Luis Lopez (catcher)

Not to be confused with Luis López (infielder) or Luis Lopez (third baseman).

Luis Lopez
Lopez with the San Antonio Missions c. 1988
Catcher/First baseman
Born: (1964-09-01) September 1, 1964 Brooklyn, New York
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 14, 1990, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
NPB: April 5, 1996, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last appearance
MLB: October 6, 1991, for the Cleveland Indians
NPB: August 28, 2002, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
MLB statistics
Batting average	.205
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	7
NPB statistics
Batting average	.303
Home runs	129
Runs batted in	510
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Los Angeles Dodgers (1990) Cleveland Indians (1991) Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1996–1997) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1998) Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2000–2002) As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2010)
Career highlights and awards
2× Central League Best Nine Award, (1996, 1997) Central League RBI leader 2× (1996, 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 1996 and 2002. He spent five seasons with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 1998. He was twice selected to the Japanese post-season all-star team, the Best Nine, for the Central League in 1996 and 1997. Overall, he batted .303 with 129 home runs over his Japanese career.

He was born to a family of Puerto Ricans. 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.

References

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)