Luis Quiñones

[William Malone]

Luis Raúl Quiñones Torruellas was born on April 28, 1962 in Puerto Rico.

The San Diego Padres signed him as an amateur free agent in 1980. He made his Major League debut for the Oakland Athletics in 1983, after getting selected in the Rule-5 Draft. Quiñones spent all of 1984 and 1985 in the minor leagues after hitting .190 as a rookie. He resurfaced at the big league level as a member of the San Francisco Giants in 1986.

Quiñones played for the Chicago Cubs in 1987, and then found a home with the Cincinnati Reds beginning in 1988. He spent four years there as a backup infielder, helping them win the 1990 World Series. His pinch hit RBI single in game six of the 1990 NLCS gave Cincinnati a 2-1 lead in the seventh inning. That held up as the final score in what turned out to be a series clinching win.

The Minnesota Twins signed Quiñones to a minor league deal in 1992. He spent most of the season in Triple-A, batting .243 with 12 home runs. Quiñones made a brief three game cameo in the Majors, going 1-for-5 with a sacrifice fly. This was the end of his Major League career, but he continued to play professionally through 1999.

He was a longtime minor league hitting coach after retiring as a player. Quiñones coached at various levels and with various organizations from 2001 through 2016.

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