LIST OF PLAYERS FROM VENEZUELA IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL

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Players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

Abbreviations for position

Note

See also

Players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball

 
 

★ ''Between 1939 and 2007, 205 baseball players born in Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. This list shows players who appeared at least in one game in MLB, including number of arriving, name of player, position, starting team, and dates of debut and final game.''

Abbreviations for position

★   P: Pitcher

★   C: Catcher

★ 1B: First baseman

★ 2B: Second baseman

★ 3B: Third baseman

★ SS: Shortstop

★  IF: Infielder

★ OF: Outfielder

★ AL: American League

★ NL: National League
 

'No'	'Name'	'Pos'	'Debut Team'	'Date of Debut'	'Final Game'
1	Alejandro (Alex) Carrasquel	P	Washington Senators, AL	April 23, 1939	July 26, 1949
2	Jesús (Chucho) Ramos	OF	Cincinnati Reds, NL	May 7, 1944	May 30, 1944
3	Alfonso (Chico) Carrasquel ''All-Star''	SS	Chicago White Sox, AL	April 18, 1950	September 23, 1959
4	Pompeyo (Yo-Yo) Davalillo	SS	Washington Senators, AL	August 1, 1953	August 23, 1953
5	Ramón (Ray) Monzant	P	New York Giants, NL	July 2, 1954	April 25, 1960
6	Luis Aparicio ''Hall of Fame''	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 ''All-Star''	OF	Cleveland Indians, AL	April 9, 1963	October 6, 1980
9	César Tovar	IF	Minnesota Twins, AL	April 12, 1965	September 29, 1976
10	Gustavo (Gus) Gil	2B	Cleveland Indians, AL	April 11, 1967	June 30, 1971
11	César Gutiérrez	SS	San Francisco Giants, NL	April 16, 1967	September 26, 1971
12	Roberto (Muñoz) Rodríguez	P	Kansas City Athletics, AL	May 13, 1967	September 26, 1970
13	José (Loco) Herrera	OF	Houston Astros, NL	June 3, 1967	April 6, 1970
14	Néstor (Isaías) Chávez	P	San Francisco Giants, NL	September 9, 1967	September 30, 1967
15	Remigio (Remy) Hermoso	SS	Atlanta Braves, NL	September 14, 1967	September 30, 1974
16	Angel Bravo	OF	Chicago White Sox, AL	June 6, 1969	August 30, 1971
17	David (Dave) Concepción ''All-Star''	SS	Cincinnati Reds, NL	April 6, 1970	September 15, 1988
18	Oswaldo (Ossie) Blanco	1B	Chicago White Sox, AL	May 26, 1970	June 9, 1974
19	Enzo Hernández	SS	San Diego Padres, NL	April 17, 1971	August 19, 1978
20	Dámaso Blanco	SS	San Francisco Giants, NL	May 26, 1972	June 2, 1974
21	Gonzalo Márquez	1B	Oakland Athletics, NL	August 11, 1972	June 5, 1974
22	Manny (Marcano) Trillo ''All-Star''	2B	Oakland Athletics, AL	June 28, 1973	May 20, 1989
23	Pablo Torrealba	P	Atlanta Braves, NL	April 9, 1975	April 12, 1979
24	Manuel (Manny) Sarmiento	P	Cincinnati Reds, NL	July 30, 1976	October 1, 1983
25	Antonio (Tony) Armas ''All-Star''	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates, NL	September 6, 1976	October 1, 1989
26	Baudilio (Bo) Díaz ''All-Star''	C	Boston Red Sox, AL	September 6, 1977	July 9, 1989
27	Luis Leal	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	May 25, 1980	June 29, 1985
28	Luis Salazar	3B	San Diego Padres, NL	August 15, 1980	October 4, 1992
29	Luis Aponte	P	Boston Red Sox, AL	September 4, 1980	July 6, 1984
30	Luis (Mercedes) Sánchez	P	California Angels, AL	April 10, 1981	October 6, 1985
31	Fred Manrique	2B	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	August 23, 1981	May 11, 1991
