Lou Merloni - Li-Fraumeni Syndrome Association

Lou Merloni
Boston Red Sox

Louis “Lou” Merloni, nicknamed “Sweet Lou,” is currently a radio and television personality most known for his time spent between the Boston Red Sox and their Triple-A affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox in a career that lasted eight years with Major League Baseball.

The Framingham native graduated from Providence College in 1993 where he still holds several single-season and career records for the Friars. That year, he was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and entered the MLB at the time of the 1994 strike as a replacement player. Merloni spent the next four years shuffling through the Red Sox farm system until he made his major league debut in 1998 blasting a three-run homerun over the green monster. After playing in Japan for a year, Merloni found himself back in Boston in 2001. First with the Red Sox and then again with the Pawtucket Sox coining these numerous transfers back and forth as “The Merloni Shuttle.” He continued with the Red Sox until 2003 when he was traded to the San Diego Padres. After finishing the season in San Diego, he skipped around for the next three seasons with the Cleveland Indians, Los Angeles Angels and ending his career with the Indians in 2006. Over an eight year span, Merloni averaged a career .271 batting average with 14 homeruns and 125 RBI’s.

Merloni currently resides in his hometown of Framingham, MA and you can find him on the air as co-host of WEEI’s “Middays with MFB” with Christian Fauria and Tim Benz. He is also a Comcast Sportsnet Baseball Analyst.