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    Chico Carrasquel

    Venezuelan baseball player, coach, scout, and manager (1926–2005)

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Carrasquel and the second or maternal family name is Colón.

    Baseball player

    Chico Carrasquel
    Shortstop
    Born:(1926-01-23)January 23, 1926
    Caracas, Venezuela
    Died: May 26, 2005(2005-05-26) (aged 79)
    Caracas, Venezuela

    Batted: Right

    Threw: Right

    April 18, 1950, for the Chicago White Sox
    September 23, 1959, for the Baltimore Orioles
    Batting average.258
    Home runs55
    Runs batted in474
    Stats at Baseball Reference 
    Induction2003

    Alfonso Carrasquel Colón, better known as Chico Carrasquel (January 23, 1926 – May 26, 2005), was a Venezuelan professional baseball player, coach, scout and manager.[1] He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a shortstop from 1950 to 1959, most prominently as a member of t