José Ramírez will not continue with the Chosen One
Guardians order star third baseman to stop playing
Diario Libre
Santo Domingo - Dec. 10, 2023 | 07:31 pm | 1 min read
José Ramírez is no longer going. El Esgido reported in its press release, prior to this Sunday's game against the Toros del Este , that the Guardianes third baseman will no longer play with the team this season. The club indicated that the banilejo was ordered by Cleveland to stop its participation with the Lions. The stellar player culminates with a batting average of .219, below his standards, but he accumulated an OPS of .725, 1 home run, 5 RBIs and 9 runs scored and eight walks in 10 games.
Mourning in Venezuelan baseball for the death of Víctor 'Vic' Davalillo
He played 16 seasons in the Majors and 30 in the Venezuelan Baseball League.
By The Associated Press
December 11, 2023 • 2:12pm
Víctor 'Vic' Davalillo, a two-time World Series champion who played 16 seasons in the Major Leagues and became the first Venezuelan-born player to win a Gold Glove, died on December 6. He was either 84 or 87 years old, depending on conflicting sources.
Davalillo died in Caracas after emergency surgery due to an intestinal obstruction and kidney failure, said his daughter Helga Davalillo.
Baseball Reference lists his date of birth as July 30, 1939, but Davalillo considered July 31 his birthday and Asdrúbal Fuenmayor wrote in a 2006 biography that Davalillo was born in 1936. The 1969 Sporting News Baseball Record also used 1936.
The Leones de Caracas, of Venezuela's winter league, said they will wear a patch with Davalillo's name and the number 2 on the sleeves of their jersey for the rest of the season. The Cabimas stadium has been named after Davalillo since 1987 and the Most Valuable Player award of the Venezuelan Winter League is named after him. Although Cabimas is listed as Davalillo's birthplace, Fuenmayor wrote in his book that Davalillo told him that he was born in Churuguara.
Davalillo signed with the Cincinnati Reds in 1958, at age 18, starting as a left-handed pitcher, and went 16-7 with a 2.45 ERA in 1959 in three starts and 50 relief appearances for Palakta in the Florida State League Class d.
While Davalillo remained primarily a pitcher, his time in the outfield gradually increased in 1960 and 1961, and he was sold to Cleveland after the 1961 season.
Davalillo won the Triple-A International League batting title in 1962 with a .346 average and made his major league debut on Opening Day 1963 in Minnesota as the Indians' leadoff hitter against Camilio Pascual. Davalillo got his first hit the next day off eventual Hall of Famer Jim Kaat and hit .292 with seven home runs and 36 RBIs. His season was cut short when he broke his forearm after being hit by a pitch from Detroit's Hank Aguirre on June 12, an injury that sidelined Davalillo until August 10.
Davalillo was an All-Star in 1965, when he hit .301 with five home runs, 40 RBIs and 26 stolen bases, finishing third in the American League batting race behind Tony Oliva and Carl Yastrzemski. He was traded to the California Angels in June 1968, part of a major league career that took him to St. Louis (1969-70), Pittsburgh (1971-73), Oakland (1973-74) and Los Angeles. Dodgers (1977-80).
He hit a three-run home run in his first at-bat with the Cardinals on June 1, 1969. He made his only two major league pitching appearances that June 30 and July 3, failing to retire either of the four hitters he faced.
Davalillo finished with a .279 average, 36 home runs, 329 runs batted in and 125 steals, winning World Series titles with the 1971 Pirates and 1973 Athletics. He had a .323 average in 22 postseason games, including hitting 20-4 in the World Series.
Fans in Venezuela called him Vitico. In his country he won seven titles in 30 seasons from 1957-58 to 1986-87. He became the first full-season .400 hitter in the Venezuelan league in 1961-62, the Society for American Baseball Research said, and won four Venezuelan batting championships.
Oscar Prieto Párraga, former owner of Leones, said that Davalillo's number should be retired throughout the league, which played the 2019-20 season in his honor. He had a career average of .325 in the Venezuelan league with a record 1,505 hits.
Davalillo also played in Mexico with the Cafeteros de Córdoba and the Rieleros de Aguascalientes.
Davalillo married Luisa Ramona Barrera on February 25, 1961, according to SABR, which said they divorced in 1969 and he married Zoraida Caraballo that same year.
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From Sunday night:
Johnathan Rodriguez was 1-4 with a homer and 2 runs batted in.
Gabe Arias was 1-4.
Yasiel Puig is on a tear in Venezuela.21-45, .467 ave, 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 3 home runs. 6 walks and 8 strikeouts. Any chances of getting a year or two out of Puig?
The Tiburones de La Guaira return to the path of victory by defeating the Águilas del Zulia 11 runs to 4 at the Universitario de Caracas stadium. The Tiburones offense combined to hit 16 hits, including home runs by Maikel García,
Brayan Rocchio and Ronald Acuña Jr. In the seventh it was back to back homers by Rocchio and Acuña JR.
Maracaibo.- The Águilas del Zulia ended the week with two wins and three losses by falling in 10 innings against the Tigres de Aragua with a 5x4 score at the José Perez Colmenares in Maracay. The Zulians came from behind when they reached the fifth inning losing 4-0.
Jaison Chourio's hit drove in Bryant Flete, then Alí Castillo homered through left field to make it 4x3.
Vaqueros de Montería defeated Caimanes de Barranquilla 2 runs to 0, taking first place, for its part, Tigres de Cartagena defeated Leones de Barranquilla 4-2, moving up to third place, on Sunday 10/12/23. Samuel Burgos was inspired on the mound for 6.0 innings to take the victory, Hernando Mejía achieved the save, Daniel Missaki carried the setback, Daniel Mayora and Wilfredo Giménez drove in the runs and Vaqueros defeated 2-0 to Caimans.
Vaqueros attacked early, the first batter of the game, Dayan Frías, singled to the right field, he settled at second due to a “ground ball” 1-3 by Jordan Díaz, scoring after Daniel Mayora's hit to the right field.
The second and last run of the game for the final 2-0 score was achieved by Vaqueros in the top of the 9th inning, Neyfy Castillo reached third due to a throwing error by pitcher Jesús Fandiño, later scoring on a sacrifice fly to the right field (SF9) by Wilfredo Giménez. Dominican Samuel Burgos (3-0, 0.95) was credited with the victory, as a starter, pitching 6.0 innings, did not allow runs, allowed 2 hits, did not walk, struck out 2, and used 76 pitches (54 strikes).
The relief corps continued with the same dominant dynamic, Gerald Ogando (1.1), Carlos Mario Díaz (0.2), did not allow runs, while Hernando Mejía (1.0) achieved his first save of the campaign. Top performers for the Vaqueros' 6-hit offensive; Daniel Mayora, 3-for-4, 1 RBI, Wilfredo Giménez drove in a run with a sacrifice fly,
Dayan Frías, 2-for-4, 1 run scored and Neyfy Castillo, 1-for-4, 1 triple, 1 run scored.
The Caimanes de Barranquilla organization , headed by its president Roberto Char, reports that the Colombian major league Giovanni Urshela will be part of our roster for the current 2023-2024 season Urshela had been practicing on his own in Cartagena, in the recovery process after an elbow injury. The third baseman has already reported to practice with the Alligators and is at the complete disposal of manager José Mosquera Crissón.
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@dayanfrias_77 has been activated with the team and will be in action in this weekend's series
