Zach Lutz
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Lutz with the New York Mets
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| Miami Marlins | |||
| Third baseman / First baseman | |||
| Born: June 3, 1986 Reading, Pennsylvania |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 24, 2012, for the New York Mets | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2013 season) |
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| Batting average | .226 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Zachary "Zach" Craig Lutz[1] (born June 3, 1986[1]) is an American professional baseball third baseman in the Miami Marlins organization. He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Mets, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball and the Doosan Bears of the Korea Baseball Organization.
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Early life
Lutz was born on June 3, 1986 in Reading, Pennsylvania.[1] He attended Governor Mifflin Senior High School in Shillington, Pennsylvania, then Alvernia University in Reading, where his father Yogi was the baseball coach.[2][3] Zach played third base for the Alvernia Crusaders of the Division III Pennsylvania Athletic Conference (now known as the Colonial States Athletic Conference).[3] He earned preseason All-American honors prior to his 2007 junior year.[3]
Professional career
2007
In the 2007 Major League Baseball draft, Lutz was chosen in the 5th round by the New York Mets,[2] and subsequently spent time in the Mets minor league system.[1]
2010
In the 2010 baseball season, Lutz played for the Binghamton Mets and Buffalo Bisons, the Mets' Double-A and Triple-A affiliates,[4] despite missing around sixty days due to a stress fracture in his left foot.[2] In 61 games for Binghamton, Lutz hit 17 home runs, finishing with a .967 OPS.[4] At the end of the season, Lutz was promoted to Buffalo where he played five games, finishing with one home run while hitting to a .300 batting average.[2] Prior to the 2011 season, the New York Mets placed Lutz on the 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.[4]
2012
On April 24, 2012, Lutz made his major league debut against the Miami Marlins, striking out in his one at-bat. Lutz got his first major league hit on April 27, 2012, in Denver against the Colorado Rockies. On September 1, 2012, Lutz was recalled by the Mets and then was sent back to Triple-A.
2013
He was again recalled on June 23, 2013, to fill in for Lucas Duda.[5] He joined fellow Alvernia University alum Anthony Recker on the team.
2014
Lutz was released by the Mets on June 11, 2014 so that he could sign with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball League.[6]
2015
Lutz signed a minor league deal with the Mets on July 16, 2015.
2016
Lutz signed a minor league deal with the Marlins on February 3, 2016.
References
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- ↑ Sources: Zach Lutz headed to Japan
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Pages with broken file links
- Living people
- 1986 births
- New York Mets players
- Alvernia Crusaders baseball players
- Brooklyn Cyclones players
- Binghamton Mets players
- St. Lucie Mets players
- Gulf Coast Mets players
- Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players
- Las Vegas 51s players
- People from Reading, Pennsylvania
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
- Doosan Bears players
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- American expatriate baseball players in South Korea