32	Leonardo (Leo) Hernández	3B	Baltimore Orioles, AL	August 19, 1982	October 2, 1986
33	Angel (Argenis) Salazar	SS	Montreal Expos, NL	August 10, 1983	October 1, 1988
34	Tobías (Toby) Hernández	C	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	June 22, 1984	September 18, 1984
35	Álvaro Espinoza	SS	Minnesota Twins, AL	September 14, 1984	July 12, 1997
36	Oswaldo (Ozzie) Guillén ''All-Star''	SS	Chicago White Sox, AL	April 9, 1985	October 1, 2000
37	Urbano Lugo	P	California Angels, AL	April 28, 1985	May 11, 1990
38	Andrés Galarraga ''All-Star''	1B	Montreal Expos, NL	August 23, 1985	October 3, 2004
39	Gustavo (Gus) Polidor	SS	California Angels, AL	September 7, 1985	July 22, 1993
40	Lester Straker	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	April 11, 1987	October 1, 1988
41	Al Pedrique	SS	New York Mets, NL	April 14, 1987	June 21, 1989
42	Miguel Angel García	P	California Angels, AL	April 30, 1987	July 22, 1989
43	Ubaldo Heredia	P	Montreal Expos, NL	May 12, 1987	May 17, 1987
44	Alexis Infante	IF	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	September 27, 1987	July 15, 1990
45	Oswaldo Peraza	P	Baltimore Orioles, AL	April 4, 1987	September 2, 1987
46	Johnny Paredes	2B	Montreal Expos, NL	April 29, 1988	October 6, 1991
47	Angel Escobar	IF	San Francisco Giants, NL	May 17, 1988	May 26, 1988
48	Germán González	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	August 5, 1988	September 25, 1989
49	Antonio (Tony) Castillo	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	August 14, 1988	June 19, 1998
50	Carlos (Café) Martínez	3B	Chicago White Sox, AL	September 2, 1988	July 20, 1995
51	Carlos Quintana	1B	Boston Red Sox	September 16, 1988	October 3, 1993
52	Omar Vizquel ''All-Star''	SS	Seattle Mariners, AL	April 3, 1989	Active
53	Wilson Alvarez ''All-Star''	P	Texas Rangers, AL	July 24, 1989	September 28, 2005
54	Julio Machado	P	New York Mets, NL	September 7, 1989	October 6, 1991
55	Carlos A. Hernández	C	Los Angeles Dodgers, NL	April 20, 1990	October 1, 2000
56	Luis Sojo	2B	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	July 14, 1990	September 30, 2003
57	Oscar Azócar	OF	New York Yankees, AL	July 17, 1990	October 4, 1992
58	Richard (El Guapo) Garcés	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	September 18, 1990	July 20, 2002
59	Carlos García ''All-Star''	2B	Pittsburgh Pirates, NL	September 20, 1990	April 15, 1999
60	José Escobar	SS	Cleveland Indians, AL	April 13, 1991	May 11, 1991
61	Ramón García	P	Chicago White Sox, AL	May 31, 1991	September 26, 1997
62	Amalio Carreño	P	Philadelphia Phillies, NL	July 7, 1991	July 14, 1991
63	Danilo León	P	Texas Rangers, AL	August 4, 1992	June 6, 1992
64	Cristóbal (Cris) Colón	SS	Texas Rangers, AL	September 18, 1992	October 4, 1992
65	Willie Cañate	OF	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	April 16, 1993	October 3, 1993
66	Omar Daal	P	Los Angeles Dodgers, NL	April 23, 1993	September 25, 2003
67	Marcos Armas	OF	Oakland Athletics, AL	May 25, 1993	September 29, 1993
68	Pedro Castellano	3B	Colorado Rockies, NL	May 30, 1993	June 3, 1996
69	Eduardo Zambrano	1B	Chicago Cubs, NL	September 19, 1993	August 10, 1994
70	Roberto Petagine	1B	Seattle Mariners, AL	April 4, 1994
71	Juan Carlos Pulido	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	April 9, 1994	April 24, 2004
72	Robert Pérez	OF	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	July 20, 1994	July 2, 2001
