Luis Valbuena stats

Last played for the Los Angeles Angels, 2018

Third Baseman · #18

Age 40 · 5' 10"

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Luis Valbuena played 11 MLB seasons, 2008 to 2018.

Stats

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Standard

Career regular season

GP
1,011
AB
3,148
R
377
H
710
HR
114
RBI
367
SB
11
AVG
.226

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Standard by season
GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately.AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one.
2008SEA1849612010.245
2009CLE103368529210312.250
2010CLE9127522532241.193
2011CLE174349111.209
2012CHC9026526584280.219
2013CHC108331347212371.218
2014CHC1494786811916511.249
2015HOU132434629725561.224
2016HOU90292387613401.260
2017LAA117347426922650.199
2018LAA9626623539333.199

What the columns mean: AB · R · H · HR · RBI · SB · AVG

Career Postseason

GP
6
AB
17
R
2
H
3
HR
1
RBI
2
SB
0
AVG
.176

Expanded

Career regular season

PA
3,571
TB
1,239
XBH
292
HBP
19
IBB
17
GIDP
57
P/PA
4.14

Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Expanded by season
PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included.TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run.XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs.HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base.IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose.GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better.P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter.
2008SEA541751004.2
2009CLE398153380083.7
2010CLE31071143154.0
2011CLE441210003.4
2012CHC30390240164.2
2013CHC391125284444.2
2014CHC547208532484.2
2015HOU4931904361134.2
2016HOU342134311254.4
2017LAA401150371164.2
2018LAA28889181324.3

What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA

Advanced

Career regular season

WAR
7.4
RC
386.7
RC/27
4.10
ISOP
.168
SECA
.285
BB/K
0.47
AB/HR
27.6
GO/FO
0.70

Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.

Advanced by season
WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in.RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced.RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs.ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count.SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat.BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline.AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power.GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out.
2008SEA-0.35.74.2.1020.20.400.7
2009CLE0.843.54.1660.20.336.80.7
2010CLE-0.218.22.1.0650.20.5137.50.9
2011CLE-0.32.62.1.0700.10.1430.9
2012CHC0.427.83.5.1210.20.766.30.8
2013CHC1.643.44.3.1600.30.827.60.7
2014CHC1.671.65.2.1860.30.629.90.5
2015HOU2.158.14.4.2140.30.517.40.6
2016HOU2.648.75.8.1990.30.522.50.7
2017LAA0.044.84.2.2330.40.515.80.6
2018LAA-0.922.62.8.1350.20.229.60.6

What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR · GO/FO

Bio

Age
40 yearsNov 30, 1985
Height
5' 10"
Debut
2008
Birthplace
Cumaná, Venezuela

Latest performance

Luis Valbuena

Aug 03 · @ CLE · W 7-4

AB
0
R
1
H
0
HR
0
RBI
0
BB
1
SO
0
AVG
.199

Games

All games
Most recent games
DateOpponentABRHHRRBI
Fri, Aug 03atCLEW 7-401000
Thu, Aug 02atTBL 4-210000
Wed, Aug 01atTBL 7-230000
Sun, Jul 29vsSEAL 8-510000
Sat, Jul 28vsSEAW 11-510000
Wed, Jul 25vsCHWW 11-320102

What were Luis Valbuena's career stats?

Luis Valbuena played 11 seasons for the Mariners, the Guardians, the Cubs, the Astros and the Angels. He was a career .226 hitter with 710 hits, 114 home runs and 367 RBI. His best season was 2016: a .260 batting average, 13 home runs and 40 RBI.

More on Luis Valbuena

Playoff series

Luis Valbuena played 6 games across 1 MLB postseason in 2 series — 1 won, 1 lost.

Luis Valbuena's line in each playoff series
AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted.H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error.HR: Home runs hit.RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance.
2015NYYWon 1-014100
2015KCLost 2-3513212

What the columns mean: AB · H · HR · RBI

Luis Valbuena’s playoff series, round by round

Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.