{{Short description|Venezuelan baseball player (1947–2020)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2020}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Remy Hermoso |position=Second baseman / shortstop |image= |caption= |bats=Right |throws=Right |birth_date={{Birth date|1947|10|1}} |birth_place=Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela |death_date={{Death date and age|2020|8|21|1947|10|1}} |death_place=Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=September 14 |debutyear=1967 |debutteam=Atlanta Braves |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=September 30 |finalyear=1974 |finalteam=Cleveland Indians |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Batting average |stat1value=.211 |stat2label=Home runs |stat2value=0 |stat3label=Runs batted in |stat3value=8 |teams= *Atlanta Braves ({{mlby|1967}}) *Montreal Expos ({{mlby|1969}}–{{mlby|1970}}) *Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1974}}) |hofcolor = #ffd700 |hoflink = Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |hoftype = Venezuelan |hofdate = 2015 |hofvote = |hofmethod = }}
'''Ángel Remigio Hermoso''' (October 1, 1947 – August 21, 2020), commonly known as '''Remy Hermoso''' (er-mo'-so), was a Venezuelan Major League Baseball shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the Atlanta Braves (1967), Montreal Expos (1969–70) and Cleveland Indians (1974).
A native from Carabobo State, Venezuela, Hermoso was signed by the Braves as an amateur free agent before the 1967 season. In a three-season career, Hermoso hit .211 (47-for-223) with three doubles, one triple, 25 runs, and eight RBI in 91 games.
In Venezuela, Hermoso debuted with the Tiburones de La Guaira in the 1966–67, playing with them until 1975. He also played for Llaneros de Portuguesa (1975-1976) and the Navegantes del Magallanes (1976-1977). In 11 seasons in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, he had 594 hits and 61 stolen bases.<ref name="hof">{{cite web |title=Remigio Hermoso |url=https://museodebeisbol.com/salon_fama_venezolano/detalles/2015/remigio-hermoso |website=Museodebeisbol.com |access-date=15 August 2025}}</ref> He won three LVBP championships: two with La Guaira (1969, 1971) and one with Magallanes (1977).<ref>{{cite news |title=Remigio Hermoso, el adiós del gran segunda base de los Tiburones de La Guaira |url=https://eldiario.com/2020/08/25/remigio-hermoso-adios-tiburones-guaira/ |access-date=15 August 2025 |agency=El Diario |date=25 August 2020}}</ref>
Hermoso also managed the Venezuela national baseball team at the 1983 Pan American Games, held in Caracas.<ref name="hof" />
In 2015, he was enshrined into the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.<ref>[http://www.museodebeisbol.com.ve/noticias_det.php?idn=103 El Salón de la Fama recibirá a 13 nuevos inmortales] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20150917185427/http://www.museodebeisbol.com.ve/noticias_det.php?idn=103 |date=September 17, 2015 }}. ''MuseoDeBeisbol.com.ve.'' Retrieved on August 7, 2015.</ref>
Hermoso died on August 21, 2020, at the age of 72.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.acn.com.ve/fallecio-remigio-hermoso/ |first=Miguel |last=Sanchez |title=¡Leyenda! Murió exgrandeliga porteño Remigio Hermoso |website=www.acn.com.ve |language=es |date=August 22, 2020 |accessdate=August 22, 2020}}</ref>
==See also== * List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball * Montreal Expos all-time roster
==Sources== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Baseballstats |mlb=115813 |espn= |br=h/hermore01 |fangraphs= |brm=hermos002ang |retro=H/Phermr101}}
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