Luis Alen

Luis Jose Alen Salazar

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 175 lb.

• Born April 16, 1985 in Ciudad Bolívar, Bolívar Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Luis Alen has played pro baseball since 2002.

Alen hit .283 in the 2002 Venezuelan Summer League. Coming stateside in 2003, he was 2 for 18 for the GCL Marlins and hit .278/.298/.389 in 25 games for the Jamestown Jammers as their #2 catcher. In 2004, Alen batted .250/.316/.325 for Jamestown and was 5 for 23 for the Greensboro Bats. The next year, Luis only hit .181/.202/.216 in 39 games for Greensboro. He caught for the Venezuelan national team when they won Silver in the 2005 South American Championship.

Alen was released by the Florida Marlins and caught on with Italy's Ceci & Negri Parma, hitting .259/.342/.337 as their primary backstop in 2006. In 2007, he played for the independent Winnipeg Goldeyes, batting .333/.396/.453. He was 8th in the Northern League in average and was named as the All-Star catcher.

In the 2007 Baseball World Cup, Alen hit .286/.348/.524 as one of three Venezuelan catchers.

In the 2008 regular season, Alen bounced around the New York Mets chain where needed, hitting only .114/.250/.205 in 17 games but going 3 for 5 in his one game at AAA for the New Orleans Zephyrs. In the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup, he was 4 for 16 with 3 walks for Venezuela, which earned a spot in the 2009 Baseball World Cup.

He played for the Savannah Sand Gnats in 2009, hitting .143 in 24 games. In 2010, with the independent Winnipeg Goldeyes, he hit .290 with 11 home runs and 56 RBI. He continued to play for the Goldeyes through the 2015 season. After that Alen played three more years in the independent leagues before ending his playing career during the 2021/2022 Nicaraguan League season.

In 2022 the Arizona Diamondbacks added Alen to their player development staff. He was an assistant coach for the DSL Diamondbacks Red in 2022, then managed the club in 2023. Alen switched to managing the DSL Diamondbacks Black in 2024.

Year-By-Year Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
2023	DSL Diamondbacks Red	Dominican Summer League	21-33	40th	Arizona Diamondbacks
2024	DSL Diamondbacks Black	Dominican Summer League	12-43	51st	Arizona Diamondbacks

Sources

• 2004-2008 Baseball Almanacs
• Baseball.it
• IBAF site
• ESPN Deportes
• SABR Minor League Database