Career
He stood 6 feet (18 m) tall and weighed 168 pounds (76 kg). Luna had two outstanding seasons in the minor leagues. That performance earned him a trial with the 1954 Cardinals.
Luna started the Redbirds" sixth contest of the season, at Busch Stadium against the Cincinnati Redlegs, but he faced only six batters in the top of the first inning.
He walked Bobby Adams. Then Roy McMillan hit a double, with Adams scoring on an error by Rip Repulski, which also allowed McMillan to advance to third base.
Luna retired Gus Bell on a fly ball, then got another out when Jim Greengrass hit a sacrifice fly to score McMillan. With two outs and the bases empty, however, Luna gave up another double, to Ted Kluszewski, and another walk, to Johnny Temple.
He then was replaced by relief pitcher Mel Wright, who prevented further scoring.
(The Redlegs" winning pitcher was Joe Nuxhall). Luna was sent down to the Triple-A Rochester Red Wings after that one appearance, and never returned to the Majors. In 1988 he was selected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.
Memo Luna lives in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico.