Luis Aponte

{{short description|Venezuelan baseball player (born 1953)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{family name hatnote|Aponte|Yuripe|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Luis Aponte

| image =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|6|14}}

| birth_place = El Tigre, Anzoátegui, Venezuela

| death_date =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = September 4

| debutyear = 1980

| debutteam = Boston Red Sox

| finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = July 6

| finalyear = 1984

| finalteam = Cleveland Indians

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.27

| statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 9–6

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 113

| teams =

• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1980}}–{{mlby|1983}})
• Cleveland Indians ({{mlby|1984}})

|highlights=

|hofcolor = #ffd700

|hoflink = Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

|hoftype = Venezuelan

|hofdate = 2010

|hofvote =

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}}

Luis Eduardo Aponte Yuripe (born June 14, 1953) is a retired Venezuelan professional baseball player. He played as a right-handed middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. In his career, Aponte compiled a 9–6 record with 113 strikeouts, seven saves, and a 3.27 ERA in 220 innings over 110 appearances.

Aponte committed no errors in his MLB career, handling 60 total chances (23 putouts, 37 assists) perfectly for a 1.000 fielding percentage.{{cite web|url=https://baseball-reference.com/players/a/apontlu01.shtml|title=Luis Aponte statistics at Baseball Reference|website=baseball-reference.com|access-date=May 16, 2023}}

Aponte was signed by Boston as an amateur free agent in 1973. He had his most effective season in 1982, earning three saves in 40 appearances with a 3.18 ERA. He pitched four innings in the longest professional baseball game.