Luis Maza | |||
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Infielder | |||
Born: | June 22, 1980|||
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MLB debut | |||
May 14, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
Last appearance | |||
July 18, 2008, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Batting average | .228 | ||
Home runs | 1 | ||
Runs batted in | 4 | ||
Teams | |||
Luis Alberto Maza Mayorca (born June 22, 1980 in Cumaná, Venezuela) is a retired infielder in Major League Baseball. He played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2008. Listed at 5'9", 180 lb., he bats and throws right-handed. Primarily a second baseman, Maza is a versatile player who can play at shortstop, third base, and left field.
He was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Minnesota Twins on October 28, 1997, and started his professional career with the Gulf Coast Twins in 1999, before joining Elizabethton (2000), Quad City (2001), Ft. Myers (2002–2003), New Britain (2004–2005) and Rochester (2004, 2005-2006).
A Free agent after 2006, Maza signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers and split time between Double-A Jacksonville and Triple-A Las Vegas. Through 2008, he was a .284 hitter with 525 runs and a .334 on-base percentage in 924 minor league games.