About Donald Lutz

Donald Thomas Lutz III (born February 6, 1989) is an American-German former professional baseball first baseman / leftfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds.

Lutz signed with the Reds as a non-drafted amateur free agent in 2007. Despite starting his baseball career in his teenage years, and in Germany, Lutz first visited Cincinnati's spring training camp, reached Double–A and was placed on the Reds' 40-man roster in 2012.

Lutz was the first German-developed player to play in the modern Major Leagues. He played for Team Germany in the 2019 European Baseball Championship, in which they came in 6th.