Julio Lugo

Full Name: Julio Cesar Lugo	Primary Position: SS
Height/Weight: 6'1"/175	First Game: April 15, 2000
Birthdate: November 16, 1975	MLB Experience: 7 years
Birthplace: Barahona, Barahona (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Julio Lugo (Julio Cesar Lugo) was born on November 16, 1975 in Barahona, Barahona (Dominican Republic). He made his Major League debut on April 15, 2000 for the Houston Astros. In 2000, his rookie year, he hit .283 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI. Lugo played for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 7 year career.

Most people believe that Julio Lugo's best season was 2005, when he stole 39 bases, hit for a .295 average and knocked in 57 runs.

Scouting Report[]

Lugo is just an all-around solid player. He can spray the ball all over the field, has decent on-base skills, he can steal a bag, bunt his way on, etc. He lacks power, though (career SLG: .402), a deficiency that should only get worse as Lugo gets older. Still, he makes a pretty good offensive contribution by way of his ability to hit for contact. Defensively, Lugo is inconsistent, alternating great plays with miscues on simple grounders, but his net contribution is usually average. The good news for Red Sox fans is that Lugo probably has at least two, if not three, more solid years in him.

Statistics[]

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
2000	HOU	N	116	420	78	119	10	40	.283	.346	.431	22	5	37	93	4	3	22	0	9
2001	HOU	N	140	513	93	135	10	37	.263	.326	.372	20	3	46	116	5	15	12	0	7
2002	HOU	N	88	322	45	84	8	35	.261	.322	.388	15	1	28	74	2	4	9	3	6
2003	TB	A	117	433	58	119	15	53	.275	.333	.427	13	4	35	88	4	7	10	0	5
2003	HOU	N	22	65	6	16	0	2	.246	.338	.292	3	0	9	12	0	0	2	1	2
2003	Total		139	498	64	135	15	55	.271	.333	.410	16	4	44	100	4	7	12	1	7
2004	TB	A	157	581	83	160	7	75	.275	.338	.396	41	4	54	106	5	7	21	0	8
2005	TB	A	158	616	89	182	6	57	.295	.362	.403	36	6	61	72	6	3	39	0	5
2006	TB	A	73	289	53	89	12	27	.308	.373	.498	17	1	27	47	3	3	18	0	7
2006	LAD	N	49	146	16	32	0	10	.219	.278	.267	5	1	12	29	1	2	6	0	2
2006	Total		122	435	69	121	12	37	.278	.341	.421	22	2	39	76	4	5	24	0	9
2007	BOS	A	147	570	71	135	8	73	.237	.294	.349	36	2	48	82	0	8	33	0	9
Total	NL		415	1466	238	386	28	124	.263	.327	.379	65	10	132	324	12	24	51	4	26
Total	AL		652	2489	354	685	48	285	.275	?	?	143	17	225	395	18	28	111	0	34
Total			1067	3955	592	1071	76	409	.271	.333	.395	208	27	357	719	30	52	172	4	60

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
2000	HOU	N	2B	45	40	366.1	93	107	5	27	.976
2000	HOU	N	RF	2	1	14	4	0	0	0	1.000
2000	HOU	N	OF	6	2	19.1	4	0	0	0	1.000
2000	HOU	N	CF	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2000	HOU	N	SS	60	53	481.1	93	141	12	30	.951
2000	HOU	N	LF	3	0	3.1	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	HOU	N	OF	8	1	19.2	2	0	0	0	1.000
2001	HOU	N	2B	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	.000
2001	HOU	N	LF	6	1	16.2	2	0	0	0	1.000
2001	HOU	N	SS	133	124	1096	211	373	22	74	.964
2001	HOU	N	RF	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	.000
2002	HOU	N	SS	84	81	716	121	205	8	32	.976
2003	TB	A	SS	117	116	1024.2	211	336	17	75	.970
2003	HOU	N	SS	22	21	173.1	30	55	3	10	.966
2003	Total		SS	139	137	1198	241	391	20	85	.969
2004	TB	A	DH	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2004	TB	A	SS	143	142	1238	236	422	25	91	.963
2004	TB	A	2B	8	8	69	16	16	1	3	.970
2005	TB	A	SS	156	155	1338.2	309	425	24	94	.968
2006	TB	A	SS	73	72	620.1	113	201	14	42	.957
2006	LA	N	2B	29	14	159.1	37	63	2	11	.980
2006	LA	N	OF	3	3	20	1	0	0	0	1.000
2006	LA	N	3B	16	13	115	10	29	1	4	.975
2006	LA	N	RF	2	2	13	1	0	0	0	1.000
2006	LA	N	SS	8	2	27.1	3	11	2	0	.875
2006	LA	N	LF	1	1	7	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	Total		SS	81	74	647.2	116	212	16	42	.953
2007	BOS	A	SS	145	139	1228.1	214	360	19	70	.968
2007	BOS	A	DH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			OF	17	6	59	7	0	0	0	1.000
Total			2B	84	62	596.2	146	186	8	41	.976
Total			DH	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			RF	6	3	30	5	0	0	0	1.000
Total			3B	16	13	115	10	29	1	4	.975
Total			LF	10	2	27	2	0	0	0	1.000
Total			SS	941	905	7944	1541	2529	146	518	.965
Total			CF	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	.000

Transactions[]

Selected by Houston Astros in the 43rd round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed May 17, 1995).
Released by Houston Astros (May 9, 2003).
Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (May 15, 2003).
Traded by Tampa Bay Devil Rays to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Joel Guzman and Sergio Pedroza (July 31, 2006).
Granted free agency (October 31, 2006).
Signed by Boston Red Sox (December 5, 2006).

Trivia[]

Julio Lugo is the brother of Major Leaguer Ruddy Lugo.
Lugo has received controversy in the Boston media regarding incessant crotch grabbing during games, including by ESPN's columnist Bill "The Sports Guy" Simmons. It has even been suggested that local Red Sox network NESN attempts to only show him from above the waist to avoid TV embarrassment.
Lugo has both his career longest hitting streak of 14 games and his career longest hitless streak of 10 games in the 2007 season.
On April 30, 2003, Lugo was arrested and charged with assaulting his wife. Mabely Lugo had reported that Julio had hit her in the face and had then slammed her head against a car hood. Mabely Lugo was treated at a local hospital for injuries. His wife filed a restraining order but later rescinded it. Lugo was found not guilty of misdemeanor assault after his wife stated that she had exaggerated the story; despite the fact that she had signed a sworn statement to the contrary.