Luis Maza

Luis Alberto Maza (born June 22, 1980 in Cumaná, Venezuela) is an infielder in Major League Baseball, who is currently playing for Rimini Baseball Club in the Italian Baseball League. 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.

Baseball career

Minnesota Twins

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).

Los Angeles Dodgers

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.

He hit .378 with Las Vegas and made his major league debut as a defensive replacement for the Dodgers in the ninth inning against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 14, 2008. He made his first start at shortstop the following day and went 1 for 3, getting his first career hit off Brewers starter Ben Sheets. In 45 games with the Dodgers in 2008, Maza hit .228.