Luis Ortiz (baseball)

Luis Albert (Galarza) Ortiz (born May 25, 1970 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a former third baseman/designated hitter in Major League Baseball who played from by|1993 through by|1996 for the Boston Red Sox (1993-94) and Texas Rangers (1995-96). Listed at 6' 0", 190 lb., he batted and threw right-handed.

In a four-season career, Ortiz was a .228 hitter (33-for-145) with one home run and 26 RBI in 60 games, including 14 runs, seven doubles and three triples without a steal.

Following his majors career, Ortiz played in Japanese baseball with the 1997 Yakult Swallows. He also played in the Red Sox, Rangers, Diamondbacks, Expos and Cardinals minor league systems. (1991-2004). In 2006 he was named manager for the Gulf Coast Braves (Rookie).

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*Luis Ortiz grew up playing baseball in the Dominican Republic. He earned a baseball scholarship from Union University in Jackson, TN, where he set many of Union’s batting-average and home-run records, and established the NAIA career record for slugging percentage. In 1991, Luis was drafted in the eighth round by the Boston Red Sox. Subsequently, he played 14 years of professional baseball, part of which he spent in the majors with the Red Sox and the Texas Rangers. For most of his minor-league career, he consistently hit over .300. Upon retiring from professional baseball, Luis went back to college and earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education. Currently, Luis is working on developing a state-of-the-art baseball school in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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