Omar Vizquel

Quick Facts

Full Name	Omar Vizquel
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Apr 24, 1967(1967-04-24)
Age	57
Birthplace	Caracas
Country	Venezuela
Birth City	Capital District
Horoscope	Aries

Omar Vizquel Biography

Omar Vizquel is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on April 24, 1967 in Caracas, Capital District, Venezuela. Long-time Cleveland Indian acknowledged as the greatest baseball player of all time shortstops on the field who won the record- breaking eleven Gold Glove Awards.

He was a fantastic infield team with his team of Indians together with 2nd baseman He formed a great infield combination on the Indians with second baseman Roberto Alomar..

Vizquel started his career with the Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League together with Tony Armas, Bo Díaz and Andrés Galarraga. He learned to switch hit from Bill Plummer who managed Vizquel with the Leones del Caracas, in 1986-87 and 1988-89, and coached and managed the Mariners. Originally signed by the Mariners as a non-drafted free agent in 1984, Vizquel made his Major League debut on April 3, 1989. Batting ninth in the lineup, he went 0-for-3 while making five assists, a double play and an error in a 3-2 loss to the Oakland Athletics. Three nights later, he collected his first career hit in the third inning against Storm Davis with a single, later scoring on a Darnell Coles double, although the Mariners lost 11-3 to the Athletics.

Vizquel married Nicole, a Seattle native, in 1992. They later divorced, and Vizquel married Blanca Garcia in July 2014.

The father of the couple had two children as well as a daughter together with wife Bianca who he got married in 2014.

Omar Vizquel Net Worth

Omar Vizquel is one of the richest Baseball Player from Venezuela. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Omar Vizquel 's net worth $27 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He was dubbed “Little O” when he played during the Venezuelan Winter League.

The autobiography of his father was featured for an entire four-week period on the New York Times Bestseller List.

Omar Enrique Vizquel González (Spanish pronunciation: [oˈmaɾ βisˈkel] ; born April 24, 1967), nicknamed “Little O”, is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop. During his 24-year Major League Baseball (MLB) career, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, San Francisco Giants, Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, and Toronto Blue Jays. In Venezuela he played for Leones del Caracas. From 2014 to 2017, he was the Detroit Tigers’ first-base, infield and baserunning coach. He is currently the manager for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Omar Vizquel height 5 ft 9 in Omar weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Omar Vizquel Dating?

According to our records, Omar Vizquel married to Blanca Garcia (m. 2014). As of December 1, 2023, Omar Vizquel’s is not dating anyone.

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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 hit second in the line-up between lead-off man Kenny Lofton and third-place hitter Alomar in the most productive offensive line-up in Cleveland baseball history. This line-up also included power hitters Jim Thome and Manny Ramirez.

Facts & Trivia

Omar Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Venezuela. Omar Vizquel celebrates birthday on April 24 of every year.

On August 5, 2001, Vizquel hit a three-run triple in the ninth inning against the Seattle Mariners to tie the game 14–14, capping a comeback from a 14–2 deficit. The Indians went on to win 15–14 in eleven innings, tying the record for the largest comeback win in history. 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. He tied the 2002 All-Star Game 7–7 with an RBI triple in the eighth inning. As a result of his knee injury in 2002 and a follow-up operation, he appeared in only 64 games in 2003. In a game on May 27, 2003, Vizquel had a straight steal of home against the Detroit Tigers. He caught Tigers pitcher Steve Avery by surprise and made it home without a throw. Vizquel returned in 2004 to hit .291 in 148 games. At the end of the season, Vizquel was signed by the Giants as a free agent.

What is Omar Vizquel doing now?

On December 2, 2019, Vizquel was named as the new manager for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. In July 2021, Vizquel left the team.

Is Omar Vizquel a Hall of Famer?

For the second consecutive year, Vizquel fell in the Hall of Fame voting , receiving just 23.9 percent of the vote (94 of 394 votes cast) from tenured members of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America, as announced Tuesday on MLB Network.

How is Omar Vizquel not in the Hall of Fame?

His career spanned four decades and 24 seasons, over which he won 11 Gold Gloves. Vizquel is on the Hall of Fame ballot for the fourth year and is seeing his chances at the Hall of Fame disappear because of two scandals involving domestic violence and sexual harassment.

Why is Omar Vizquel a Hall of Famer?

Vizquel’s Hall of Fame case was built on his defensive prowess — he won 11 Gold Gloves and is statistically one of the best fielding shortstops of all time — and longevity. He played in 24 major league seasons. But he never had the type of peak during his career that is often seen as a requirement for induction.

What did Omar Vizquel do wrong?

The lawsuit accuses Vizquel of “ sexually aggressive behavior ” and “at least five occasions” where he “deliberately exposed his erect or partially erect penis” to the man, 25, while also demanding he wash his back. The worker “humiliated, intimidated, and frightened of what would happen if he disobeyed …