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Luis Aparicio was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984, and his uniform number 11 was retired in 1984. A 10-time All-Star from 1958-64 and 1970-72, he was a nine-time Gold Glove winner in 1958-62, 1964, 1966, 1968, and 1970, American League Rookie of the Year in 1956, and led the American League in stolen bases from 1956-64. He was a member of the White Sox Team of the Century in 2000 and of the great "Go-Go White Sox" teams, finished with the second most stolen bases in White Sox franchise history, and played for the White Sox from 1956-62 and 1968-70, Baltimore from 1963-67, and Boston from 1971-73. In 18 major league seasons, he hit .262 with 83 HR, 791 RBI and 506 stolen bases, and he was the only Venezuelan in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
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