Luke Hughes (born 2 August 1984, in Perth, Australia) is an Australian baseball player with the Minnesota Twins organisation.
After a solid 2001-2002 season in the International Baseball League of Australia, Hughes was named as the All-Star second baseman. He was then signed to the Minnesota Twins early 2002. He debuted professionally a year later with the GCL Twins, reaching base safely in 19 straight games at one point. He named in the Gulf Coa...
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Luke Hughes (born 2 August 1984, in Perth, Australia) is an Australian baseball player with the Minnesota Twins organisation.
After a solid 2001-2002 season in the International Baseball League of Australia, Hughes was named as the All-Star second baseman. He was then signed to the Minnesota Twins early 2002. He debuted professionally a year later with the GCL Twins, reaching base safely in 19 straight games at one point. He named in the Gulf Coast League All-Star team at third base. Also that year he helped the Perth Heat win the 2003 Claxton Shield with a .429 batting average.
In 2004, he moved to the Elizabethton Twins and played second base. He also won the Golden Glove in the 2004 Claxton Shield.
He then debuted for Australia in the 2005 Baseball World Cup where he batted dismally with 1 from 15. Again he played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic going 0 from 3. In 2006 he picked up his form in the Intercontinental Cup, the Australian batted .455 and slugged .755. In 5 games at...
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