he played one season in the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.
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Dennis Burns Dennis Burns (May 24, 1898 – May 21, 1969) was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of two seasons (1923–24) with the Philadelphia Athletics. For his career, he compiled an 8-9 record, with a 4.62 earned run average, and 34 strikeouts in 181 innings pitched. He was an alumnus of the University of Missouri.
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Jerry Robertson (baseball) Jerry Lee Robertson (October 13, 1943 – March 24, 1996) was a Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. Born in Winchester, Kansas, the right-hander was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 27th round of the 1965 amateur draft, and later drafted by the Montreal Expos from the Cardinals as the 38th pick in the 1968 expansion draft. He played for the Expos (1969) and Detroit Tigers (1970).
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Luis Arroyo Luis Enrique "Tite" Arroyo, (February 18, 1927 – January 13, 2016), was a major league baseball pitcher from 1955 to 1963. Arroyo was the first Puerto Rican born baseball player to play for the New York Yankees and was a key part of their pennant winning seasons in 1961 and 1962.
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Roger Clemens William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962), nicknamed "Rocket", is a retired American baseball pitcher who played 24 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for four teams. Clemens was one of the most dominant pitchers in major league history, tallying 354 wins, a 3.12 earned run average (ERA), and 4,672 strikeouts, the third-most all time. An 11-time All-Star and two-time World Series champion, he won seven Cy Young Awards during his career, more than any other pitcher in history. Clemens was known for his fierce competitive nature and hard-throwing pitching style, which he used to intimidate batters.
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Charlie Dorman Charles William Dorman (April 23, 1898 – November 15, 1928) was a catcher in Major League Baseball. Nicknamed "Slats", he played for the Chicago White Sox in 1923.
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Andrés Mora Andrés Mora Ibarra (May 25, 1955 – June 12, 2015) was a Major League Baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians. He continued to play professionally in Mexico until for the Saraperos de Saltillo, Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and Industriales de Monterrey, and ranks 3rd all time in home runs in Mexican League history. He was elected to the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame in . He died on June 12, 2015 of pneumonia.
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Ralph Hamner Ralph Conant Hamner (September 12, 1916 – May 22, 2001) nicknamed "Bruz", was a professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of four seasons (1946–49) with the Chicago White Sox and Chicago Cubs. For his career, he compiled an 8–20 record, with a 4.58 earned run average, and 99 strikeouts in 220 innings pitched.
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Rabbit Maranville Walter James Vincent "Rabbit" Maranville (November 11, 1891 – January 6, 1954) was an American professional baseball shortstop, second baseman and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn Robins, and St. Louis Cardinals between 1912 and 1934. At the time of his retirement in 1935, he had played in a record 23 seasons in the National League, a mark which wasn't broken until 1986 by Pete Rose.
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Gene Woodling Eugene Richard Woodling (August 16, 1922 – June 2, 2001) was a professional baseball player. He played all or part of seventeen seasons in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians (1943, 1946, 1955–57), Pittsburgh Pirates (1947), New York Yankees (1949–54), Baltimore Orioles (1955, 1958–60), Washington Senators (1961–62), and the New York Mets in their expansion year of 1962. Primarily an outfielder, he played most often in left field. He batted left-handed, threw right-handed, and was born in Akron, Ohio.
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Félix Millán Félix Bernardo Millán Martínez (born August 21, 1943) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball player. He played as a second baseman in Major League Baseball.