Gavin Thomas Lux…resides in Kenosha, Wis., where he graduated from Indian Trail High School in 2016… tabbed as the 33rd-best prospect in the 2016 June Draft by MLB.com...named the 2016 Wisconsin Gatorade Player of the Year…committed to Arizona State University before signing with the Dodgers after becoming the 20th overall pick in the 2016 First-Year Player Draft.
2023
Missed the entire season with a torn ACL, suffered in his second Spring Training game on Feb. 27.
2022
Set career-highs in numerous categories during the 2022 season: games (129), at-bats (421), runs (66), hits (116), doubles (20), triples (seven), walks (47) and stolen bases (seven)…tied for second in Major League with seven triples on the year...Registered a .276/.346/.399 slashline and a .745 OPS…ranked sixth on the team in hits with 116...Smacked his first career walk-off RBI on May 15 against PHI...Spent time at a few different positions: second base (102 G, 93 GS), shortstop (nine G), and left field (28 G, 24 GS)…also started one game as the designated hitter...Recorded a .973 fielding percentage at second base, committing nine errors over 337 total chances and assisting in 45 double plays Had his best month in July, going 24-for-75 and slashing .320/.416/.533 including four doubles, three triples, two home runs and 13 RBI …appeared in all four postseason games, going 3-for-13 (.231) with one double and one RBI…clubbed a .280 batting average (90-for-322) off of righties and .263 (26-for-99) off of lefties…owned a seven game hit streak from July 4-10 (also has four separate five-game hitting streaks, last June 24-29)…boasted a season-high three RBI on Aug. 30 at NYM…recorded the first four-hit game of his career June 9 at CWS including one double and one RBI.
2021
Set career-highs in multiple categories, including: games (102), runs (49), hits (81), doubles (12), triples (4), home runs (7), RBI (46) walks (41), and stolen bases (4) while playing in 102 games with the Dodgers…slashed .242/.328/.364 with a .692 OPS... Ranked 10th in the National League with four triples... Logged time at several positions: second base (27 G), third base (1 G), shortstop (59 G), left field (11 G), center field (6 G), and right field (1 G)... Played 59 games (50 starts) at shortstop, logging a .966 fielding percentage with 129 assists while Corey Seager was on the Injured List... Belted two home runs against St. Louis on May 31, going 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI, was his second career multi-homer game (other: 9/8/20 vs. ARI)... Ripped his first career grand slam on May 18 and drove in a career-best four runs vs. ARI…swatted his second-career grand slam on May 23 against SF... Had a six-game hitting streak from Sept. 15-23, hitting .478 with eight RBI during that span...Logged time at several positions: second base (27 G), third base (1 G), shortstop (59 G), left field (11 G), center field (6 G), and right field (1 G)... Played 59 games (50 starts) at shortstop, logging a .966 fielding percentage with 129 assists while Corey Seager was on the Injured List... Appeared in 17 games with Triple-A Oklahoma City while on rehab from a left hamstring strain…batted .279/.338/.382 with four doubles and ten RBI during that span...Notched four RBI in a game three times (5/18 vs. Ari, 5/23 at SF, 6/11 vs. TEX)…batted .214 (3-for-14) in nine Postseason games, registering three walks and three strikeouts…had his best offensive performance in September, producing a .367/.466/.510 slashline with two doubles, one triple, and one homer for nine RBI…hit .286 (28-for-98) with five homers and 19 RBI in 27 games during the month of May…faired well during day games, averaging .292 (31-for-106) with two homers and 13 RBI…was dependable in bases-loaded situations, batting .308 (4-for13) with 16 RBI…stole a career-high four bases (4/3 at COL, 6/27 vs. CHC, 7/3 at WSH, and 9/23 at COL)…had two stints on the Injured List: Apr. 18-26 with right wrist soreness and July 19-Aug.8 with a left hamstring strain before going on a rehab assignment with Triple-A Oklahoma City.
