finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1977 right aibonito , puerto rico 1970 june 1 .248 9 122 outfielder san diego padres batting average home runs runs batted in september 17 11 august 1949 luis meléndez -lrb- baseball -rrb-
 st. louis cardinals luis meléndez right
luis meléndez -lrb- baseball -rrb-

luis antonio meléndez santana -lrb- born august 11 , 1949 -rrb- is a former professional baseball player .
he played all or part of eight seasons in major league baseball from 1970 until 1977 , for the st. louis cardinals and san diego padres , primarily as an outfielder .
following his playing career , meléndez was a minor league manager and coach in the cardinals and phillies systems , winning the south atlantic league championship with the savannah cardinals in 1994 .
he has also managed in the puerto rico baseball league .
he was most recently a coach for the gulf coast phillies from 2006 to 2009 .
