With his second home run on Tuesday night, Frank Diaz he reached 400 RBIs in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) in what is his 19th season on the circuit and led the Margarita Braves to a 13-6 victory over the Águilas del Zulia.
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“I have always worked to take advantage of my opportunity to help the team, being on the bench I have encouraged the boys, and I’m really quite happy to push 400,” said Frank Díaz to the press department of Bravos de Margarita, after finishing the game .
For Frank Díaz it was very special to hit the ball to reach this figure, which only 15 players have reached; including Diaz. «I hit a home run and Davalillo calls me and tells me to reach 400 RBIs, so I think it’s a very special moment in my career; but you have to continue, qualify, then reach the final and win the championship.
Players with 400 RBIs
- Robert Pérez, 739
- Jose Castillo, 555
- Luis Garcia, 533
- René Reyes, 518
- Eliezer Alfonso, 505
- Victor Davalillo, 483
- Alex Cabrera, 465
- Oscar Salazar, 464
- Leonardo Hernandez, 416
- Antonio Armas, 412
- Hector Gimenez, 411
- Thomas Pérez, 407
- Luis Jimenez, 402
- Luis Raven, 401
- Frank Diaz, 400
However, not everything stops there, because with his four hits against Águilas he reached 778 and approached 800 in his career, he also reached 391 runs scored; so he got nine from entering a list of 17 sluggers, and with his 149 doubles, one was placed from landing in a club of 11 players, which includes René Reyes (195) and Alex Romero (150) as the only active players.
Frank Díaz is a legend within the franchise
For his part, from the current roster of Bravos de Margarita, Frank Díaz is the only one who was present on the team’s first roster in the 2007-08 season; and he is even the only one who has been with the currency since it was called Pastora de Los Llanos, when the player made his debut in the 2001-02 contest.
“They are achievements that one accumulates in his career, we are here for something and I think that being the only one who was in the opening lineup of the Braves is another quite important achievement,” argued Díaz.
Within the Bravos franchise (includes Petroleros de Cabimas, Pastora de Occidente and Los Llanos), Frank Díaz heads the charter department with 320, followed by Alex Cabrera (211), Ramón Hernández (181), René Reyes (165 ) and Yorvit Torrealba (138).
While, under the name of Bravos de Margarita, Diaz (220), René Reyes (165), Breyvic Valera (110), Henry Blanco (102) and Alberto González with 98 stand out.