73	Juan Francisco Castillo	P	New York Mets, NL	July 26, 1994	July 31, 1994
74	Edgardo Alfonzo ''All-Star''	2B	New York Mets, NL	April 26, 1995	Active
75	Felipe Lira	P	Detroit Tigers, AL	April 27, 1995	May 21, 2001
76	Dilson Torres	P	Kansas City Royals, AL	April 29, 1995	September 27, 1995
77	Tomás Pérez	2B	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	May 3, 1995	Active
78	Ugueth Urbina ''All-Star''	P	Montreal Expos, NL	May 9, 1995	October 2, 2005
79	Edwin Hurtado	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	May 22, 1995	July 30, 1997
80	Edgar Cáceres	2B	Kansas City Royals, AL	June 8, 1995	October 1, 1995
81	Roger Cedeño	OF	Los Angeles Dodgers , NL	June 20, 1995	June 5, 2005
82	Giovanni Carrara	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	July 29, 1995	Active
83	Eddie Pérez	C	Atlanta Braves, NL	August 10, 1995	September 27, 2005
84	Alex Delgado	C	Boston Red Sox, AL	April 4, 1996	July 12, 1996
85	Alex Pacheco	P	Montreal Expos, NL	April 17, 1996	May 15, 1996
86	Miguel Cairo	2B	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	April 4, 1996	Active
87	José Malavé	OF	Boston Red Sox, AL	May 23, 1996	August 30, 1997
88	Robert Machado	C	Chicago White Sox, AL	July 24, 1996	September 18, 2004
89	Raúl Chávez	C	Montreal Expos, NL	August 30, 1996	Active
90	Bobby Abreu ''All-Star''	RF	Houston Astros, NL	September 1, 1996	Active
91	Eddy Díaz	2B	Milwaukee Brewers, AL	April 17, 1997	May 21, 1997
92	Edgar Ramos	P	Philadelphia Phillies, NL	May 5, 1997	May 30, 1997
93	Geremi González	P	Chicago Cubs, NL	May 27, 1997	Active
94	Jorge Velandia	SS	San Diego Padres, NL	June 20, 1997	Active
95	Kelvim Escobar	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	June 29, 1997	Active
96	Henry Blanco	C	Los Angeles Dodgers, NL	July 25, 1997	Active
97	Magglio Ordóñez ''All-Star''	RF	Chicago White Sox, AL	August 29, 1997	Active
98	Richard Hidalgo	OF	Houston Astros, NL	September 1, 1997	Active
99	Luis Ordaz	SS	St. Louis Cardinals, NL	September 3, 1997	September 29, 2002
100	Carlos Mendoza	OF	New York Mets, NL	September 3, 1997	September 30, 2000
101	Oscar Henríquez	P	Houston Astros, NL	September 7, 1997	September 8, 2002
102	Giomar Guevara	SS	Seattle Mariners, AL	September 19, 1997	April 27, 1999
103	José Miguel Nieves	IF	Chicago Cubs, NL	August 7, 1998	July 29, 2002
104	Alex González ''All-Star''	SS	Florida Marlins, NL	August 25, 1998	Active
105	Carlos Guillén ''All-Star''	SS	Seattle Mariners, AL	September 6, 1998	Active
106	Alex Ramírez	OF	Cleveland Indians, AL	September 19, 1998	September 27, 2000
107	Freddy García ''All-Star''	P	Seattle Mariners, AL	April 7, 1999	Active
108	Beiker Graterol	P	Detroit Tigers, AL	April 9, 1999	April 9, 1999
109	Horacio Estrada	P	Milwaukee Brewers, NL	May 4, 1999	July 21, 2001
110	Orber Moreno	P	Kansas City Royals, AL	May 25, 1999	Julio 22, 2004
111	Carlos Hernández	2B	Houston Astros, NL	May 26, 1999	October 1, 2000
112	Melvin Mora ''All-Star''	OF	New York Mets, NL	May 30, 1999	Active
113	Liu Rodríguez	2B	Chicago White Sox, AL	June 9, 1999	October 3, 1999
114	Ramón Hernández ''All-Star''	C	Oakland Athletics, AL	June 29, 1999	Active
115	Wiki González	C	San Diego Padres, NL	August 14, 1999	Active
116	Tony Armas, Jr.	P	Montreal Expos, NL	August 16, 1999	Active
117	Johan Santana ''All-Star''	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	April 3, 2000	Active
118	Rubén Quevedo	P	Chicago Cubs, NL	April 14, 2000	September 28, 2003
