Luis Valbuena

Luis Adan Valbuena

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 30, 1985 in Caja Seca, Zulia, Venezuela
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 2008
Teams (by GP): Indians/Mariners 2008-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$495k (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.032, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*],
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
2004	18	SEA-min	FRk																										AGR · VESL
2005	19	SEA-min	A-,AAA	77	330	291	47	75	10	3	12	51	14	6	32	39	.258	.331	.436	.768		127	3	2	1	4	0		EVR,TAC · NORW,PCL
2006	20	SEA-min	A,A+	132	554	488	63	134	26	7	5	48	22	10	58	70	.275	.353	.387	.740		189	13	2	4	2	2		APP,SBR · MIDW,CALL
2007	21	SEA-min	AA	122	505	444	55	106	23	3	11	44	10	6	48	83	.239	.311	.378	.689		168	9	1	6	6	2		WTN · SOUL
2008	22	SEA-min	AA,AAA	128	523	452	84	137	21	2	11	60	18	8	59	69	.303	.382	.431	.813		195	5	0	10	2	0		WTN,TAC · SOUL,PCL
2008	22	SEA	AL	18	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.245	.315	.347	.662	79	17	0	1	0	0	0	4/D6
2009	23	CLE-min	AAA	22	95	78	15	25	4	2	3	13	3	3	16	13	.321	.436	.538	.975		42	0	0	1	0	0		CLB · IL
2009	23	CLE	AL	103	398	368	52	92	25	3	10	31	2	3	26	83	.250	.298	.416	.714	90	153	8	0	2	2	0	46/5
2010	24	CLE-min	AAA	25	119	96	23	30	8	1	6	20	2	0	19	21	.313	.427	.604	1.032		58	2	1	2	1	0		CLB · IL
2010	24	CLE	AL	91	310	275	22	53	12	0	2	24	1	2	28	61	.193	.273	.258	.531	50	71	5	3	2	2	1	4/56D7
2011	25	CLE-min	AAA	113	472	420	64	127	22	0	17	75	6	3	46	96	.302	.372	.476	.848		200	8	2	1	3	1		CLB · IL
2011	25	CLE	AL	17	44	43	4	9	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	9	.209	.227	.279	.506	42	12	0	0	0	0	0	4/D76
2012	26	CHC-min	AAA	45	193	165	30	50	10	1	6	24	1	1	22	40	.303	.378	.485	.863		80	3	1	0	5	0		IWA · PCL
4 Yrs				229	806	735	84	166	42	3	13	57	4	5	59	164	.226	.286	.344	.630	72	253	13	4	4	4	1
162 Game Avg.				162	570	520	59	117	30	2	9	40	3	4	42	116	.226	.286	.344	.630	72	179	9	3	3	3	1

CLE (3 yrs)				211	752	686	78	154	37	3	13	56	4	5	55	153	.224	.283	.344	.627	71	236	13	3	4	4	1
SEA (1 yr)				18	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.245	.315	.347	.662	79	17	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2008	22	SEA	AL	18	54	-1	0	0	-4	0	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.3	.474	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$	4/D6
2009	23	CLE	AL	103	398	-5	0	-0	-3	3	-5	-0.4	13	8	0.8	.495	.497	1.1	0.1	11	$	46/5
2010	24	CLE	AL	91	310	-18	-1	1	5	1	-12	-1.2	10	-2	-0.2	.486	.492	-0.7	0.8	-6	$414,700	4/56D7
2011	25	CLE	AL	17	44	-4	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	2	-3	-0.3	.474	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	4/D76
4 Seasons				229	806	-28	0	1	-3	4	-26	-2.4	27	1	-0.0	.488	.496	0.3	0.4	4	$414,700

CLE (3 yrs)				211	752	-27	-0	1	1	4	-21	-2.0	25	4	0.3	.489	.495	0.2	0.7	3	$414,700
SEA (1 yr)				18	54	-1	0	0	-4	0	-5	-0.4	2	-3	-0.3	.474	.497	0.1	-0.4	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2008	22	SEA	AL	54	37	6	4.3	102	.316	.245	.263	.315	.331	.347	.413	.662	.744	79	.439	-1.2	-0.1	.595	.184	.102
2009	23	CLE	AL	398	291	44	4.0	103	.296	.250	.261	.298	.329	.416	.420	.714	.749	90	.397	-6.0	-0.6	.620	.234	.166	3.3
2010	24	CLE	AL	310	233	20	2.3	95	.238	.193	.253	.273	.320	.258	.397	.531	.717	50	.214	-17.8	-1.8	.441	.164	.065	1.3
2011	25	CLE	AL	44	34	3	2.4	94	.242	.209	.253	.227	.317	.279	.400	.506	.716	42	.228	-3.6	-0.4	.412	.116	.070	1.0
4 Yrs				806	595	73	3.3	99	.272	.226	.258	.286	.325	.344	.409	.630	.735	72	.326	-28.6	-2.8	.537	.197	.118	6.1
162 Game Avg.				570	421	52	3.3	99	.272	.226	.258	.286	.325	.344	.409	.630	.735	72	.326	-28.6	-2.8	.537	.197	.118	4

CLE (3 yrs)				752	558	67	3.2	99	.269	.224	.258	.283	.325	.344	.409	.627	.734	71	.317	-27.4	-2.7	.533	.198	.120	6.1
SEA (1 yr)				54	37	6	4.3	102	.316	.245	.263	.315	.331	.347	.413	.662	.744	79	.439	-1.2	-0.1	.595	.184	.102

