Omar Vizquel

Shortstop 1989–2012 3× All-Star

2,877H

80HR

.272AVG

951RBI

.688OPS

Omar Vizquel, born in Caracas, Venezuela, played 24 seasons (1989–2012) primarily as a shortstop, mostly with the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants. He collected 2,877 hits and 80 home runs with a .272 batting average, ranking 2nd in hits among Venezuelan-born players. He was selected to 3 All-Star games.

Born: April 24, 1967 · Caracas, Venezuela · 73 major leaguers from Caracas
Bats / Throws: B / R
Teams: Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners, San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Texas Rangers, Toronto Blue Jays

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1989	Seattle Mariners	143	387	45	85	7	3	1	20	1	28	40	.220
1990	Seattle Mariners	81	255	19	63	3	2	2	18	4	18	22	.247
1991	Seattle Mariners	142	426	42	98	16	4	1	41	7	45	37	.230
1992	Seattle Mariners	136	483	49	142	20	4	0	21	15	32	38	.294
1993	Seattle Mariners	158	560	68	143	14	2	2	31	12	50	71	.255
1994	Cleveland Indians	69	286	39	78	10	1	1	33	13	23	23	.273
1995	Cleveland Indians	136	542	87	144	28	0	6	56	29	59	59	.266
1996	Cleveland Indians	151	542	98	161	36	1	9	64	35	56	42	.297
1997	Cleveland Indians	153	565	89	158	23	6	5	49	43	57	58	.280
1998	Cleveland Indians	151	576	86	166	30	6	2	50	37	62	64	.288
1999	Cleveland Indians	144	574	112	191	36	4	5	66	42	65	50	.333
2000	Cleveland Indians	156	613	101	176	27	3	7	66	22	87	72	.287
2001	Cleveland Indians	155	611	84	156	26	8	2	50	13	61	72	.255
2002	Cleveland Indians	151	582	85	160	31	5	14	72	18	56	64	.275
2003	Cleveland Indians	64	250	43	61	13	2	2	19	8	29	20	.244
2004	Cleveland Indians	148	567	82	165	28	3	7	59	19	57	62	.291
2005	San Francisco Giants	152	568	66	154	28	4	3	45	24	56	58	.271
2006	San Francisco Giants	153	579	88	171	22	10	4	58	24	56	51	.295
2007	San Francisco Giants	145	513	54	126	18	3	4	51	14	44	48	.246
2008	San Francisco Giants	92	266	24	59	10	1	0	23	5	24	29	.222
2009	Texas Rangers	62	177	17	47	7	2	1	14	4	13	27	.266
2010	Chicago White Sox	108	344	36	95	11	1	2	30	11	34	45	.276
2011	Chicago White Sox	58	167	18	42	7	1	0	8	1	9	18	.251
2012	Toronto Blue Jays	60	153	13	36	5	1	0	7	3	7	17	.235
Career		2,968	10,586	1,445	2,877	456	77	80	951	404	1,028	1,087	.272

More Venezuelan shortstops of his era

Ozzie Guillén1985–2000 · 1,764 H, 28 HR Alex González1998–2014 · 1,418 H, 157 HR Carlos Guillén1998–2011 · 1,331 H, 124 HR César Izturis2001–2013 · 1,103 H, 17 HR Álvaro Espinoza1984–1997 · 630 H, 22 HR Angel Salazar1983–1988 · 188 H, 2 HR