119	Fernando Lunar	C	Atlanta Braves, NL	May 8, 2000	April 11, 2002
120	Darwin Cubillán	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	May 20, 2000	June 1, 2004
121	William Martínez	P	Cleveland Indians, AL	June 14, 2000	June 14, 2000
122	Alex Cabrera	1B	Arizona Diamondbacks, NL	June 26, 2000	September 30, 2000
123	Luis Rivas	2B	Minnesota Twins, AL	September 16, 2000	October 2, 2005
124	Clemente Alvarez	C	Philadelphia Phillies, NL	September 19, 2000	October 1, 2000
125	Donaldo Méndez	SS	San Diego Padres, NL	April 5, 2001	July 6, 2003
126	Jorge Julio	P	Baltimore Orioles, AL	April 26, 2001	Active
127	Alex Escobar	OF	New York Mets	May 8, 2001	Active
128	Juan Moreno	P	Texas Rangers, AL	May 17, 2001	April 16, 2002
129	Endy Chávez	OF	Kansas City Royals, AL	May 29, 2001	Active
130	Juan Rincón	P	Minnesota Twins, AL	June 7, 2001	Active
131	Victor Zambrano	P	Tampa Bay Devil Rays, AL	June 21, 2001	Active
132	César Izturis ''All-Star''	SS	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	June 23, 1999	Active
133	Carlos E. Hernández	P	Houston Astros, NL	August 8, 2001	September 26, 2004
134	Carlos Zambrano ''All-Star''	P	Chicago Cubs, NL	August 20, 2001	Active
135	Juan Rivera	OF	Los Angeles Angels, AL	September 4, 2001	Active
136	Yorvit Torrealba	C	Colorado Rockies, NL	September 5, 2001	Active
137	Wilfredo Rodríguez	P	Houston Astros, NL	September 21, 2001	October 4, 2001
138	Steve Torrealba	C	Atlanta Braves, NL	October 6, 2001	September 29, 2002
139	Carlos Silva	P	Minnesota Twins, NL	April 1, 2002	Active
140	Luis Ugueto	SS	Seattle Mariners, AL	April 3, 2002	September 23, 2003
141	Félix Escalona	SS	Tampa Bay Devil Rays, AL	April 4, 2002	October 2, 2005
142	Oscar Salazar	2B	Detroit Tigers, AL	April 10, 2002	April 20, 2002
143	Marco Scutaro	2B	Oakland Athletics, NL	July 21, 2002	Active
144	Antonio Alvarez	OF	Pittsburgh Pirates, NL	September 4, 2002	October 3, 2004
145	Omar Infante	SS	Detroit Tigers, AL	September 7, 2002	Active
146	Víctor Martínez ''All-Star''	C	Cleveland Indians, AL	September 10, 2002	Active
147	Alex Herrera	P	Cleveland Indians, AL	September 13, 2002	July 20, 2003
148	Francisco Rodríguez ''All-Star''	P	Anaheim Angels, AL	September 18, 2002	Active
149	Wilfredo Ledezma	P	Atlanta Braves, AL	April 2, 2003	Active
150	Rosman García	P	Texas Rangers, AL	April 19, 2003	August 8, 2004
151	Carlos Méndez	C	Baltimore Orioles, AL	May 22, 2003	September 28, 2003
152	Ray Olmedo	SS	Cincinnati Reds, NL	May 25, 2003	Active
153	Miguel Cabrera ''All-Star''	3B	Florida Marlins, NL	June 20, 2003	Active
154	Carlos Valderrama	OF	San Francisco Giants, NL	June 21, 2003	June 29, 2003
155	Rafael Betancourt	P	Cleveland Indians, AL	July 13, 2003	Active
156	Rene Reyes	OF	Colorado Rockies, NL	July 22, 2003	June 2, 2004
157	Alex Prieto	2B	Minnesota Twins, AL	July 26, 2003	June 24, 2004
158	Humberto Quintero	C	Houston Astros, NL	September 3, 2003	Active
159	Anderson Machado	SS	Philadelphia Phillies, NL	September 27, 2003	July 28, 2005
160	Luis A. González	2B	Colorado Rockies, NL	April 6, 2004	Active
161	José Castillo	2B	Pittsburgh Pirates, NL	April 7, 2004	Active
162	Andrés Blanco	SS	Kansas City Royals, AL	April 18, 2004	Active
163	Eduardo Villacis	P	Kansas City Royals, AL	May 1, 2004	May 1, 2004
164	Ramón A. Castro	SS	Oakland Athletics, AL	June 21, 2004	July 26, 2004
165	José López ''All-Star''	SS	Seattle Mariners, AL	July 31, 2004	Active