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2008	22	SEA	AL	54	0.0%	20.4%	7.4%	9.3%	42%	2.75	4.5		49.0	0.57	0.37	70%	18%	0.0%	4%
2009	23	CLE	AL	398	2.5%	20.9%	6.5%	9.6%	41%	3.19	4.4	36.8	11.9	0.69	0.96	70%	21%	7.0%	13%
2010	24	CLE	AL	310	0.7%	19.7%	9.0%	4.5%	26%	2.18	4.5	137.5	11.5	0.89	1.13	69%	17%	2.1%	16%
2011	25	CLE	AL	44	2.3%	20.5%	2.3%	2.3%	11%	9.00	4.8	43.0	43.0	0.83	0.67	75%	9%	6.7%	17%
4 Yrs				806	1.6%	20.4%	7.3%	7.2%	35%	2.78	4.5	56.5	12.9	0.76	0.95	70%	19%	4.7%	14%
MLB Averages					2.6%	18.1%	8.6%	7.7%	33%	2.12	4.9	34.8	8.0	0.80	1.07	69%	19%	7.5%	13%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2008	22	SEA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	55	-0.5	0.7	-1.1	1.07	-0.2	-0.3	-4.0	-0.4	0.89	-3.2	0.47	1
2009	23	CLE	AL	-6.0	-0.6	408	-0.5	6.7	-7.2	.98	-0.6	0.1	-14.9	-1.4	0.94	-9.4	0.94	3
2010	24	CLE	AL	-17.8	-1.8	317	-1.4	4.1	-5.5	.98	-1.8	0.4	-16.2	-1.6	0.94	-20.0	0.39	2
2011	25	CLE	AL	-3.6	-0.4	45	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	.77	-0.3	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.89	-4.2	0.00	1
4 Yrs				-28.8	-2.8	825	-2.7	11.8	-14.5	.97	-3.0	0.2	-39.3	-3.9	0.93	-36.7	0.58	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
2008	22	SEA	AL	1	35%	19	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	4	3	1
2009	23	CLE	AL	4	39%	146	2	3	40%	2	3	1	5	17	38%	14	10	4	8	4	3	12	5	6
2010	24	CLE	AL	2	24%	100	1	2	33%	1	2	2	1	6	38%	13	9	4	4	4	0	7	2	5
2011	25	CLE	AL	0	33%	22	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	1	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				7	33%	287	4	5	44%	4	5	3	7	24	38%	32	22	10	12	8	3	24	10	13

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2008	22	SEA	AL	54	85%	12	3	1	1	0	0	0	0.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	0	0%	27	1	4%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	398	90%	92	6	2	3	2	0	0	0.94	10	0	8	8	2	2	8	0	4	2	50%	88	8	9%	37	10	27%	241	22	9%	15	9	60%	15	9	60%	0
2010	24	CLE	AL	310	83%	53	9	3	2	0	0	0	0.39	2	1	4	1	1	1	1	0	2	2	100%	49	5	10%	19	9	47%	189	23	12%	14	10	71%	14	9	64%	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	44	73%	9	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		5	0	0%	3	0	0%	23	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				806	86%	166	20	6	7	2	0	0	0.58	13	1	13	9	4	3	10	0	6	4	67%	150	13	9%	63	19	30%	480	46	10%	32	19	59%	31	19	61%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			69%			11%			32%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2008	22	SEA	AL	55	223	4.05	134	60%	28%	16%	28%	28%	72%	0%	43%	77%	20%	13%	7	0	29%	16	2	13%	7	5	9%	-1	0	0
2009	23	CLE	AL	398	1478	3.71	965	65%	29%	15%	26%	30%	71%	0%	46%	79%	18%	5%	18	1	13%	50	16	5%	21	12	14%	0	0	0
2010	24	CLE	AL	310	1245	4.02	794	64%	31%	13%	28%	27%	69%	1%	44%	81%	19%	5%	15	0	14%	43	15	8%	26	9	26%	0	0	0
2011	25	CLE	AL	44	148	3.36	106	72%	22%	21%	25%	32%	78%	0%	56%	73%	25%	2%	1	0	9%	4	2	2%	1	1	11%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				807	3094	3.83	1999	65%	29%	15%	27%	29%	71%	0%	46%	79%	19%	5%	41	1	14%	113	35	7%	55	27	18%	-1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.81		63%	28%	15%	27%	30%	72%	2%	45%	79%	27%	5%			15%			9%			25%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2008	22	18	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	0	0	4	11	.245	.315	.347	.662	79	17	0	1	0	0	0
2009	23	121	452	417	58	104	30	3	10	32	2	3	30	94	.249	.300	.408	.708	88	170	8	1	2	2	0
2010	24	212	762	692	80	157	42	3	12	56	3	5	58	155	.227	.289	.348	.637	74	241	13	4	4	4	1
2011	25	229	806	735	84	166	42	3	13	57	4	5	59	164	.226	.286	.344	.630	72	253	13	4	4	4	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2008	22	18	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	0	4	11	.245	.315	.347	.662	5	18
2009	23	103	399	369	53	93	25	3	10	32	2	26	83	.252	.300	.417	.717	47	103
2010	24	91	315	278	24	56	13	0	2	27	1	30	61	.201	.284	.270	.554	21	91
2011	25	17	44	43	4	9	0	0	1	1	1	1	9	.209	.227	.279	.506	3	17
4 Yrs		229	812	739	87	170	43	3	13	61	4	61	164	.230	.291	.349	.640	76	229
162 Game Avg.		162	574	523	62	120	30	2	9	43	3	43	116	.230	.291	.349	.640	54	229

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