Ernesto Aparicio (baseball)
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| Ernesto Aparicio | |
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| Second baseman / manager | |
| Born: March 11, 1910 Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela | |
| Died: March 2, 2006 (aged 95) Los Teques, Miranda, Venezuela | |
| Member of the Venezuelan | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2005 |
Ernesto Aparicio Ortega (11 March 1910 – 2 March 2006) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, manager, and executive. Along with his younger brother, Luis Aparicio Ortega, he was the owner of the Gavilanes de Maracaibo, a team that played in Venezuela's Western League. His nephew, Luis Aparicio Montiel, played with Gavilanes before and during his Major League Baseball career, was admitted to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.[1]
Aparicio was a manager and instructor for both professional and amateur baseball. He played with several teams during the 1930s and early 1940s, while managing the National Team in international competition and leading Gavilanes BBC to nine championship titles in the Zulian Professional League, setting a record for the most titles won by a manager in Venezuelan baseball history.[2]
Ernesto Aparicio was born in Maracaibo, Zulia.[1] He and his brother Luis Aparicio began their athletic careers as association football (soccer) players with the Ayacucho club. They eventually transitioned to baseball, playing with local amateur teams in Zulia; Ernesto played second base while his brother Luis played as an outfielder. The two Aparicio brothers relocated to Caracas to play in the first division circuit in 1931, playing with the Lucana and Magallanes clubs. Eventually, they returned to Zulia to participate in the formation of the Gavilanes club.[3]
With Gavilanes, the Aparicio brothers took place in the first Zulian baseball championship, which pitted their team against the crosstown Pastora club.[3]