Dámaso Blanco Caripe (born December 11, 1941[1] in Curiepe, Miranda State, Venezuela), is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/shortstop and right-handed batter who played for the San Francisco Giants (1972–74).

[2] In 1977, at the age of 36, he retired from baseball and began serving as a scout for the Cincinnati Reds for a short period of time.

He was 7-for-20 (.350) in 1972 (his first two hits coming in the same game, against Tom Phoebus of the Chicago Cubs on June 11),[3] but was 0-for-15 in his last times at bat, 0-for-13 in limited opportunities the next two seasons.

After retiring at age 36, Blanco scouted briefly for the Cincinnati Reds before beginning a successful career as a journalist and baseball broadcaster in his native Venezuela.

He was inducted as well in the Hall in 2015, when the entire 1959 Pan American Games champion team was honored.