The Navegantes del Magallanes (
Magellan Navigators), commonly known as Magallanes, are a baseball team in the
Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Based in
Valencia
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, Magallanes has won 13 LVBP championships and two (2)
Caribbean Series
The Caribbean Series (''Spanish'': ''Serie del Caribe''), also called Caribbean World Series, is the highest tournament for professional baseball teams in Latin America. The tournament location is rotated annually among the countries and is norma ...
. It was founded on October 26 of 1917, contra viento y marea: 100 años de historia 1917-2017.
Mascot
The Capy is the official
mascot
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of the Navegantes del Magallanes baseball team. The bird wears a navigator costume. He has a girlfriend named Lola, a very charming parrot.
Notable players
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José Altuve
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Sam Nahem (1915–2004), Major League Baseball pitcher
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Endy Chavez
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, MLB outfielder
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Luis Arraez
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, MLB infielder
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Richard Hidalgo, outfielder
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Melvin Mora
Melvin Mora Diaz (born February 2, 1972) is a Venezuelan-American former professional baseball infielder. He played for the New York Mets, Baltimore Orioles, Colorado Rockies and Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball (MLB).
From h ...
, outfielder
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Carlos Garcia, aka "The Admiral", infielder
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Edgardo Alfonzo, infielder
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Alvaro Espinoza, infielder
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Elvis Andrus, infielder
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Pablo Sandoval, infielder
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Johan Santana, pitcher
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Freddy Garcia Freddy or Freddie may refer to:
Entertainment
*Freddy (comic strip), a newspaper comic strip which ran from 1955 to 1980
*Freddie (Cromartie), a character from the Japanese manga series''Cromartie High School''
*Freddie (dance), a short-lived 1960 ...
, pitcher
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Luis Raven
Luis Alberto Raven Enríquez (born November 19, 1968) is a former Venezuelan professional baseball outfielder. Listed at 6'0" (), 185 lb. (), Raven batted and threw right handed. He was born in La Guaira, Vargas.
Raven (rah'-vehn) was a power ...
, infielder
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Mario Lisson
Mario Lisson Ortega (born May 31, 1984 in Caracas, Miranda State, Venezuela) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball shortstop and current manager of the Wilmington Blue Rocks. He was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Kansas City Roya ...
, infielder
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Damaso Blanco, infielder
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Luis Garcia, aka "Camaleón", infielder
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Ismael Chavez Ismael may refer to:
People
* Ismael Balkhi, a political activist from Afghanistan
* Ismael Blanco (born 1983), an Argentine professional footballer
* Ismael Prego "Wismichu", a Spanish youtuber
* Ismael Villegas, a Puerto Rican Major League ...
, aka "látigo" (Whip) pitcher
2022 Caribbean Series roster
Current Roster
[https://www.lvbp.com/roster.php?team=696]
References
External links
Official siteViento en Popa. Non-Official site
Baseball teams in Venezuela
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