Elio Chacón Rodríguez (October 26, 1936 - April 24, 1992) was a Major League Baseball second baseman and shortstop who played in the National League between 1960-64. He was the seventh baseball player from Venezuela to play in the majors. Personal_archives=MLB=Venezuela File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... April 24 is the 114th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (115th in leap years). ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... The position of the second baseman A second baseman often ranges onto the outfield grass to field a ground ball A second baseman is the baseball player guarding second base. ... The position of the shortstop A shortstop moves to his left, toward the center of the field, to play a ground ball Shortstop, abbreviated SS, is the baseball fielding position between second and third base. ... This article refers to the American baseball league. ... The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish: República Bolivariana de Venezuela)1 is a country in northern South America. ...

Chacón batted .265 as a reserve second baseman with the NL Champion Cincinnati Reds of 1961. In game two of that World Series, Chacón hit a key bloop single against New York Yankees pitcher Ralph Terry, and scored the winning run in the Reds' only victory in the series. Batting average is a statistic in both baseball and cricket measuring the performance of baseball hitters and cricket batsmen, respectively. ... Cincinnati Reds National League AAA Louisville Bats AA Chattanooga Lookouts A Sarasota Reds Dayton Dragons R Billings Mustangs GCL Reds The Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. ... 1961 (As MAD Magazine pointed out on its first cover for the year) was the first upside-down year - i. ... In baseball, the World Series is the championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, played in October after the end of the regular season between the pennant winner of the American League and the pennant winner of the National League. ... New York Yankees American League AAA Columbus Clippers AA Trenton Thunder A Charleston RiverDogs Tampa Yankees Staten Island Yankees R Gulf Coast Yankees The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ralph Willard Terry (born on January 9, 1936 in Big Cabin, Oklahoma) is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees (1956-57, 1959-64), Kansas City Athletics (1957-59, 1966), Cleveland Indians (1965) and New York Mets (1966-67). ...

In October 10, 1961, an expansion draft to stock the Houston Astros and New York Mets new National League clubs was conducted in Cincinnati. Chacón was the Mets' first candidate for the starting shortstop job. He led the club in stolen bases in the inaugural season of 1962, but then never appeared in the major leagues again. See also: 1960 in sports, 1962 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Marvin Panch won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Ned Jarrett Indianapolis 500 - A.J. Foyt USAC Racing - A.J. Foyt won the driving championship Formula One Championship - United States 24... The Houston Astros are a Major League Baseball team based in Houston, Texas. ... New York Mets National League AAA Norfolk Tides AA Binghamton Mets A St. ... The all-time stolen base leader, Rickey Henderson, swipes third in 1985 In baseball statistics, stolen bases (denoted by SB) is a count of the number of bases successfully stolen by a player. ...

Chacón was a .232 career hitter with four home runs, 28 RBI, 49 runs, and 20 stolen bases in 228 games played. In the Mets all-timers database popularity, he is ranked at # 250 in a list of 726 players. In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... In baseball statistics, a run batted in (RBI) is given to a batter for each run scored as the result of a batters plate appearance. ... In baseball, a run is scored when a player advances safely around all three bases and returns safely to home plate. ...

Elio Chacón died in Caracas, Venezuela, at the age of 55. Cerro Avila, Caracas. ...

See also

• List of Venezuelan players in MLB

Between 1939 and 2004, 171 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. ...

External links

• Elio Chacon's career statistics at Baseball Reference (http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/chacoel01.shtml)