Nicknamed " The Wizard " for his defensive brilliance, Smith set major league records for career assists ( 8, 375 ) and double plays ( 1, 590 ) by a shortstop ( the latter since broken by Omar Vizquel ), as well as the National League ( NL ) record with 2, 511 career games at the position ; Smith won the NL Gold Glove Award for play at shortstop for 13 consecutive seasons ( 1980 – 1992 ).

Playing in six ALCS, he set league playoff records for career games, putouts, assists, total chances and double plays by a shortstop, all of which were broken between 1998 and 2002 by Omar Vizquel and Derek Jeter.

His NL records for career games at shortstop and most years leading the league in fielding were later broken by Ozzie Smith ; his Major League record for career fielding average has been broken by Omar Vizquel.

In 1999, Vizquel hit over. 300 and scored 100 runs for the first time in his career, finishing the season with a. 333 batting average and 112 runs scored for an Indians team that scored a league-leading 1, 009 runs.

Vizquel reached career highs in 2002 hitting 14 homers and 72 RBI, but his success was interrupted by the need for surgery on his right knee.

Other players with 10 or more wins include shortstop Omar Vizquel ( 11 ), catcher Johnny Bench ( 10 ), third baseman Mike Schmidt ( 10 ), and outfielders Ken Griffey, Jr., Ichiro Suzuki, Andruw Jones, and Al Kaline ( 10 each ).

Also in 1984, the White Sox retired his number 11, although the White Sox have ' un-retired ' his number again for Omar Vizquel, with Aparicio's permission.

On the field, Alomar teamed with shortstop Omar Vizquel to form another decorated middle infield combination.

In 2000, with Vizquel committing just three errors all season long, the entire Cleveland infield committed 34 errors — just one more than the record low set by the New York Mets infield the year before.

This home run gave McCovey the distinction, along with Ted Williams ( with whom he was tied in home runs ), Rickey Henderson, and Omar Vizquel of homering in four different decades.

On May 24, 2010, Vizquel became the shortstop with the second most hits all time, behind Derek Jeter.

As of July 2012, Vizquel is the only active player with service time in the 1980s.

On May 7, 2012, Vizquel became the oldest player to play at shortstop in the Major League history, surpassing Bobby Wallace, who played 12 games with the St. Louis Cardinals at the age of 44 in 1918.

Vizquel won nine consecutive Gold Gloves with the Mariners and Indians, starting with his first in 1993 with Seattle and continuing until 2001.

Vizquel won two additional Gold Gloves in 2005 and 2006 with the San Francisco Giants.

Eugenio Vélez, Omar Vizquel, and Rich Aurilia threw balls in the dirt to mess with Snow, but Snow still made the plays.

He, along with San Francisco Giants shortstop Omar Vizquel were inducted in front of over 43, 000 fans.

Every Major League player with 2, 800 hits or more is presently enshrined in Cooperstown, with the following exceptions: Harold Baines, Pete Rose ( current hit record-holder, who is banned from appearing on the official ballot Rose earns write-in votes, they are declared invalid ); Rafael Palmeiro ; Craig Biggio, Ivan Rodriguez and Barry Bonds ( none of whom have been out of Major League Baseball for the prerequisite five years ); and Derek Jeter, Alex Rodriguez, and Omar Vizquel ( all of whom are still active ).

Mesa was involved in a longstanding feud with former teammate Omar Vizquel following the publication of Vizquel's autobiography, Omar!

Peralta made his major league debut with Cleveland on June 12, 2003, filling in for the injured short stop Omar Vizquel.

In 2004, despite great Triple-A numbers, Peralta only saw 25 at-bats in eight games with the Indians due to the presence of perennial Gold Glover and fan-favorite Vizquel, who left the Indians as a free agent after the 2004 season.

* 1967 – Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player

* Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player

* Omar Vizquel, Venezuelan baseball player.

Guillén was a light-hitting, quick-handed shortstop, emerging from a line of Venezuelan shortstops that included ; Chico Carrasquel, Luis Aparicio ( both White Sox players ), Dave Concepción, and Omar Vizquel ( who played for Guillen as a utility player for the White Sox ).

Melvin Mora agreed to represent his native country, Venezuela, in the 2006 World Baseball Classic, joining fellow Venezuelan major Leaguers Bobby Abreu, Edgardo Alfonzo, Miguel Cairo, Omar Vizquel, Carlos Guillén, Johan Santana, Freddy García, Carlos Silva, Carlos Zambrano, Victor Zambrano, Juan Rivera, and Francisco Rodríguez.

Omar Enrique Vizquel González (; born April 24, 1967 ), nicknamed " Little O ", is a Venezuelan Major League Baseball shortstop and third baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays.

His nine Gold Glove Awards set an American League record for shortstops, that was tied by Omar Vizquel in.

His 2, 583 games played at shortstop stood as the Major League record for that position from his retirement in until May when it was surpassed by Omar Vizquel.

Originally signed by the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 1984, Vizquel made his Major League debut on April 3, 1989.

Alfonzo has worn the number 13 since his Major League debut, however switched to the number 12 in March giving former teammate, and former San Francisco Giants shortstop, Omar Vizquel the number 13 to honor not only the longevity of Vizquel wearing the number, but also because the wearing the number 13 is a term of respect and honor to Alfonzo and Vizquel's fellow countryman Dave Concepción ( all three from Venezuela ).

Vizquel, Alomar and third baseman Travis Fryman each won the Gold Glove Award that season ; the Vizquel-Alomar duo ultimately won three consecutive Gold Gloves together, becoming one of just eight shortstop-second baseman duos to have accomplished this feat in the same year.

His 2, 677 hits was also the major league record for players from Venezuela, until it was surpassed by Omar Vizquel on June 25,.

His 201 sacrifice bunts prior to 2007 ranks second among active players to Omar Vizquel.

Carrasquel was the first in a long line of major league shortstops from Venezuela including, Luis Aparicio, Dave Concepción, Ozzie Guillén and Omar Vizquel among others.

Vizquel is considered one of baseball's all-time best fielding shortstops, winning nine consecutive Gold Gloves ( 1993 – 2001 ) and two more in 2005 and 2006.

On May 25, 2008, Vizquel became the all-time leader in games played at shortstop, passing Luis Aparicio.

Vizquel is the all-time leader in double plays made while playing shortstop.

Vizquel is the sacrifice hit leader of the live-ball era.

Currently, Vizquel is the oldest player in the Major Leagues.

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In addition to wins, Young still holds the major league records for most career innings pitched ( 7, 355 ), most career games started ( 815 ), and most complete games ( 749 ).

Young's career started in 1890 with the Cleveland Spiders.

After the season, Young received an offer to play for the minor league Canton team, which started Young's professional career.

After his extraordinary career at Warner Bros. ended in 1962, Jones started Sib Tower 12 Productions and began producing memorable cartoons for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, including a new series of Tom and Jerry shorts and the television adaptation of Dr. Seuss ' How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

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After leaving the Les Brown & His Band of Renown to try a solo career, she started her long-lasting partnership with Columbia Records, which would remain her only recording label.

He soon started to write short stories, although his career did not take off until 1982, when, through Harlan Ellison's help, his short story " The River Styx Runs Upstream " was published and awarded first prize in a Twilight Zone Magazine story competition.

John Coleman started his coaching career at Essendon in 1961, thus ending the Dick Reynolds era at the club.

Dealing with racial and gay issues, it started the career of its writer Hanif Kureishi.

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Banks ' career started to rise rapidly from this point.

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