Luis Valbuena

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Shortstop

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb (178cm, 97kg)

Born: November 30, 1985 in Caja Seca, Venezuela ve

Died: December 6, 2018 in La Morita, Venezuela

Buried: Cementerio Metropolitano del Este, Barquisimeto, Lara

High School: La Cordillera (Venezuela)

Last Game: August 3, 2018 (Age 32-246d)
vs. CLE 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Elite Sports Group

Full Name: Luis Adan Valbuena

Nicknames: Mono

Pronunciation: \val-BWAY-nuh\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

8.5

3148

710

114

.226

377

RBI

367

OBP

.310

SLG

.394

OPS

.703

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2004	18		Aguirre	VESL	FRk	SEA
2005	19		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A--AAA	SEA	77	330	291	47	75	10	3	12	51	14	6	32	39	.258	.331	.436	.768	127	3	2	1	4	0
2005	19	-8.0	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	0	0	0	0	0
2005	19	-2.2	Everett	NORW	A-	SEA	74	325	287	47	75	10	3	12	51	14	6	31	37	.261	.333	.443	.776	127	3	2	1	4	0
2006	20		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A-A+	SEA	132	554	488	63	134	26	7	5	48	22	10	58	70	.275	.353	.387	.740	189	13	2	4	2	2
2006	20	-3.0	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	SEA	43	181	163	18	41	10	1	2	10	1	3	14	26	.252	.315	.362	.677	59	5	1	3	0	2
2006	20	-1.8	Wisconsin	MIDW	A	SEA	89	373	325	45	93	16	6	3	38	21	7	44	44	.286	.371	.400	.771	130	8	1	1	2	0
2006-07	20	-6.5	Lara	VEWL	FgW		1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0
2007	21	-3.4	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	SEA	122	505	444	55	106	23	3	11	44	10	6	48	83	.239	.311	.378	.689	168	9	1	6	6	2
2007-08	21	-6.0	Lara	VEWL	FgW		3	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008	22		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-AAA	SEA	128	523	452	84	137	21	2	11	60	18	8	59	69	.303	.382	.431	.814	195	5	0	10	2	0
2008	22	-4.9	Tacoma	PCL	AAA	SEA	58	246	212	41	64	9	0	2	20	10	4	28	32	.302	.383	.373	.756	79	1	0	6	0	0
2008	22	-2.3	West Tenn	SOUL	AA	SEA	70	277	240	43	73	12	2	9	40	8	4	31	37	.304	.381	.483	.864	116	4	0	4	2	0
2008	22	-6.9	SEA	AL	Maj	SEA	18	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.245	.315	.347	.662	17	0	1	0	0	0
2008-09	22	-4.5	Lara	VEWL	FgW		49	167	141	26	41	9	3	5	20	4	3	15	24	.291	.358	.504	.862	71	3	2	5	4	1
2009	23	-4.1	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	22	95	78	15	25	4	2	3	13	3	3	16	13	.321	.436	.539	.975	42	0	0	1	0	0
2009	23	-6.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	103	398	368	52	92	25	3	10	31	2	3	26	83	.250	.298	.416	.714	153	8	0	2	2	0
2009-10	23	-3.6	Lara	VEWL	FgW		48	199	166	32	45	9	1	6	25	4	2	21	39	.271	.347	.446	.793	74	6	1	6	5	1
2010	24	-2.9	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	25	119	96	23	30	8	1	6	20	2	0	19	21	.313	.427	.604	1.032	58	2	1	2	1	0
2010	24	-5.0	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	91	310	275	22	53	12	0	2	24	1	2	28	61	.193	.273	.258	.531	71	5	3	2	2	1
2010-11	24	-2.6	Lara	VEWL	FgW		53	207	167	20	38	9	0	4	22	5	4	36	26	.228	.363	.353	.716	59	2	0	3	1	4
2011	25	-1.7	Columbus	IL	AAA	CLE	113	472	420	64	127	22	0	17	75	6	3	46	96	.302	.372	.476	.848	200	8	2	1	3	1
2011	25	-3.7	CLE	AL	Maj	CLE	17	44	43	4	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	9	.209	.227	.279	.506	12	0	0	0	0	0
