. . . . . . . . . . . "Teolindo Antonio Acosta L\u00E1zaro (July 23, 1937 \u2014 August 2, 2004) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. Listed at 5' 7\", 168 lb., hebatted and threw left handed. Acosta was a distinguished batter in his homeland. As a result, many people called him, in friendly way, as El Loquito que Invent\u00F3 el Hit (the tiny crazy who invented the hit). His skills were shown in his motherland with the Aguilas del Zulia, Cardenales de Lara, Industriales de Valencia, Licoreros de Pampero, Llaneros de Acarigua and Tigres de Araguaof the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. Besides, Acosta played nine seasons in the Mexican League for the Leones de Yucat\u00E1n, Pericos de Puebla, Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and Cardenales de Villahermosa, now known as Olmecas de Tabasco . Along his prolific career of 23 years, Acosta won five batting crowns, two of them in his motherland and the rest of them in M\u00E9xico."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1052931467"^^ . . . . . . . . "1937-07-23"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Teolindo Acosta"@en . . . . . . . . . "14799"^^ . . . . . "1937-07-23"^^ . . . . . . "*2\u00D7 Venezuelan league batting champion \n*3\u00D7 Mexican league batting champion \n*Two Caribbean Series appearances \n*Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum"@en . . . . . . . . "Teolindo Antonio Acosta L\u00E1zaro (July 23, 1937 \u2014 August 2, 2004) was a Venezuelan professional baseball player. Listed at 5' 7\", 168 lb., hebatted and threw left handed. Acosta was a distinguished batter in his homeland. As a result, many people called him, in friendly way, as El Loquito que Invent\u00F3 el Hit (the tiny crazy who invented the hit). Along his prolific career of 23 years, Acosta won five batting crowns, two of them in his motherland and the rest of them in M\u00E9xico."@en . . . . . . . "2004-08-02"^^ . . "8883898"^^ . "80"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "*Aguilas del Zulia \n*Cardenales de Lara \n*Industriales de Valencia \n*Leones de Yucat\u00E1n \n*Licoreros de Pampero \n*Llaneros de Acarigua \n*Pericos de Puebla \n*Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo \n*Tigres de Aragua \n*Cardenales de Villahermosa"@en . . . . "2004-08-02"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Teolindo Acosta"@en . . . . "Teolindo Acosta"@en . . . . . . . "Left"@en . "Left"@en .