Luis Garcia (garcilu04)

Luis Victoriano García Mendoza

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

• Debut August 14, 2020

• Born May 16, 2000 in New York, NY USA

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Biographical Information

Infielder Luis García was signed by the Washington Nationals as a 17-year-old international free agent on July 2, 2016. He played his first professional season for the GCL Nationals in 2017, hitting .302 in 49 games. In 2018, He began the season with the Hagerstown Suns of the South Atlantic League where he hit .297 in 78 games. He was then promoted to the Potomac Nationals of the Carolina League and was also selected to play for the World team in the 2018 Futures Game, where he was a late-game replacement at second base for Luis Urias as one of the youngest players in the game.

Garcia opened 2019 with the Harrisburg Senators as the youngest player in AA [1]. When he made his debut with the Nationals on August 14, 2020, going 2-for-5 with a double, he was only the second player born in the 2000s to do so, after pitcher Elvis Luciano. On August 17th, he hit his first career home run, a two-run shot against Touki Toussaint of the Atlanta Braves. He was the first player born in his decade to hit a home run.

On May 26, 2023, he tied a Nationals franchise record by getting six hits in a 12-10 win over the Kansas City Royals. He went 6-for-6 with 2 doubles (both hit in the 6th inning) and 4 singles, matching the record held by Anthony Rendon (in 2017) and Rondell White (in 1995, back when the team was still the Montreal Expos). At 23, he was the second youngest player in AL/NL history to have six hits in a nine-inning game, after 20-year-old Duff Cooley with the St. Louis Browns in 1893.

He was born in New York, NY as the son of major league infielder Luis Garcia, but moved to the Dominican Republic when he was three years old and grew up there.

Further Reading

• Robert Falkoff: "García's 6 hits lead Nats' biggest offensive output of '23: 23-year-old is 1st big leaguer to achieve feat this season, 3rd in Nats/Expos history", mlb.com, May 27, 2023. [2]

Related Sites

• Luis García on mlb.com
• BR Minors page