- Lou Montañez
Infobox MLB player
name = Lou Montañez
width = 150
caption =
team = Baltimore Orioles
number = 3
position = Outfielder
birthdate = birth date and age|1981|12|15
birthplace =Bayamón, Puerto Rico
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = August 5
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = Baltimore Orioles
statyear = 2008
stat1label =Batting average
stat1value = .295
stat2label =Home run s
stat2value = 3
stat3label = Runs batted in
stat3value = 14
teams =
*Baltimore Orioles (by|2008-present)Luis Anibal Montañez (born
December 15 ,1981 inBayamón, Puerto Rico ) is aMajor League Baseball left fielder for theBaltimore Orioles .Professional career
Minor leagues
Montañez was drafted by the
Chicago Cubs third overall in the2000 MLB Draft . He spent seven years in the Cubs Minor League Baseball team, but wasn't called up. OnJanuary 5 , by|2007, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. After batting .335 with 26home run s and 97 RBI in 116 games for the Orioles Double-A affiliateBowie Baysox , he was called up to the Majors for the first time. In by|2008, Montañez won the Eastern League Triple Crown despite missing nearly a month of the season after getting called up to the majors. [ [http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080901&content_id=453223&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp "Montanez wins Eastern League Triple Crown"] . September 1, 2008, "Milb.com". Retrieved on September 13, 2008.]Baltimore Orioles
Montañez made his major league debut on
August 5 , mlby|2008, but did not get anat-bat . OnAugust 6 , he got ahome run in his first at-bat making him the second Oriole to accomplish the feat.ee also
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List of players with a home run in first major league at-bat References
External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=428642 |espn=29205 |br=m/montalu01 |fangraphs=2923 |cube=m/luis-montanez
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