Luis Quiñones (baseball)

Luis Raúl Quiñones Torruellas (born April 28, 1962, in Ponce, Puerto Rico) is a former utility infielder in Major League Baseball and current hitting coach for the Batavia Muckdogs, Short-Season Single-A affiliate of the Miami Marlins. From 1983 through 1992, Quiñones played for the Oakland Athletics (1983), San Francisco Giants (1986), Chicago Cubs (1987), Cincinnati Reds (1988–91) and Minnesota Twins (1992). He was a switch-hitter and threw right-handed. He received National League Player of the Week honors for the week beginning September 3, 1989.^[1]

Luis Quiñones
Infielder
Born: (1962-04-28) April 28, 1962 (age 62) Ponce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 27, 1983, for the Oakland Athletics
Last MLB appearance
April 11, 1992, for the Minnesota Twins
MLB statistics
Batting average	.226
Home runs	19
Runs batted in	106
Teams
Oakland Athletics (1983) San Francisco Giants (1986) Chicago Cubs (1987) Cincinnati Reds (1988–1991) Minnesota Twins (1992)
Career highlights and awards
World Series champion (1990)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Quiñones and the second or maternal family name is Torruellas.

Luis was a member of the Cincinnati Reds 1990 World Series Championship team. He drove in what would be the winning run in Game 6 of the 1990 NLCS, a 2–1 Reds victory and the National League pennant.

After spending the 2009 season as the hitting coach for the Oneonta Tigers, he was promoted by the Detroit Tigers to the same position with the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League.

In an eight-season career, Quiñones posted a .226 batting average with 19 home runs and 106 RBI in 442 games played.

References

1. "Luis Quinones stepped up when the Reds needed him". MLB.com. February 10, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2022.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)