Honors
In 1991, the Venezuelan Baseball League honored Carrasquel by renaming the Puerto la Cruz baseball stadium as the Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel. In 2003, Carrasquel was selected in the inaugural class of the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame. On the occasion of Ozzie Guillén's first home game as White Sox manager in the 2004 season, Carrasquel joined Guillén and fellow Venezuelans Luis Aparicio and Dave Concepción in throwing out the first ball at the home opener. Carrasquel called it his proudest moment.
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