Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

This article is about the Venezuelan professional baseball hall of fame. For baseball hall of fame organizations in other countries, see Baseball Hall of Fame (disambiguation).

The Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol Venezolano (in English, the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum) is a nonprofit institution operated by private interests, which was founded on April 18, 2002, thanks to the vision of Carlos Daniel Cárdenas Lares. The institution is located at Centro Sambil, in Valencia, the capital city of Carabobo State and the third largest city of Venezuela.^[1]

The museum offers visitors the origins and growth of baseball in the world and the history of what is known as the National sport of Venezuela. It also shows, through its exhibitions, the most prominent players who have made significant achievements, as well as efforts to honor people who have highlighted the activity of baseball in Venezuela, recognizing and appreciating their impact on national culture and exalt those who have made outstanding contributions to the sport.^[1]

The museum covers a total area of 2,300 square meters and is laid out on two levels. The first floor of the museum includes four historical rooms, an auditorium dedicated to Luis Aparicio, an art gallery named after Andrés Galarraga, a baseball library and a shop. On the second floor are a permanent Hall of Fame exhibition, two batting cages, and a newsroom.^[1]

Since its opening in 2002, the museum created two nominating committees responsible for selecting the most notable baseball figures of all time. The Contemporary Committee, comprising representatives of the media, official scorekeepers, umpires, representatives of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, and Players Association officers, have the task of choosing both natives and foreign players who developed their careers in Venezuelan professional baseball through the 1980–2012 period. Meanwhile, the Historical Committee selects those players who made their careers in the period prior to the 1980–1981 season of the VPBL. In both cases, are also recognized those managers, executives, broadcasters and individuals who have collaborated in the development of baseball in Venezuela.^[1]

Members

Notes

Bold denotes major league player^[a]

Italics denotes National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum member

Elected by Contemporary Committee ^†

Elected by Historical Committee ^‡

Elected by Special Committee ^↔

In 2004 there was no selection

2003

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Luis Aparicio	Apr 29, 1934	Maracaibo, VEN			Player/Manager	‡ [3]
José Bracho	Jul 23, 1928	Maracaibo, VEN	Jun 16, 2011	Ptos. de Altagracia, VEN	Player	‡ [4]
Alejandro Carrasquel	Jun 24, 1920	Caracas, VEN	Aug 19, 1969	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [5]
Alfonso Carrasquel	Jan 23, 1928	Caracas, VEN	May 25, 2005	Caracas, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [6]
José Antonio Casanova	Feb 18, 1918	Maracaibo, VEN	Jul 8, 1999	Maracay, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [7]
David Concepción	Jun 17, 1948	Ocumare Cst, VEN			Player	‡ [8]
Víctor Davalillo	Jul 31, 1939	Cabimas, VEN	Dec 6, 2023	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [9]
Luis García	Sep 14, 1929	Carúpano, VEN	Jan 9, 2014	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [10]
Vidal López	Apr 19, 1918	Río Chico, VEN	Feb 20, 1972	Caracas, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [11]
Roberto Olivo	Jan 13, 1914	Caracas, VEN	Jun 22, 2005	Caracas, VEN	Umpire	‡ [12]
Diego Seguí	Aug 17, 1937	Holguín, CU			Player	‡ [13]
Abelardo Raidi	Dec 25, 1914	Valencia, VEN	Jan 27, 2002	Caracas, VEN	Executive	‡ [14]
Juan Antonio Yanes	Jun 24, 1902	Caracas, VEN	Aug 8, 1987	Caracas, VEN	Owner/Pioneer	‡ [15]
César Tovar	Jul 30, 1940	Caracas, VEN	Jul 14, 1994	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [16]

2005

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Ernesto Aparicio	Mar 11, 1910	Maracaibo, VEN	Mar 2, 2006	Los Teques, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [17]
Luis Aparicio, Sr.	Aug 28, 1912	Maracaibo, VEN	Jan 1, 1971	Maracaibo, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [18]
Tony Armas	Jul 2, 1953	Pto. Píritu, VEN			Player	† [19]
José Del Vecchio	May 3, 1917	Miranda, VEN	May 27, 1990	Caracas, VEN	Promoter	‡ [20]
Herman Ettedgui	Jul 31 1917	Pto. Cabello, VEN	Jun 17, 2012	Caracas, VEN	Journalist	‡ [21]

