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Position: IF
Date of Birth: 10/05/1973
Height: 6' 0" Weight: 215 lbs
Pro Experience: Toronto (AL, 2001), Montreal (NL, 2004)
College Experience: Coastal Carolina
Bats: R
Throws: R
Resides: Lincoln, NE
Biography:
Luis returns for his third season with the Bluefish, fifth in the Atlantic League and 15th of professional baseball. Last year with Bridgeport, he recorded a .275 batting average with 74 RBI and 73 runs scored in 505 at-bats. Lopez set a new Bluefish single-season record and tied a career-high with 136 games played.
The former Major-Leaguer spent two seasons in the big leagues, his first coming in 2001 with the Toronto Blue Jays. He spent the next two years with Sacramento (AAA, Athletics) of the Pacific Coast League before returning to the Major Leagues with the Montreal Expos in 2004. The infielder’s best season came in 1997 with Single-A Hagerstown (South Atlantic) when he paced the league in hits (180) and batting average (.358), while posting career-highs in doubles (47), extra-base hits (63) and RBI (99). In 1,551 career minor league games, the infielder owns a .304 batting average with 1,770 hits, 366 doubles, 131 home runs and 959 RBI.
Luis was originally signed by Independent Ogden (Pioneer) in 1995.
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