Luke Voit
| Luke Voit | |
|---|---|
Voit with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2025 | |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 9 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: February 13, 1991 Wildwood, Missouri, U.S. | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| MLB: June 25, 2017, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| NPB: July 2, 2025, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |
| MLB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Batting average | .253 |
| Home runs | 95 |
| Runs batted in | 276 |
| NPB statistics (through 2025 season) | |
| Batting average | .300 |
| Home runs | 13 |
| Runs batted in | 39 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Louis Linwood Voit III (born February 13, 1991) is an American professional baseball first baseman for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees, St. Louis Cardinals, San Diego Padres, Washington Nationals, and Milwaukee Brewers.
Voit played college baseball for the Missouri State Bears and made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Cardinals. He played for them in 2018 before being traded to the Yankees during the season. By 2019, he became the Yankees' starting first baseman and in 2020, he led MLB in home runs. In August 2022, Voit was traded with several prospects to the Washington Nationals for Juan Soto and Josh Bell. He signed with the Brewers for the 2023 season.