2006

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
1941 AWS Champion Team						‡ [22]
Teolindo Acosta	Jul 23, 1937	Maracaibo, VEN	Aug 2, 2004	Valencia, VEN	Player	‡ [23]
Pancho Pepe Cróquer	May 23, 1920	Turmero, VEN	Dec 18, 1955	Barranquilla, CO	Broadcaster	‡ [24]
Emilio Cueche	Oct 20, 1927	Barcelona, VEN	Jul 31, 2006	Valencia, VEN	Player	‡ [25]
Baudilio Díaz	Mar 23, 1953	Cúa, VEN	Nov 23, 1990	Caracas, VEN	Player	† [26]
Ramón Monzant	Jan 4, 1933	Maracaibo, VEN	Aug 10, 2001	Maracaibo, VEN	Player	‡ [27]

2007

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Pompeyo Davalillo	Jul 5, 1928	Cabimas, VEN	Feb 28, 2013	Ocumare del Tuy, VEN	Player/Manager	‡ [28]
Cocaína García	Dec 28, 1905	Manacas, CU	Apr 13, 1995	Caraballeda, VEN	Player	‡ [29]
Delio Amado León	Sep 13, 1932	Maracay, VEN	Nov 30, 1996	Caracas, VEN	Broadcaster	‡ [30]
Jesús Marcano Trillo	Dec 25, 1950	Caripito, VEN			Player	† [31]

2008

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Gualberto Acosta	Jul 12, 1924	Caracas, VEN	Jun 11, 2008	Ciudad Bolívar, VEN	Umpire	‡ [32]
Héctor Benítez	Nov 1, 1918	Caracas, VEN	Jun 17, 2011	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [33]
Gustavo Gil	Apr 19, 1939	Caracas, VEN	Dec 8, 2015	Phoenix, Arizona, US	Player	‡ [34]
Luis Leal	Mar 21, 1957	Barquisimeto, VEN			Player	† [35]
Gonzalo Márquez	Mar 31, 1946	Carúpano, VEN	Dec 20, 1984	La Victoria, VEN	Player	† [36]
Luis Peñalver	Nov 20, 1941	Cumaná, VEN			Player	† [37]
Oscar Prieto Ortiz	Ago 1, 1905	Ciudad Bolívar, VEN	Aug 10, 1983	Caracas, VEN	Owner	‡ [38]

2009

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Urbano Lugo	Aug 12, 1962	Punto Fijo, VEN			Player	† [39]
Aurelio Monteagudo	Nov 19, 1943	Caibarien, CU	Nov 19, 1990	Saltillo, MX	Pitcher	† [40]
Oswaldo Olivares	Sep 15, 1953	Caracas, VEN			Player	† [41]
Regino Otero	Sep 7, 1915	La Habana, CU	Oct 21, 1988	Hialeah, Florida, US	Manager	‡ [42]
Chucho Ramos	Apr 12, 1918	Maturín, VEN	Sep 2, 1977	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [43]
Luis Tiant	Nov 23, 1940	Marianao, CU	Oct 8, 2024	Wells, Maine, US	Player	† [44]
Carlos Tovar Bracho	Feb 5, 1933	Valencia, VEN	Mar 6, 2006	Caracas, VEN	Broadcaster	‡ [45]
Luis Zuloaga	Dec 31, 1922	Valencia, VEN	May 22, 2013	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡ [46]

2010

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Luis Aponte	Jun 14, 1951	El Tigre, VEN			Player	† [47]
Ángel Bravo	Aug 4, 1942	Santa Rita, VEN			Player	‡ [48]
Andrés Galarraga	Jun 18, 1961	Caracas, VEN			First baseman	† [49]
Teodoro Obregón	Dic 17, 1935	Caracas, VEN			Player	‡ [50]
Pedro Padrón Panza	Sep 16, 1920	La Guaira, VEN	Apr 1, 1999	Caracas, VEN	Owner	‡ [51]
Lázaro Salazar	Feb 4, 1912	La Habana, CU	Apr 25, 1957	Mexico City, MX	Player/Manager	‡ [52]

2011

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Wilson Álvarez	Mar 24, 1970	Maracaibo, VEN			Player	† [53]
Oswaldo Guillén	Jan 20, 1964	Ocumare del Tuy, VEN			Player	† [54]
Roberto Muñoz	Nov 21, 1949	Caracas, VEN	Sep 23, 2012	Maracay, VEN	Player	‡ [55]
Luis Salazar	May 19, 1956	Barcelona, VEN			Player	† [56]

2012

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Dalmiro Finol	Aug 21, 1919	Maracaibo, VEN	May 16, 1994	Maracaibo, VEN	Player	‡ [57]
Luis Sojo	Jan 3, 1965	Caracas, VEN			Player/Manager	† [57]

2014

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Dámaso Blanco	Dec 11, 1941	Curiepe, VEN			Player/Sportscaster	‡ [58]
Juan Vené	Jan 10, 1929	Caracas, VEN			Journalist/Sportscaster	‡ [58]

