Vic Davalillo
Víctor José Davalillo Romero (born July 31, 1936 in Cabimas, Zulia State, Venezuela), better known as Vic Davalillo [da-va-LEEL-lyo], is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and left-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians (1963-1968), California Angels (1968-69), St. Louis Cardinals (1969-70), Pittsburgh Pirates (1971-73), Oakland Athletics (1973-74) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1977-80). He is the eldest brother of former bigleaguer Pompeyo Davalillo.
In 16-season career, Davalillo batted .279 (1122-for-4017) with 36 home runs, 329 RBI, 509 runs, 160 doubles, 37 triples, and 125 stolen bases in 1458 games.
Highlights
- All-Star (1965)
- Gold Glove (1964)
- One of only three American League hitters that reached the .300 plateau in 1965 (Tony Oliva, .321 - [[Cal Yastrzemski, .312 - Davalillo .301).
- 4-time oldest player in MLB (1977-80; 40-43)
Facts
- A lifetime .300 hitter in the Mexican League, Davalillo was the league's top hitter at .384 in 1977.
- Between 1957 and 1987, Davalillo played in the Venezuelan Winter League' for the Leones del Caracas (1957-74, 1987), Portuguesa (1975) and Tigres de Aragua (1976-85). He set lifetime league records that still stand in batting average (.325), hits (1505), games played (1280), at-bat (4633), runs (668), doubles (196) and career seasons (30). Beside this, he won four batting titles and set record in hits (100) in a season. Davalillo retired at 50 years of age.
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