Héctor Luna

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Héctor Luna

Chunichi Dragons – No. 0
Infielder
Born: (1980-02-01) February 1, 1980 Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic)
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 8, 2004 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics (through 2012 season)
Batting average	.262
Home runs	15
Runs batted in	96
Hits	208
Teams
St. Louis Cardinals (2004–2006) Cleveland Indians (2006) Toronto Blue Jays (2007–2008) Florida Marlins (2010) Philadelphia Phillies (2012) Chunichi Dragons (2013-present) (NPB)

Héctor R. Luna (born February 1, 1980) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder who is currently with the Chunichi Dragons. He is primarily an infielder, but has played every position at the major league level except pitcher and catcher.

Career

Cleveland Indians

He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Cleveland Indians in 1999 and played from 2000 to 2003 with the Indians farm system, reaching as high as AA with the Akron Aeros in 2003. The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Luna from the Indians in the 2002 Rule 5 Draft. He was returned to the Indians in April 2003. Luna was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Indians in the Rule 5 Draft in December 2003.

Tampa Bay Devil Rays

The Tampa Bay Devil Rays drafted Luna from the Indians in the 2002 Rule 5 Draft. He was returned to the Indians in April 2003.

St. Louis Cardinals

Luna was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Indians in the Rule 5 Draft in December 2003. He made his major league debut on April 8, 2004, with the Cardinals. He hit a home run in his first Major League at-bat, against Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Chris Capuano leading off the bottom of the third inning ^[1]

In the 2004 World Series against the Boston Red Sox, Luna appeared in one game. In the eighth inning of the fourth game, he pinch hit for Tony Womack and struck out.

Return to Indians

On July 30, 2006, Luna was traded by the Cardinals to the Cleveland Indians for second baseman Ronnie Belliard. He split second base duties with Joe Inglett for the remainder of the season.

After the 2006 season, the Indians acquired Josh Barfield from the San Diego Padres to be the team's everyday second baseman, leaving Luna to fight for a utility infield role with three other candidates during the team's 2007 spring training. He performed poorly during spring training, committing eight errors and batting just .012 in 28 spring games. The Indians kept Mike Rouse as their utility infielder and Luna began 2007 with AAA Buffalo.

Toronto Blue Jays

On August 3, 2007, the Toronto Blue Jays claimed Luna off waivers and he played in 22 games in 2007 and two in 2008 with Toronto.

Luna with the Dodgers in 2009 spring training

Los Angeles Dodgers

He became a free agent after the 2008 season and signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[2]

Luna was assigned to the AAA Albuquerque Isotopes for the 2009 season. He had a great year for the Isotopes, hitting .351 with 17 homers and 51 RBI.

Florida Marlins

He spent 2010 in the Florida Marlins system and appeared in 27 games for the Marlins late in the season, hitting .138.

Boston Red Sox

On January 3, 2011, Luna signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox.^[3]

Philadelphia Phillies

On December 21, 2011, Luna signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.^[4] After opening the 2012 season with the AAA Lehigh Valley IronPigs, his contract was purchased by the Phillies on May 11. Luna replaced the injured Laynce Nix on the Phillies' 25-man roster. He hit a grand slam in his first official at-bat as a Phillie five days later against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He was released by the Phillies on August 30, 2012.

Pittsburgh Pirates

Luna signed with the Pirates on August 31, 2012.^[5] In November 2012, Luna became a free agent.

Chunichi Dragons

In November 2012, Luna signed with the Chunichi Dragons worth $450,000 with up to $200,000 in incentives.^[6]

References

↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/SLN/SLN200404080.shtml
↑ Luna goes to Hollywood
↑ Red Sox sign four free agents to Minors deals MLB.com, February 2, 2011
↑ Sheldon, Mark (December 21, 2011). "Phillies give Minor League deals to Hector Luna, Luis Montanez". Phillies.com.
↑ Williams, Tim (August 31, 2012). "Minor Moves: Pirates Sign Hector Luna, Upper Level Promotions".
↑ Nicholson-Smith, Ben (November 21, 2012). "Minor Moves: Ka'aihue, Hinshaw, Luna, Pirates".

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

v t e Chunichi Dragons current roster

First squad	00 Anderson Hernández 0 Héctor Luna 2 Masahiro Araki 5 Kazuhiro Wada 6 Ryosuke Hirata 7 Masahiko Morino 8 Yohei Oshima 9 Shuhei Takahashi 11 Kenshin Kawakami 12 Shinji Tajima 13 Hitoki Iwase 19 Kazuki Yoshimi 21 Toshiya Okada 22 Yudai Ono 23 Yoshihiro Suzuki 25 Yuta Muto 27 Motonobu Tanishige 29 Daisuke Yamai 31 Kei Nomoto 34 Masahiro Yamamoto 36 Michihiro Ogasawara 41 Takuya Asao 44 Alexis Gómez 47 Nelson Payano 62 Takahito Kudo 67 Akifumi Takahashi 69 Masato Kobayashi 99 Daniel Cabrera

Second squad	1 Naomichi Donoue 3 Daiki Yoshikawa 4 Atsushi Fujii 14 Kenta Asakura 16 Katsuki Matayoshi 17 Yudai Kawai 18 Shota Suzuki 24 Koji Fukutani 26 Soma Yamauchi 28 Shinji Iwata 30 Takuma Achira 32 Kentaro Nishikawa 33 Daisuke Sobue 35 Takehiko Tsuji 37 Kyohei Iwasaki 38 Masato Matsui 39 Koji Mise 40 Iori Katsura 43 Tatsuro Hamada 45 Shota Sugiyama 46 Takuto Fujisawa 48 Hayato Mizowaki 50 Ryoji Nakata 51 Takahiro Kawasaki 52 Kohei Oda 53 Koshi Inoue 54 Yuto Morikoshi 55 Nobumasa Fukuda 56 Yusuke Matsui 57 Ryuya Ogawa 58 Daisuke Tanaka 59 Kento Yachi 60 Shingo Ito 61 Shunta Wakamatsu 63 Takehiro Donoue 64 Ryosuke Oguma 65 Junki Ito 66 Takeru Furumoto 68 Ryuichiro Akada 70 Tetsuya Tani 201 Song Sang-Hoon (Trainee) 202 Junki Kishimoto (Trainee) 203 Daisuke Hashizume (Trainee) 204 Kazuyuki Akasaka (Trainee) 205 Leandro Mella (Trainee)

First squad Coaching	Manager: 27 Motonobu Tanishige Head coach: 80 Shigekazu Mori Pitching coaches: 81 Yui Tomori, 76 Shinichi Kondoh Hitting coaches: 78 Kiyoyuki Nagashima, 71 Toshio Haru, 84 Kazuo Hayakawa Baserunning coaches: 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji, 87 Yoshinori Ueda Battery coach: 90 Mitsuo Tatsukawa Conditioning coaches: 92 Kosei Katsuzaki, 93 Takemi Miyamae

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 72 Takahiro Saeki Pitching coaches: 75 Hideki Satoh, 86 Takashi Ogasawara Hitting coaches: 88 Hideki Takayanagi, 82 Seo Yong-Bin, 74 Kazuhito Yoshimura Baserunning coaches: 77 Hiroyuki Watanabe, 89 Hidenori Kuramoto Battery coach: 79 Akihiro Maeda Conditioning coaches: 91 Yasushi Miki, 95 Hiroshi Tsukamoto, 94 Watari Sumida

Persondata
Name	Luna, Hector
Alternative names
Short description	Dominican Republic baseball player
Date of birth	February 1, 1980
Place of birth	Monte Cristi, Dominican Republic)
Date of death
Place of death

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