2015

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
1959 PanAm Games Champion Team						↔ [59]
Oswaldo Blanco	Sep 8, 1945	Maracaibo, VEN			Player	↔ [59]
Leonel Carrión	Feb 15, 1952	Maracaibo, VEN			Player	↔ [59]
Remigio Hermoso	Oct 1, 1947	Puerto Cabello, VEN	Aug 21, 2020	Puerto Cabello, VEN	Player	↔ [59]
Julián Ladera	Jul 15, 1928	Carmen de Uria, VEN	Sep 14, 1973	Valencia, VEN	Player	↔ [59]
Balbino Inojosa	Mar 31, 1909	Borburata, VEN	Mar 31, 1974	Caracas, VEN	Player	↔ [59]
Martín Tovar Lange	(?), 1905	Caracas, VEN	Nov 3, 1976	Caracas, VEN	Owner/Pioneer	↔ [59]
Carlos Lavaud	Dec 10, 1904	Caracas, VEN	Nov 25, 1975	Caracas, VEN	Owner/Pioneer	↔ [59]
Juan Reggeti	Jan 3, 1909	Caracas, VEN	Aug 8, 1969	Caracas, VEN	Owner/Pioneer	↔ [59]
Luis Rodolfo Machado	Jul 9, 1918	Maracaibo, VEN	Jul 2, 1978	Maracaibo, VEN	Owner	↔ [59]
Pablo Morales Pérez	Aug 17, 1906	La Guaira, VEN	Nov 24, 1969	Caracas, VEN	Owner	↔ [59]
Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez	(?), 1910	Carora, VEN	Mar 16, 1969	Maracaibo, VEN	Owner	↔ [59]
Carlos González	Oct 14, 1932	Tucupita, VEN	May 24, 2004	Caracas, VEN	Journalist/Sportscaster	↔ [59]

2016

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Rubén Mijares	Dec 10, 1938	Patanemo, VEN			Journalist/Sportscaster/Executive	‡ [60]
Dionisio Acosta	Mar 20, 1929	Maracaibo, VEN	Jan 16, 2013	Cabudare, VEN	Player/Union Leader	‡ [60]
Carlos Cárdenas Lares	Mar 20, 1973	Caracas, VEN	Mar 1, 1994	Caracas, VEN	Writer/Promoter of the creation of Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum	‡ [60]

2017

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Giovanni Carrara	Mar 4, 1968	El Tigre, VEN			Player	† [61]
Adolfo Álvarez	Oct 10, 1930	Carora, VEN	Sep 12, 2016	Carora, VEN	Owner	‡ [61]
Marco Antonio Lacavalerie	Jan 31, 1924	Caracas, VEN	Nov 23, 1995	Caracas, VEN	Broadcaster	‡ [61]

2018

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Robert Marcano	Jun 7, 1951	El Clavo, VEN	Nov 13, 1990	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡[62]
Omar Vizquel	Apr 24, 1967	Caracas, VEN			Player	†[62]

2019

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Carlos Ascanio	Apr 4, 1918	Santa Lucia, VEN	Feb 27, 1998	Caracas, VEN	Player	‡[63]
Edwin Hurtado	Feb 1, 1970	Barquisimeto, VEN			Player	†[63]
Leonardo Hernández	Nov 6, 1959	Santa Lucia, VEN			Player	†[63]

2021

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Robert Pérez	Jun 4, 1969	Ciudad Bolívar, VEN			Player	†[64]
Bob Abreu	Mar 11, 1974	Turmero, VEN			Player	†[64]
Edgardo Alfonzo	Nov 8, 1973	Santa Teresa del Tuy, VEN			Player	†[64]

2022

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Johan Santana	Mar 13, 1979	Tovar, VEN			Player	†[65]
Melvin Mora	Feb 12, 1972	Yaracuy, VEN			Player	†[65]

2023

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Oscar Prieto Párraga	Mar 2, 1946	Caracas, VEN			Executive	‡[66]
Alfonso Saer	Jun 11, 1947	Barquisimeto, VEN			Broadcaster	‡[66]

2024

Name	Date of birth	Place of birth	Date of death	Place of death	Position	Refs
Richard Garcés	May 18, 1971	Maracay, VEN			Player	†[67]
Ramón Hernández	May 20, 1976	Caracas, VEN			Player	† [67]
Juan Carlos Pulido	Aug 5, 1971	Caracas, VEN	Dec 28, 2023	Caracas, VEN	Player	†[67]

See also

• Baseball awards § Venezuela

Notes

1. On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared six of the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be official "major leagues" on par with MLB.^[2]