Luis Lopez (third baseman)

{{Infobox baseball biography

|image=

|name=Luis Lopez

|position=First baseman/Third baseman

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1973|10|5}}

|birth_place=Brooklyn, New York

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 29

|debutyear=2001

|debutteam=Toronto Blue Jays

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=April 24

|finalyear=2004

|finalteam=Montreal Expos

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.226

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=3

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=10

|teams=

Toronto Blue Jays ({{mlby|2001}})
Montreal Expos ({{mlby|2004}})
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2005}})

}}

Luis Lopez (born October 5, 1973) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and first baseman. He played parts of two seasons in the major leagues: 2001 for the Toronto Blue Jays and 2004 for the Montreal Expos. In 2005, he played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He last played for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League in 2013.

Career

Lopez began his professional career in 1995 with the independent St. Paul Saints, then playing in the Northern League. He was signed by the Blue Jays the following year. Since 2005, Lopez has played in various independent leagues as well as in the Mexican League.

He now coaches baseball as head coach of the New York Nighthawks 18u team and is an assistant coach at Monroe College.{{Cite web |last=Cozens |first=J.B. |date=2016-06-16 |title=After 20 years of pro baseball, Lopez has new role: coach |url=http://www.lewisboroledger.com/37261/after-20-years-of-pro-baseball-lopez-has-new-role-coach/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601131631/http://www.lewisboroledger.com/37261/after-20-years-of-pro-baseball-lopez-has-new-role-coach/ |archive-date=2017-06-01 |access-date= |website=Lewisboro Ledger |language=en}}