Luis Aparicio Sr.
| Luis Aparicio Ortega | |||||||||||||||
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| Shortstop / Coach / Manager | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 28, 1912 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||
| Died: January 1, 1971 (aged 58) Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| LVBP debut | |||||||||||||||
| 1946, for the Navegantes del Magallanes | |||||||||||||||
| Last LVBP appearance | |||||||||||||||
| 1953, for the Gavilanes de Maracaibo | |||||||||||||||
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| Member of the Venezuelan | |||||||||||||||
| Baseball Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
| Induction | 2005 | ||||||||||||||
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Luis Aparicio Ortega (August 28, 1912 – January 1, 1971) was a Venezuelan professional baseball personality for 40 years, serving as a player, coach, field manager, and club organizer. Aparicio was the father of National Baseball Hall of Fame member Luis Aparicio; both father and son were inducted into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame. To distinguish him from his son, the elder Aparicio is known by the nickname El Grande (lit. "The Elder" or "The Great One").