Luis Alfonso García Etxebarria (born November 5, 1978) is a former professional baseball designated hitter / first baseman. García played in the Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Mets minor league systems from 1997 to 2005. He signed with the

Sultanes de Monterrey The Sultanes de Monterrey ( en, Monterrey Sultans) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Monterrey, Mexico. They compete in the Northern Division. The team also joined the Mexican Pacific League for the 2019–20 season f ...

of the Mexican League in 2005, playing with them until 2014. He spent the 2015 and 2016 seasons with the Leones de Yucatán, and the 2017 season with the Diablos Rojos del México. He played part of the 2018 season with the Guerreros de Oaxaca before he was released in early May. In June, he signed with the

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, and was released in mid-August. He retired as an active player following the conclusion of the 2018 season, and later became the general manager of the Águilas de Mexicali in the Mexican Pacific League.

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