166	Maicer Izturis	SS	Los Angeles Angels, NL	August 27, 2004	Active
167	Guillermo Quiroz	C	Texas Rangers, AL	September 4, 2004	Active
168	Dioner Navarro	C	Tampa Bay Devil Rays, AL	September 7, 2004	Active
169	Lino Urdaneta	P	New York Mets, AL	September 9, 2004	Active
170	Gustavo Chacín	P	Toronto Blue Jays, AL	September 20, 2004	Active
171	Marcos Carvajal	P	Colorado Rockies, NL	April 6, 2005	Active
172	Ronny Cedeño	SS	Chicago Cubs, NL	April 23, 2005	Active
173	William Bergolla	2B	Cincinnati Reds, NL	May 9, 2005	Active
174	Luis Rodríguez	SS	Minnesota Twins, AL	May 21, 2005	Active
175	Yorman Bazardo	P	Detroit Tigers, NL	May 26, 2005	Active
176	Danny Sandoval	SS	Philadelphia Phillies, NL	July 17, 2005	Active
177	Félix Hernández	P	Seattle Mariners, AL	August 4, 2005	Active
178	Alejandro Freire	1B	Baltimore Orioles, AL	August 9, 2005	October 1, 2005
179	Franklin Gutiérrez	OF	Cleveland Indians, AL	August 31, 2005	Active
180	Alejandro Machado	2B	Minnesota Twins, AL	September 3, 2005	Active
181	Miguel Pérez	C	Cincinnati Reds, NL	September 7, 2005	Active
182	Josh Barfield	2B	Cleveland Indians, NL	April 3, 2006	Active
183	Fernando Nieve	P	Houston Astros, NL	April 4, 2006	Active
184	Martín Prado	2B	Atlanta Braves, NL	April 23, 2006	Active
185	Ángel Guzmán	P	Chicago Cubs, NL	April 26, 2006	Active
186	Yusmeiro Petit	P	Arizona Diamondbacks, NL	May 14, 2006	Active
187	Renyel Pinto	P	Florida Marlins, NL	May 18, 2006	Active
188	Enrique González	P	Arizona Diamondbacks, NL	May 28, 2006	Active
189	Eliézer Alfonzo	C	San Francisco Giants, NL	June 3, 2006	Active
190	Edward Mujica	P	Cleveland Indians, AL	June 21, 2006	Active
191	Aníbal Sánchez	P	Florida Marlins, NL	June 25, 2006	Active
192	Melvin Dorta	IF/OF	Washington Nationals, NL	July 21, 2006	Active
193	Alberto Callaspo	IF	Arizona Diamondbacks, NL	August 6, 2006	Active
194	Miguel Montero	C	Arizona Diamondbacks, NL	September 6, 2006	Active
195	Carlos Maldonado	C	Pittsburgh Pirates, NL	September 8, 2006	Active
196	Oswaldo Navarro	IF	Seattle Mariners	September 9, 2006	Active
197	César Jiménez	P	Seattle Mariners	September 11, 2006	Active
198	Alvin Colina	C	Colorado Rockies	September 18, 2006	Active
199	Héctor Giménez	C	Houston Astros	September 25, 2006	Active
200	Gustavo Molina	C	Chicago White Sox	April 2, 2007	Active
201	Jesús Flores	C	Washington Nationals	April 4, 2007	Active
202	Yoel Hernández	P	Philadelphia Phillies	May 5, 2007	Active
203	Guillermo Rodríguez	C	San Francisco Giants	June 13, 2007	Active
204	Luis Hernández	SS	Baltimore Orioles	July 08, 2007	Active
205	José Ascanio	P	Atlanta Braves	July 13, 2007	Active
206	Mauro Zárate	P	Florida Marlins	August 7, 2007	Active
207	Edwin Bellorín	C	Colorado Rockies	August 7, 2007	Active

208
Asdrúbal Cabrera
SS
Cleveland Indians
August 08, 2007
Active
209
Franklin Morales
P
Colorado Rockies
August 18, 2007
Active
210
Juan Carlos Gutiérrez
P
Houston Astros
August 19, 2007
Active
211
Rómulo Sánchez
P
Pittsburgh Pirates
August 27, 2007
Active
212
Alberto González
SS
New York Yankees
September 01, 2007
Active
213
Harvey García
P
Florida Marlins
September 03, 2007
Active
214
Felipe Paulino
P
Houston Astros
September 06, 2007
Active

Note

★ Al Pedrique served as a manager for the Arizona Diamondbacks during the 2004 season

★ Ozzie Guillén has managed the Chicago White Sox from 2004 to present

See also

★ List of Hispanic players in Major League Baseball