Caracas, Distrito Capital
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Caracas (officially Santiago de León de Caracas) is the largest city in Venezuela and also the capital. Numerous big league stars were born here.
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[edit] Teams that have played here
- Cervecería Caracas, Venezuelan League (1946-?)
- Leones del Caracas, Venezuelan League (1952- )
- Tiburones de La Guaira, Venezuelan League (1962- )
- Caracas Metropolitanos, Inter-American League (1979)
[edit] People born here
- Gualberto Acosta, Venezuelan League umpire
- Edgar Alfonzo, minor league infielder and manager
- Robert Alfonzo, scout
- Jose Alguacil, minor league infielder and manager
- Manuel Alvarez, minor league pitcher
- Tony Alvarez, outfielder
- Erold Andrus, minor league outfielder
- Juan Apodaca, minor league catcher
- Edgar Arismendi, minor league pitcher
- Cristo Arnal, minor league infielder
- Luis Avilan, pitcher
- Aarom Baldiris, minor league and NPB infielder
- Wuilmer Becerra, minor league outfielder
- Pedro Pablo Belmonte, minor league pitcher
- Héctor Benítez, Venezuelan national team outfielder
- Gregor Blanco, outfielder
- Henry Blanco, catcher
- Ivan Blanco, minor league pitcher
- Ossie Blanco, infielder
- Armando Camacaro, minor league catcher
- Alex Carrasquel, pitcher
- Chico Carrasquel, infielder
- Domingo Carrasquel Sr., minor league infielder and manager
- Emilio Carrasquel, scout
- Martin Carrasquel, minor league pitcher
- Marco Carrillo, minor league pitcher
- Francisco Cartaya, scout
- Angel Castillo, minor league outfielder
- Juan Castillo, pitcher
- Yeiper Castillo, minor league pitcher
- Nestor Chavez, pitcher
- Luis Cordova, minor league outfielder
- David Davalillo, minor league infielder
- Orlando Díaz, Division Honor outfielder
- Walter Diaz, minor league infielder
- William Domero, minor league infielder
- David Espinosa, minor league infielder
- Alejandro Freire, infielder
- Andres Galarraga, infielder
- Lesther Galván, minor league infielder
- Freddy Garcia, pitcher
- Harvey García, pitcher
- Miguel Garcia, pitcher
- Gus Gil, infielder
- Jeanmar Gomez, pitcher
- Esteban Gonzalez, minor league infielder and manager
- Franklin Gonzalez, minor league infielder
- Jean Carlos Granados, minor league pitcher
- Angel Guzman, pitcher
- Carlos Hereaud, minor league infielder
- Carlos Hernandez, infielder
- Ramón Hernández, catcher
- Ricardo Hernandez, minor league pitcher
- Javier Herrera, minor league outfielder
- Richard Hidalgo, outfielder
- Gregory Infante, pitcher
- Juan Carlos Infante, minor league infielder
- Jose Jaimes, minor league pitcher
- Milko Jaramillo, minor league infielder and manager
- Jose Jimenez, minor league catcher
- Jorge Julio, pitcher
- Selwyn Langaigne, minor league outfielder
- Oscar Lira, minor league pitcher
- Mario Lissón, minor league infielder
- Niuman Loiz, minor league pitcher
- Alejandro Machado, outfielder
- Andy Machado, infielder
- Dennis Malave, minor league outfielder
- Luis Marquez, scout
- Argenis Martinez, minor league infielder
- Erick Mejias, minor league infielder
- Carlos Méndez, infielder
- José Mijares, pitcher
- Miguel Montero, catcher
- Alexander Morales, minor league pitcher
- Orber Moreno, pitcher
- Orlando Muñoz, minor league infielder
- Dewis Navarro, Italian Baseball League catcher
- Dioner Navarro, catcher
- Denny Nino, minor league catcher
- Antonio Noguera, minor league pitcher
- Audie Núñez, Division Honor pitcher
- Antonio Obregón, minor league infielder
- Teodoro Obregón, minor league infielder
- Roberto Olivo, Venezuelan League umpire
- Magglio Ordóñez, outfielder
- Alex Pacheco, pitcher
- Keino Perez, minor league pitcher
- Luis Pérez, minor league outfielder
- Miguel Perez, catcher
- Randy Perez, minor league infielder
- Rolando Petit, scout
- Rolando Petit, minor league catcher
- Gus Polidor, infielder
- Carlos Pulido, pitcher
- Alex Prieto, infielder
- Jonathan Prieto, minor league infielder
- Alex Ramirez, outfielder
- Yulman Ribeiro, minor league pitcher
- Eduardo Ríos, minor league infielder
- Marlon Roche, minor league outfielder and manager
- Francísco Rodriguez, pitcher
- Liu Rodríguez, infielder
- Ricardo Rodriguez, minor league infielder-pitcher
- Roberto Rodriguez, pitcher
- Cesar Rojas, minor league pitcher
- Estuar Ruiz, scout
- Richard Salazar, minor league pitcher
- Yobanis Salazar, minor league pitcher
- Karexon Sanchez, minor league infielder
- Nelson Santander, minor league pitcher
- Liviston Santaniello, Italian Baseball League infielder
- Miguel Socolovich, pitcher
- Luis Sojo, infielder
- Carlos Subero, minor league infielder and manager
- Wladimir Sutil, minor league infielder
- Yorvit Torrealba, catcher
- Alejandro Torres, minor league catcher
- César Tovar, outfielder
- Luis Ugueto, infielder
- Dan Urbina, minor league pitcher
- Ugueth Urbina, pitcher
- Lino Urdaneta, pitcher
- Carlos Urquiola, minor league outfielder
- Jorge Velandia, infielder
- Rafael Vera, minor league infielder
- Eduardo Villacis, pitcher
- Omar Vizquel, infielder
- Juan Antonio Yánez, executive
- Marcos Yepez, minor league infielder
- Carlos Zambrano, pitcher
[edit] People who died here
- Alex Carrasquel, pitcher
- Chico Carrasquel, infielder
- Elio Chacón, infielder
- José Del Vecchio, promoter
- Bo Díaz, catcher
- Vidal López, minor league pitcher
- Gustavo Olano, Cuban Serie Nacional outfielder
- Roberto Olivo, Venezuelan League umpire
- Charlie Peete, outfielder
- Gus Polidor, infielder
- Abelardo Raidi, writer
- Chucho Ramos, outfielder
- Eladio Secades, writer
- Carlos Tovar Bracho, announcer
- Juan Antonio Yánez, executive
[edit] International Tournaments held here
- 1944 Amateur World Series
- 1945 Amateur World Series
- 1951 Caribbean Series
- 1953 Amateur World Series
- 1955 Caribbean Series
- 1959 Caribbean Series
- 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games
- 1970 Caribbean Series
- 1973 Caribbean Series
- 1977 Caribbean Series
- 1981 Caribbean Series
- 1983 Caribbean Series
- 1983 Pan American Games
- 2002 Caribbean Series
- 2010 Women's Baseball World Cup
