Luis Lopez (catcher), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Luis Lopez (catcher)

American baseball player

Date of Birth: 01-Sep-1964

Place of Birth: Brooklyn, New York, United States

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Luis Lopez (catcher)

  • Luis Antonio Lopez (born 1 September 1964 in Brooklyn, New York) is a former catcher and first baseman in Major League Baseball who played in 41 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Cleveland Indians.
  • 1990 and 1991 and seasons. 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 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.

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