2020
Split time between the Dodgers and the Alternative Training Site…made all defensive appearances at second base and hitting .175 with three homers and eight RBI...Had a two home run game on September 8 at Arizona, his first multi-homer game of his career...his second home run of the game was in the 10th inning and helped secure the win...Each of his three home runs came against right-handed pitchers, posting a .189/.259/.396 slash line against righties...hit a 453 ft. two-run home run on September 18 at Colorado, the longest Dodger home run of the season (previous: 447 ft., Seager).
2019
After ranking as the No. 2 Minor League prospect by MLB Pipeline, made his Major League debut on Sept. 2 against Colorado…went 2-for-5 with a double and scored three runs…became the first rookie in Dodger history to score three runs in a Major League debut... Slashed .240/.305/.400 with four doubles, a triple, two home runs and nine RBI in 23 Major League games...Reached base in 15 of his 23 regular season games and notched a hit in 12 contests, including 10 in the last 17 games of the season...Collected five multi-hit efforts and ranked among the top NL rookies during September in runs (12, T-10th), hits (18, T-19th), doubles (4, T-11th), home runs (2, T-15th), RBI (9, T-12th), walks (7, T-11th), average (.240, 18th), OBP (.305, T-21st) and slugging (.400, 16th)...clubbed his first home run on Sept. 10 at Baltimore, ended the night going 3-for-4 with a double for his first three-hit game and multi-extra-base effort of his Major League career…became the youngest Dodger to homer in a Postseason game at 21 years and 314 days after launching a pinch-hit homer in his first career Postseason at-bat in the eighth inning of Game 1 of the NLDS…named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year after slashing a combined .347/.421/.607 with 25 doubles, eight triples, 26 homers and 76 RBI in 113 games bet ween Double-A Tulsa and Triple-A Oklahoma City…also named Baseball America’s Minor League All-Star for the PCL…recipient of the Dodgers’ Branch Rickey Minor League Player of the Year award…earned PCL July Player of the Month honors after leading the league in average (.435), OBP (.519) and OPS (1.356) while tying for the lead in runs (29) and triples (4) with eight doubles, seven homers and 26 RBI during the span…selected to the 2019 Texas League All-Star Game and played in the 2019 Sirius XM Futures Game…began the season at Double-A Tulsa and was promoted to Triple-A Oklahoma City on June 27… played 91 games at shortstop bet ween Tulsa and Oklahoma City, registering a .961 fielding percentage (13 E/7 76.0 INN)…saw action in 19 games at second base with a .988 fielding percentage (1 E/151.2 INN) and translated those numbers into a .970 fielding percentage (2 E/178.0 INN) at the big-league level across 22 games (19 games started) at second base…ranked fourth among all qualifying rookie second basem*n during the month of September (minimum 17 games) in fielding percentage, total chances (67), putouts (27), assists (38) and zone rating (.765), while ranking third in innings (178.0) and second in games played (22).
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Was named a 2018 MiLB.com Organizational All-Star, Baseball America Minor League All-Star and Postseason All-Star for his time in Rancho Cucamonga...Wrapped the season with a combined .234/.399/.514 slashline between Advanced-A Advanced Rancho Cucamonga (88 games) and Double-A Tulsa (28 games)...had a career-high 57 RBIs, 27 doubles, eight triples and 15 homers in 116 games...on April 27, as a member of the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes, drove in a career-best five RBI against the Lancaster JetHawks in a 14-9 win...promoted to Double-A Tulsa on Aug. 1, where he played in 28 games and hit .324/.408/.495 with four doubles, four home runs and nine RBI.
2017
Spent his first full professional season with Single-A Great Lakes, slashing .24 4/.331/.362 with 14 doubles, eight triples, seven home runs and 39 RBI with 27 stolen bases...tied for fourth in the Midwest League in triples and tied for seventh with a team-leading 56 walks on the season...paced the team in runs scored (68), hits (106), triples (8) and stolen bases (27), while ranking second in total bases (157), third in RBI (39) and fifth in doubles (14).
