Luis Lopez (catcher) explained

Luis Lopez
Position:Catcher/First baseman
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:1 September 1964
Birth Place:Brooklyn, New York
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:September 14
Debutyear:1990
Debutteam:Los Angeles Dodgers
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:October 6
Finalyear:1991
Finalteam:Cleveland Indians
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2date:April 5
Debut2year:1996
Debut2team:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Final2league:NPB
Final2date:August 28
Final2year:2002
Final2team:Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.205
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:7
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Batting average
Stat21value:.303
Stat22label:Home runs
Stat22value:129
Stat23label:Runs batted in
Stat23value:510
Teams:As player

As coach

Highlights:
  • Central League Best Nine Award,
  • Led Central League in RBI x2 (1996, 1997)
  • Led Central League in hits (1997)
  • Led Central League in total bases (1997)

Luis Antonio Lopez (born September 1, 1964) is an American former professional catcher and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball for 41 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians and later in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Lopez's greater success came in Japan, where he played for six seasons between and . He spent five seasons with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in . He was twice selected to the Japanese post-season all-star team, the Best Nine, for the Central League in 1996 and . Overall, he batted .303 with 129 home runs over his Japanese career.

He was born to a family of Puerto Rican migrants. His father, Victor Lopez, ran a supermarket. His mother, Providencia Pagan, was a housewife. He has two older siblings named Victor and Nancy. Baseball runs deep in the family. Lopez’s grandfather Jose Lopez was local sports coach in the family’s hometown of Quebradillas, Puerto Rico. His uncles Luis and Wilfredo Lopez, were both patrons of local sports occasions.