Aparicio won the 1956 AL Rookie of the Year Award. He helped lead the "Go-Go" White Sox to the 1959 American League Pennant championship (he led the AL in stolen bases and putouts, assists, and fielding as shortstop), and was the AL MVP runner-up. He was an AL All-Star for ten seasons, an AL stolen base leader for 9 consecutive seasons, and an AL Gold Glove winner for 9 seasons. Baseball legend Ted Williams called Aparicio "the best shortstop he had ever seen". Aparicio was the first Venezuelan inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1984.

This Rawlings official American League baseball was signed in blue by Aparicio and includes a Great Moments COA.