Dawel Lugo #52

Resides in Bani, DR in the offseason...Participates in the Autographed Memorabilia Donation program; participated in the pregame ceremony prior to the annual ¡Fiesta Tigres! game and the Tigers Winter Caravan.

2019

Split the 2019 season between Detroit and Triple A Toledo, playing in 77 games with the Tigers and 68 contests with the Mud Hens...Finished the season with four triples, which ranked tied for first among American League rookies and tied for fourth among Major League rookies...Began the season with Toledo, and hit .307/.361/.432 with six doubles, one triple, one home run and eight RBI in 22 games during April...Recorded the first four-hit game of his Major League career on May 25 at New York (NL)...Recorded three doubles and a RBI as part of a 4x4 performance on June 29 vs. Durham...Posted back-to-back three-hit games on September 21-22 vs. Chicago (AL)...Hit .293/.313/.496 with eight doubles, one triple, five home runs and 13 RBI over his final 32 games.

2018

Spent most of the 2018 season with Triple A Toledo, playing in 123 games…also saw the first Major League action of his career, appearing in 27 games with the Tigers...Selected to the 2018 MLB SiriusXM Futures Game and started at third base for the World Team, going 1x2 with a run scored...Named to the International League Midseason All-Star Team...Hit safely in 14 straight games from May 22-June 5, hitting .302/.313/.444 with 11 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, one home run and six RBI...Finished the month of August hitting .300/.319/.382 with 13 runs scored, six doubles, one home run and 15 RBI in 27 games with Toledo...Made his Major League debut on August 30 at New York (AL) and notched a double in the sixth inning for his first Major League hit...Posted the second three-hit game and recorded the first RBI of his big league career on September 1 at New York (AL)…marked his second three-hit performance in the first four games of his Major League career, becoming the fourth Tiger since 1908 to accomplish the feat and the first since Tim Corcoran in 1977...Hit the first home run of his Major League career on September 28 at Milwaukee, blasting a two-run shot as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning… became the first Tiger to have his first big league homer come in a pinch-hitting role since Tyler Collins on September 1, 2014 at Cleveland...Played in 12 games with Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .234/.234/.298 with four runs scored, one double, one triple and five RBI.

2017

Started the 2017 season in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, before being acquired by the Tigers on July 18...Belted a pair of homers and went 4x6 with four RBI on April 9 vs. Birmingham...had two multi-homer games with Double A Erie, hitting two home runs on July 23 at Reading and August 4 vs. Hartford...Had a 12-game hitting streak from June 1-12, batting .286 (14x49) with five runs scored, two doubles,
three triples, one home run and nine RBI during the streak...Ranked as the eighth-best prospect and rated as having the best infield arm in the Tigers organization by Baseball America following the season... Played in 19 games with Tigres del Licey in the Dominican Winter League, hitting .324 (24x74) with eight runs scored, four doubles and six RBI.

2016

Split the season between Single-A Adv. Visalia and Double-A Mobile, hitting .311 (152-for-488) with 23 doubles, 7 triples, 17 homers and 62 RBI...Named to the California League midseason All-Star Team...Played 101 games at third base and 24 at shortstop...Earned organizational Minor League Player-of-the-Month honors for May...Earned CL Player of the Week honors from June 27-July 3...Hit for the cycle on July 5 @ Lancaster...Played with Salt River in the Arizona Fall League and was named to the Fall Stars Team…earned AFL Player of the Week honors for Oct. 31-Nov. 5...Rated by Baseball America as the Best Defensive Third Baseman in the CL following the season...Entered the season rated by MLB.com as the D-backs' No. 17 prospect.

2015

Combined to bat .270 (125-for-463) with 16 doubles, 4 triples, 4 home runs and 47 RBI between Single-A Lansing, Single-A Dunedin and Single-A Kane County...Traded to the D-backs for INF Cliff Pennington on Aug. 8, 2015...Entered the season ranked by MLB.com as the Blue Jays' No. 12 prospect and No. 15 by Baseball America.

2014

Spent the entire season with Lansing, hitting .259 (123-for-474) with 17 doubles, 2 triples, 4 homers and 53 RBI...Tabbed by Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the Blue Jays' system prior to the season. 

2013

Split the season between Rookie-Adv. Bluefi eld and Short-Season A Vancouver, batting .284 with 15 doubles, 7 home runs and 44 RBI.

2012

Made his professional debut with the Rookie Gulf Coast League Blue Jays, hitting, .224 (38-for-170) with 9 extra-base hits and 20 RBI in 47 games.