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Caracas

73 major leaguers were born in Caracas, the most of any town in Venezuela. The best known is Omar Vizquel.

73major leaguers

1939first debut

7Active in 2025

0Hall of Famers

2,877hits: Omar Vizquel

1,621strikeouts: Freddy Garcia

Players born in Caracas

Player	Position	Years	H	HR	AVG	W	K	ERA
Omar Vizquel	SS	1989–2012	2,877	80	.272
Andrés Galarraga	1B	1985–2004	2,333	399	.288
Magglio Ordóñez	OF	1997–2011	2,156	294	.309
Freddy Garcia	P	1999–2013	12	0		156	1,621	4.15
Cesar Tovar	OF	1965–1976	1,546	46	.278	0	1
Ramon Hernandez	C	1999–2013	1,345	169	.263
Chico Carrasquel	SS	1950–1959	1,199	55	.258
Francisco Rodríguez	P	2002–2017	1	0		52	1,142	2.86
Gleyber Torres	2B	2018–2025	1,006	154	.264
Miguel Montero	C	2006–2018	973	126	.256	0	0
Richard Hidalgo	OF	1997–2005	929	171	.269
Ugueth Urbina	P	1995–2005	5	0		44	814	3.45
Dioner Navarro	C	2004–2016	802	77	.250
Franklin Gutierrez	OF	2005–2017	778	97	.257
Gregor Blanco	OF	2008–2018	746	26	.255
Yorvit Torrealba	C	2001–2013	737	56	.256
Luis Sojo	2B	1990–2003	671	36	.261
Henry Blanco	C	1997–2013	615	72	.223
Jorge Julio	P	2001–2009	0	0		17	448	4.43
Harold Castro	2B	2018–2023	391	16	.278	0	1
Jeanmar Gomez	P	2010–2019	3	0		28	358	4.50
Luis Avilan	P	2012–2021	1	0		23	319	3.43
Alex Carrasquel	P	1939–1949	33	1	.144	50	252	3.73
Jose Mijares	P	2008–2013	0	0		6	229	3.23
Edward Olivares	OF	2020–2024	225	29	.254
Luis Guillorme	2B	2018–2025	224	5	.248	0	0
Brayan Rocchio	SS	2023–2025	179	13	.222
Edubray Ramos	P	2016–2019	0	0		7	168	3.71
Pedro Avila	P	2019–2024	0	0		8	151	3.51
Angel Guzman	P	2006–2009	2	0		3	143	4.82
Elio Chacon	SS	1960–1962	143	4	.232
Juan Yepez	1B	2022–2024	139	20	.258
Andruw Monasterio	3B	2023–2025	133	8	.250
Roberto Rodriguez	P	1967–1970	1	1		4	91	4.81
Gus Polidor	SS	1985–1993	90	2	.207
Gus Gil	2B	1967–1971	87	1	.186
Alex Ramirez	OF	1998–2000	86	12	.259
Miguel Socolovich	P	2012–2018	0	0		5	73	4.62
Jose Torres	P	2016–2017	1	0		7	66	4.04
Greg Infante	P	2010–2018				3	60	3.56
Ramon Cabrera	C	2015–2016	53	4	.264
Luisangel Acuña	2B	2024–2025	53	3	.248
Max Castillo	P	2022–2023				0	47	5.43
Carlos Pulido	P	1994–2004				3	47	5.98
Jorge Velandia	2B	1997–2008	46	2	.189
Anthony Castro	P	2020–2022				1	45
Orber Moreno	P	1999–2004	0	0		3	41	4.44
Franklin Barreto	2B	2017–2020	40	9	.175
Jose Briceno	C	2018–2020	29	5	.238
Joe Ortiz	P	2013				2	27
Humberto Arteaga	SS	2019–2021	24	0	.192	0	0
William Cuevas	P	2016–2018				0	24
Liu Rodriguez	2B	1999	22	1
Ossie Blanco	1B	1970–1974	20	0	.196
Anderson Espinoza	P	2022				0	19
Alejandro Freire	1B	2005	16	1
Luinder Avila	P	2025				1	16
Tony Alvarez	OF	2002–2004	16	2
Anderson Machado	SS	2003–2005	15	0
Harvey Garcia	P	2007				0	15
Miguel Garcia	P	1987–1989	1	0		0	11
Maximo Acosta	3B	2025	11	3
Carlos Mendez	1B	2003	10	0
Alex Prieto	2B	2003–2004	9	1
Alex Pacheco	P	1996				0	7
Luis Ugueto	DH	2002–2003	6	1
Carlos Hernandez	2B	1999–2000	2	0
Juan Castillo	P	1994	1	0		0	1
Alejandro Machado	OF	2005	1	0
Miguel Perez	C	2005	0	0
Edwar Colina	P	2020				0	0
Lino Urdaneta	P	2004–2007				0	0
Eduardo Villacis	P	2004				0	0

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