2011-12	25	-1.5	Lara	VEWL	FgW		60	247	211	25	60	13	3	5	31	2	0	33	38	.284	.380	.446	.825	94	2	0	2	1	5
2012	26	-0.8	Iowa	PCL	AAA	CHC	58	246	211	38	64	17	1	8	31	1	1	28	50	.303	.378	.507	.885	107	3	1	0	6	1
2012	26	-2.4	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	90	303	265	26	58	20	0	4	28	0	2	36	55	.219	.310	.340	.650	90	6	0	0	2	1
2012-13	26	-0.9	Lara	VEWL	FgW		51	223	183	32	56	15	1	6	39	3	0	34	33	.306	.414	.497	.912	91	4	2	1	3	3
2013	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Rk-A	CHC	3	12	10	2	6	2	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	.600	.667	.800	1.467	8	1	0	0	0	0
2013	27	5.6	Kane County	MIDW	A	CHC	1	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	1	0	0	0	0
2013	27	7.3	Cubs	ARIZ	Rk	CHC	2	8	7	2	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	.714	.750	1.000	1.750	7	0	0	0	0	0
2013	27	-1.3	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	108	391	331	34	72	15	1	12	37	1	4	53	63	.218	.331	.378	.708	125	4	4	1	2	4
2013-14	27	-0.4	Lara	VEWL	FgW		34	150	122	30	38	7	0	4	16	1	1	25	23	.312	.440	.467	.907	57	5	3	0	0	3
2014	28	-0.2	CHC	NL	Maj	CHC	149	547	478	68	119	33	4	16	51	1	2	65	113	.249	.341	.435	.776	208	8	2	1	1	4
2014-15	28	0.6	Lara	VEWL	FgW		20	81	73	12	18	4	1	5	16	0	0	7	18	.247	.321	.534	.855	39	1	1	0	0	0
2015	29	0.5	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	132	493	434	62	97	18	0	25	56	1	0	50	106	.224	.310	.438	.748	190	13	6	0	3	1
2016	30	1.3	HOU	AL	Maj	HOU	90	342	292	38	76	17	1	13	40	1	1	44	81	.260	.357	.459	.816	134	5	1	3	2	2
2016-17	30	3.0	Lara	VEWL	FgW		8	33	28	4	11	2	0	0	6	1	0	5	6	.393	.485	.464	.949	13	1	0	0	0	1
2017	31	8.3	Inland Empire	CALL	A+	LAA	6	24	23	5	8	3	0	0	6	0	0	1	4	.348	.375	.478	.853	11	0	0	0	0	0
2017	31	2.4	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	117	401	347	42	69	15	0	22	65	0	2	48	106	.199	.294	.432	.727	150	6	1	0	5	1
2018	32	3.8	LAA	AL	Maj	LAA	96	288	266	23	53	9	0	9	33	3	0	19	100	.199	.254	.335	.588	89	2	1	0	2	3
2018-19	32	4.5	Lara	VEWL	FgW		45	188	151	26	42	11	0	7	22	0	0	34	32	.278	.415	.490	.905	74	2	2	0	1	3
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Majors (11 seasons)					Majors		1011	3571	3148	377	710	169	9	114	367	11	16	374	788	.226	.310	.394	.703	1239	57	19	9	21	17
Minors (11 seasons)					Minors		686	2880	2513	396	712	136	19	73	351	77	37	309	446					1105	44	9	25	24	6
Foreign (11 seasons)					Foreign		372	1499	1246	208	349	79	9	42	197	20	10	210	240	.280	.385	.459	.844	572	26	11	17	15	21
All Levels (15 Seasons)							2069	7950	6907	981	1771	384	37	229	915	108	63	893	1474					2916	127	39	51	60	44

AAA (6 seasons)					Minors		279	1183	1021	181	310	60	4	36	159	22	11	138	214	.304	.385	.476	.861	486	14	4	10	10	2
AA (2 seasons)					Minors		192	782	684	98	179	35	5	20	84	18	10	79	120	.262	.336	.415	.751	284	13	1	10	8	2
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		49	205	186	23	49	13	1	2	16	1	3	15	30	.263	.322	.376	.698	70	5	1	3	0	2
A (2 seasons)					Minors		90	377	328	45	94	16	6	3	38	21	7	45	44	.287	.372	.399	.772	131	9	1	1	2	0
A- (1 season)					Minors		74	325	287	47	75	10	3	12	51	14	6	31	37	.261	.333	.443	.776	127	3	2	1	4	0
Rk (1 season)					Minors		2	8	7	2	5	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	1	.714	.750	1.000	1.750	7	0	0	0	0	0
FRk (1 season)					Minors