page_title: Julio Lugo
section_title: Boston Red Sox
hierarchical_section_title: Julio Lugo / Baseball career / Boston Red Sox
caption_attribution_description: Julio Lugo of the Boston Red Sox warming up before a game against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim at Fenway Park 4/16/2007 20:24, 17 April 2007 . . Toasterb . . 1060×788 (164,478 bytes)
context_page_description: Julio Cesar Lugo is a Dominican former professional baseball shortstop. Lugo is the older brother of baseball pitcher Ruddy Lugo. He played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Devil Rays, Los Angeles Dodgers, Boston Red Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves.
context_section_description: On December 5, 2006, Lugo signed a four-year, $36 million contract with the Boston Red Sox.
  Lugo was brought on to bat leadoff, but was moved by manager Terry Francona to the bottom part of the order primarily due to his inability to consistently get on base. From June 15 to July 3 Lugo went 0–31 from the plate. Since 1996, only one other Major League player with more than 250 at bats 80 games into the season has had a lower batting average: Greg Vaughn, .163 for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2002.
  After the first week of July 2007, Lugo turned his hitting performance around, compiling a 14-game hitting streak on July 25, 2007. He was 24-for-54 (.444) during the career-best streak, raising his average from .189 to .226.
  One of his few bright spots on the season was a streak of 20 consecutive stolen bases, a club record.
  As of July 5, 2008, Lugo had committed 16 errors, which not only led all big-league players, but was also nearly one-third of the 50 errors made by the Red Sox as a team. He was hitting .268 with one home run and 22 RBIs. Rookie shortstop Jed Lowrie was called up from the Pawtucket Red Sox to fill in for Lugo while he was on the Disabled List.
  On March 17, 2009, Lugo underwent arthroscopic surgery on his right knee to repair a torn meniscus cartilage. Lugo was expected to be out for three to four weeks. Upon his return, Lugo got off to a slow start and was on a day-to-day playing rotation with fellow shortstop Nick Green.
caption: Lugo during his tenure with the Boston Red Sox in 2007.
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