Omar Enrique Vizquel (born April 24, 1967 in
Caracas, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball
shortstop playing for the San Francisco Giants.
Previously, Vizquel played for the Seattle Mariners
(1989-93) and the Cleveland Indians (1994-2004).
Vizquel is considered one of baseball's all-time
best defensive shortstops, winning nine consecutive
Gold Gloves (1993-2001) and two in 2005 and 2006. He
also tied Cal Ripken's AL record, since surpassed,
for most consecutive games at shortstop without an
error (95 between September 26, 1999 and July 21,
2001). As of 2007, his .995 career fielding
percentage is the highest of all-time for a
shortstop in Major League history. Vizquel is fifth
all-time in career hits-while-playing-shortstop
behind Honus Wagner, Luke Appling, Luis Aparicio,
and Rabbit Maranville.
