Lou Montañez
Baltimore Orioles — No. 2
Outfielder
Born: December 15, 1981 (1981-12-15) (age 28) Bayamón, Puerto Rico
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 5, 2008 for the Baltimore Orioles
Career statistics (through 2009 season)
Batting average	.247
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	20
Teams
Baltimore Orioles (2008-present)

Luis Anibal Montañez (born December 15, 1981 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.

[edit] Professional career

[edit] Minor leagues

Montañez was drafted by the Chicago Cubs third overall in the 2000 MLB Draft. He spent seven seasons in the Cubs' minor league system, but never made it to the Major Leagues. On January 5, 2007, he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles. After batting .335 with 26 home runs and 97 RBI in 116 games for the Orioles Double-A affiliate Bowie Baysox, he was called up to the Majors for the first time. In 2008, Montañez won the Eastern League Triple Crown despite missing nearly a month of the season after getting called up to the majors.^[1]

[edit] Baltimore Orioles

Montañez made his major league debut on August 5, 2008, but did not get an at-bat. On August 6, he hit a home run in his first at-bat making him the second Oriole to accomplish the feat. After starting the 2009 season playing for the Orioles Triple-A affiliate, Norfolk Tides, he was re-called to the majors on April 21 after an injury to Ryan Freel.

[edit] See also

• List of players with a home run in first major league at-bat

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube