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Navegantes del Magallanes

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Navegantes del Magallanes
Information
LeagueVenezuelan Professional Baseball League
LocationValencia
BallparkEstadio José Bernardo Pérez
Founded1917 (original)
1964 (modern incarnation)
Caribbean Series championships1970, 1979
League championships1950, 1951, 1955, 1970, 1977, 1979, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2022
Current uniforms
Home
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Navegantes del Magallanes B.B.C., commonly known as Navegantes del Magallanes (Spanish pronunciation: [naβeɣantes del mˌaɣaʎˈanes]; Magellan Navigators), or simply Magallanes, are a professional baseball team in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), based in Valencia, Carabobo.

Originally founded in Caracas in 1917, Magallanes relocated to Valencia in 1969. The team is one of oldest and most successful clubs in Venezuelan baseball, winning 13 LVBP championships and 2 Caribbean Series.

History

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Early years

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The Magallanes Base Ball Club was established on October 26, 1917 in Caracas. The name Magallanes, referring both to Ferdinand Magellan (known as Fernando Magallanes in Spanish) and the Strait of Magellan, was chosen by the founding members in a polling to select the club name; other proposed names were Colón (honoring Christopher Columbus) and Diego de Losada, the founder of the city of Caracas. Antonio Benítez, one of the team's owners, proposed the name Magallanes in reference to the geographical location, suggesting that other teams would founder against them (as ships do in the difficult-to-navigate strait).[1] The Magallanes Base Ball Club debuted the next year, 1918, in the National Baseball Championship. The club, however, would soon fold due to several problems including internal disputes.[2][3]

It would be ten years until the next team under the name Magallanes debuted, refounded by Benítez, as an amateur club part of the new Venezuelan National League in 1927.[4] During this period, it developed a fierce rivalry with the cross-town Royal Criollo club, which would later evolved into the modern rivalry between Magallanes and Leones del Caracas.[5] In 1930, the team won its first first division title, thanks to the pitching of Pancho Coimbre and Balbino Inojosa.[6] However, the club again folded before the 1933 season.[7]

The Magallanes name was again revived in 1941 by Carlos Lavaud.[8] The club signed Vidal López, who had won 12 games in Cuba, and Carlos Ascanio, who had been playing in Cuba, as well as Dalmiro Finol, José Pérez Colmenares, and Jesus "Chucho" Ramos.[9] Magallanes won the 1943–44 tournament.

Professionalization

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Magallanes was one of the four original clubs (along with Cerveceria, Vargas, and Venezuela) to form the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League on December 27, 1945.[10]

In 1969, Magallanes were acquired by a group of businessmen based in Carabobo state and moved to the city of Valencia, which had recently lost its team, Industriales de Valencia, before the 1969–70 season.[11]

Mascot

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The Capy is the official mascot of the Navegantes del Magallanes baseball team. The bird wears a navigator costume. He has a girlfriend named Lola, a very charming parrot.

Current roster

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Navegantes del Magallanes roster – 2024-25 LVBP season
Players Coaches
Pitchers

[1] updated on 13 March 2025

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

 Manager

Coaches

  • 53 Venezuela Félix Escalona (First Base)
  • 74 Mexico Cesar Hernandez (Bullpen Catcher)
  • 25 Venezuela Victor Oramas (Third Base)
  • 46 Venezuela Robert Pérez (Hitting)
  • 16 Mexico Luis Rivera (Pitching) [12]
  • 89 Venezuela Nestor Rojas (Bench)
  • -- Venezuela Jose Villa (Bullpen)


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2022 Caribbean Series roster
Venezuela 2022 Caribbean Series Roster
Players Coaches

Pitchers

[2] updated on 31 January 2020

Catchers

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

  • -- Venezuela Willie Romero

Coaches

Championships

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Season Manager Record Series
score 		Runner-up
1949–50 Lázaro Salazar 32–14 — Cerveceria Caracas
1950–51 Lázaro Salazar 34–19 — Cerveceria Caracas
1954–55 Lázaro Salazar 32–18 — Leones del Caracas
1969–70 Carlos Pascual 32–28 3–0 Tiburones de La Guaira
1976–77 Don Leppert 35–30 4–2 Tiburones de La Guaira
1978–79 Octavio Rojas / Willie Horton 39–31 4–1 Águilas del Zulia
1993–94 Tim Tolman 35–25 4–3 Leones del Caracas
1995–96 Tim Tolman / Gregorio Machado 29–31 4–3 Cardenales de Lara
1996–97 John Tamargo 33–17 4–1 Leones del Caracas
2001–02 Phil Regan 30–32 4–1 Tigres de Aragua
2012–13 Carlos García / Luis Sojo 36–37 4–3 Cardenales de Lara
2013–14 Luis Sojo / Carlos García 33–30 4–1 Caribes de Anzoátegui
2021–22 Wilfredo Romero 33–30 4–3 Caribes de Anzoátegui

