Winter League Career
Between 1957 and 1987, Davalillo played in the Venezuelan Winter League for the Leones del Caracas (1957–74, 1987), Portuguesa (1975) and the Tigres de Aragua (1976–85). He set lifetime league records that still stand in batting average (.325), hits (1505), games played (1280), at-bats (4633), runs (668), doubles (196), runs batted in (483) and career seasons (30). Beside this, he won four batting titles and set record in hits (100) in a season. Davalillo retired at 50 years of age after appearing in the 1987 Caribbean Series.
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