MLB / Players

Luis Mendoza

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right
Listed at6 ft 3 in · 245 lb
BornOctober 31, 1983 · Veracruz, Veracruz, México
MLB debutSeptember 8, 2007
Final gameSeptember 6, 2013
Seasons7 (2007–2013)

Texas Rangers 2007–2009; Kansas City Royals 2010–2013

Percentile snapshot

2012 season — qualified pitchers

G
30
17.2
GS
25
0
W
8
3.4
L
10
50.6
CG
0
0
SHO
0
0
H
176
69
ER
78
63.2
BB
59
35.6
SO
104
5.7
HR
15
83.9
IP
166.0
1.1
ERA
4.23
25.3
WHIP
1.416
11.5
K/9
5.64
12.6
FIP
4.23
26.4
FIP-
102.7
37.9
ERA+
97.4
32.2
sWAR
1.4
29.9

of 88 qualified 2012 pitchers (min 162 IP) · 1 stat not shown: every qualified player held the same value, so a percentile there carries no information

Career, era-adjusted

sWAR
-1.3
4

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
200760000000000000.6
200825210000000100.000.000.000.000-125.3-100.0.000-2.3
20091000000000000-0.3
20104000000000000-0.8
201120000000000000.6
201230220000000200.000.000.000.000-125.1-100.0.0001.4
201322550200010200.400.400.400.800125.1121.7.358-0.4

Pitching

SeasonGGSWLSVCGSHOHERBBSOHRIPERAWHIPK/9FIPFIP-ERA+sWAR
2007631000013447116.02.251.0633.944.3794.6205.50.6
200825113810097612535763.38.671.9264.974.96111.451.4-2.3
20091000000241011.036.003.0000.0022.14477.512.9-0.3
2010400100010103144.022.503.2502.2517.80425.318.6-0.8
2011222000011257014.71.231.0914.303.5486.6333.00.6
20123025810000176785910415166.04.231.4165.644.23102.797.41.4
20132215260001065643541094.05.361.5855.174.78117.975.5-0.4

sWAR is the season TOTAL for a player who both hit and pitched: the record book carries one figure per season, not a split, so the same number appears on both lines rather than being counted twice.

Career totals

Batting

G
90
PA
9
AB
8
R
0
H
2
2B
0
3B
0
HR
0
RBI
1
BB
0
SO
5
SB
0
BA
.2500
OBP
.2500
SLG
.2500
OPS
.5000

Pitching

G (P)
90
GS
56
W
16
L
25
SV
1
CG
0
SHO
0
IP
359
SO (P)
208
BB allowed
140
ERA
5.390
WHIP
1.5460
K/9
5.21

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
2013-05-29KC @ STL Gameday201000101
2013-08-02KC @ NYM Gameday101000001
2008-06-21TEX @ WSH Gameday100000000
2008-06-25TEX @ HOU Gameday000000000
2012-06-17KC @ STL Gameday200000000

Pitching

DateGameIPHRERBBSOHR
2012-07-04KC @ TOR Gameday6.0933190
2008-07-11CWS @ TEX Gameday6.0311180
2013-04-06KC @ PHI Gameday6.0211370
2012-07-15CWS @ KC Gameday7.1422461
2012-08-17CWS @ KC Gameday7.0422161

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.