Gavin Lux

BIOGRAPHY

Gavin Lux was born November 23, 1997, in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He is a second baseman in the MLB.

The Los Angeles Dodgers selected Lux in the first round, with the 20th pick overall selection, of the 2016 Major League Baseball draft. Lux signed with the Dodgers for a $2.31 million signing bonus. The Dodgers assigned him to the Arizona League Dodgers to begin his professional career. At the end of the season, he was promoted to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League. Between the two levels, he played in 56 games, batting .296/.375/.399 with 21 RBIs.

Lux was called up by the Dodgers to make his major league debut as the starting second baseman against the Colorado Rockies on September 2, 2019. He singled on the first pitch he saw from Peter Lambert and doubled in his second at-bat. He also scored three runs in the game. On September 10, 2019, Lux hit his first MLB home run off Tanner Scott of the Baltimore Orioles. In 23 games for the Dodgers in 2019, he had 18 hits in 75 at-bats (.240 average), hit two home runs, and drove in nine runs.

In 2021, Lux hit .242 with seven homers and 46 RBI in 102 games. While he primarily played second and short he was moved into the outfield at the end of the season in order to get him more playing time. Lux became the full-time second baseman for the Dodgers in the 2022 season, playing in 129 games and batting .276 with six homers and 42 RBI. He also led the National League in triples with seven.

Lux was expected to become the Dodgers starting shortstop for the 2023 season. However on February 27, during a spring training game, his knee buckled while running the bases and he was diagnosed with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his knee, which kept him out the entire 2023 season. Despite missing all of the previous season, Lux signed a $1.22 million contract with the Dodgers in his first season of salary arbitration.