Ernesto Aparicio (baseball)

Ernesto Aparicio Ortega (11 March 1910 – 2 March 2006) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, manager, and executive. Along with his younger brother, Luis Aparicio Ortega, he was the owner of the Gavilanes de Maracaibo, a team that played in Venezuela's Western League. His nephew, Luis Aparicio Montiel, played with Gavilanes before and during his Major League Baseball career, was admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

Aparicio was a manager and instructor for both professional and amateur baseball. He played with several teams during the 1930s and early 1940s, while managing the National Team in international competition and leading Gavilanes BBC to nine championship titles in the Zulian Professional League, setting a record for the most titles won by a manager in Venezuelan baseball history.