MLB / Players

Luis Márquez

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at5 ft 10 in · 174 lb
BornOctober 28, 1925 · Aguadilla, P.R.
MLB debutApril 18, 1951
Final gameJuly 11, 1954
Seasons5 (1946–1954)

Baltimore Elite Giants 1946; Homestead Grays 1946–1948; Boston Braves 1951; Chicago Cubs 1954; Pittsburgh Pirates 1954

Percentile snapshot

1947 season — qualified batters

G
61
9.7
PA
248
7.8
AB
222
8.7
R
35
5.8
H
72
11.7
2B
13
12.6
3B
1
1.9
HR
3
24.3
RBI
20
2.9
BB
22
10.7
SO
0
86.4
SB
18
96.1
CS
0
37.9
BA
.324
91.3
OBP
.390
78.6
SLG
.432
68
OPS
.823
72.8
wRC+
122.8
68.9
OPS+
124.9
75.7
wOBA
.390
75.7
sWAR
1.6
35.9

of 104 qualified 1947 batters (min 217 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
3.2
74.6

sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

SeasonGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBCSBAOBPSLGOPSwRC+OPS+wOBAsWAR
1946421661573149623288080.312.345.433.779111.0117.4.3660.8
1947612482223572131320220180.324.390.432.823122.8124.9.3901.6
194841185162324792312180150.290.378.426.804131.0132.4.3841.5
195168138122192451011102044.197.274.254.52846.747.7.254-0.5
19543129215200006430.095.296.095.39220.67.8.232-0.2

Career totals

G
243
PA
766
AB
684
R
122
H
194
2B
33
3B
6
HR
9
RBI
71
BB
64
SO
24
SB
48
BA
.2836
OBP
.3536
SLG
.3889
OPS
.7425

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

DateGameABRH2B3BHRRBIBBTB
1948-06-11HOM @ NBY Gameday5130122011
1947-05-25NBY @ HOM Gameday534201109
1948-06-06HOM @ NYC Gameday633201208
1946-08-25HOM @ NE Gameday433101307
1946-08-08BEG @ HOM Gameday323110316

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
1946-05-05HOM @ BEG Gameday0.0000000
1946-05-05HOM @ BEG Gameday0.0000000
1946-05-09BEG @ HOM Gameday0.0000000
1946-05-10BEG @ HOM Gameday0.0000000
1946-05-12BEG @ HOM Gameday0.0000000

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.