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Alfonso (Chico) Carrasquel is born in Caracas, Venezuela

ByThis Day in Baseball January 23, 1928January 22, 2023

1928 – Alfonso (Chico) Carrasquel is born in Caracas, Venezuela. Carrasquel, the first in a great line of Venezuelan shortstops that includes Luis Aparicio, Dave Concepción, Ozzie Guillen and Omar Vizquel, will become the first Hispanic to appear in an All-Star Game, in 1951, at Briggs Stadium.

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Day: January 23, 1928

Alfonso (Chico) Carrasquel is born in Caracas, Venezuela

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