Vic Davalillo, a two-time World Series champion who spent 16 seasons in the major leagues and became the first Venezuelan-born player to win a Gold Glove, died Dec. 6, his family announced.
Davalillo died in Caracas after emergency surgery due to an intestinal obstruction and renal insufficiency, daughter Helga Davalillo said.
He was 84 or 87, depending on conflicting sources. Baseball Reference lists his date of birth as July 30, 1939, but Davalillo considered July 31 his birthday and Asdrúbal Fuenmayor wrote in a 2006 biography that Davalillo was born in 1936. The 1969 Sporting News Baseball Register also used 1936.