Donald Lutz

Donald Thomas Lutz ( born February 6, 1989 in Watertown, New York ) is a German - American baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds. He plays on the field position of the first baseman or on one of the outfield positions.

Biography

Lutz, son of an African American U.S. soldier and a German mother, was born in the U.S. Watertown. A year later the parents divorced, so Lutz grew up with his mother in Friedberg, Hesse. It was not until the age of 16 he began to play baseball and played with his brother Sascha Lutz initially at the Friedberg Braves, then at the Bad Homburg Hornets and the Regensburg legionaries and soon became known for his powerful hits and his complexion " brown Hulk": this nickname he still carries today. 2007, the then 19 -year-old Lutz was hired by the Cincinnati Reds, for whom he played until 2013 in the Minor League Baseball, until he made ​​the leap into the professional squad in April 2013. On April 29, Lutz made ​​his debut for the Reds, on 1 May 2013, launched for the first time in a game. On May 12, the Reds in the game against the Milwaukee Brewers beat Lutz his first home run in the MLB.

He became the first German who played for a development in the minor leagues in the regular season in Major League Baseball and the game started after previously Kai Gronau 2010 in the pre-season, Spring Training, had played a game. Whether Lutz, the first German ever was, such as various media reported, is a matter of definition, since the born at times of the German Federal German immigrants George Heubel 1876 a game for the New York Mutuals of the National League played until now part of the Major League Baseball is.

Lutz is a member of the German Baseball National Team. His brother Sascha Lutz is also German National Baseball player.