Notable players

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Luis “Camaleón” García
Gustavo Gil
Pablo Sandoval
Melvin Mora and Johan Santana

Retired numbers

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11
Luis Aparicio
SS
Retired 		15
Félix
Rodríguez
IF
Retired 		21
Luis
“Camaleón”
García
SS
Retired 		23
Néstor Isaías
"Látigo"
Chávez
OF
Retired
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Magallanes established a team Hall of Fame in 2012.[14][15]

Key
Class Year of induction
Bold Inducted into Major League Baseball Baseball Hall of Fame
† Inducted into Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
Navegantes del Magallanes Hall of Fame
Class Name Position Tenure
2012 Vidal López† P 1941–1945 (amateur)
1946–1955 (professional)
Chucho Ramos† OF 1946–1956
Lázaro Salazar† Manager 1949–1959
Ramón Monzant† P 1953–1956
Luis "Camaleón" García† 3B 1949–1965
Gustavo Gil† 2B 1968–1977
Dámaso Blanco† 3B 1969–1975
Dave Parker OF 1974–1977
Cito Gaston OF 1968–1976
Oswaldo Olivares† OF 1977–1980
Carlos Lavaud† Executive 1941–1956
Edgar Rincones Executive 1969–2007
José Ettedgui Executive 1969–1992
Rafael "Felo" Ramírez Broadcaster
2013 Félix Rodríguez 1B 1972–1989
Gregorio Machado P, Coach 1969–1974 (player)
1974–2010 (coach)
Jim Holt OF, 1B 1969–1974
Alberto Raidi Executive
2014 Manuel Sarmiento P 1972–1983
Mitchell Page OF, 1B 1976–1979
Oswaldo Degwitz Executive
2015 Alfredo Guadarrama Executive
Álvaro Espinoza SS 1992–1996
Carlos García IF, Manager 1987–1998 (player)
2009–2014 (manager)
2016 Carlos Pulido† P
Alberto Parjús Executive 1977–1979
Oscar Henríquez P 1993–2003
Eddy Díaz UTIL 1991–2004
2017 Santiago Sánchez Executive 1982–1989
Richard Hidalgo OF 1991–2012
Ramón García P 1987–1998
Melvin Mora† UTIL 1991–2012
2018 Antonio José Istúriz Executive 1964–1969
Edgardo Alfonzo 3B 1996–2011
Carlos Hernández 2B
Jim Pendleton SS 1949–1953
2019 Johan Santana† P 1998–2002
Willie Horton OF / Manager 1978–1980
2023 Clemente Álvarez C 1986–2005
Isaías "Látigo" Chávez P 1964–1968

Other notable players

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References

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  1. ^ González and Ruiz, p. 139
  2. ^ González, Javier; Figueroa Ruiz, Carlos (2017). Magallanes Contra Viento y Marea: 100 años de Historia 1917-2017 (PDF) (in Spanish). Fondo Editorial Banesco. pp. 34–38. ISBN 978-980-12-9802-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2024.
  3. ^ González and Ruiz, p. 141
  4. ^ González and Ruiz, pp. 185–86
  5. ^ González and Ruiz, pp. 198–212
  6. ^ González and Ruiz, pp. 225–26
  7. ^ González and Ruiz, p. 248
  8. ^ González and Ruiz, p. 248
  9. ^ "Historia". Magallanesbbc.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  10. ^ "Hace 75 años se jugó el primer encuentro en la LVBP". LVBP.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  11. ^ "Magallanes anuncia Acto de Exaltación al Salón de la Fama". Los Eternos Rivales. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 13 March 2025.
  12. ^ "El Fildeo | Todo el béisbol". 19 January 2021.
  13. ^ https://www.lvbp.com/roster.php?team=696
  14. ^ "Salón De La Fama De Los Navegantes Del Magallanes". Magallanesbbc.com. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
  15. ^ "Exaltadas Clase 2019 y 2023 del Salón de la Fama de Magallanes". Magallanesbbc.com. 17 December 2023. Retrieved 15 March 2025.

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