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{{short description|American baseball player (born 1973)}}
{{distinguish|Luis López (infielder)|Luis Lopez (catcher)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{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 (baseball)|Batting average]]
|stat1value=.226
|stat2label=[[Home run]]s
|stat2value=3
|stat3label=[[Run batted in|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 of Professional Baseball|Atlantic League]] in 2013.
==Career==
Lopez began his professional career in 1995 with the independent [[St. Paul Saints]], then playing in the [[Northern League (baseball, 1993–2010)|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 (baseball)|Mexican League]].
He now coaches baseball as head coach of the New York Nighthawks 18u team and is an assistant coach at Monroe College.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
{{Baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br=l/lopezlu03 |fangraphs= |brm=lopez-001lui}}
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