Luis Valbuena
Seattle Mariners 2008; Cleveland Indians 2009–2011; Chicago Cubs 2012–2014; Houston Astros 2015–2016; Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2017–2018
Percentile snapshot
2014 season — qualified batters
of 147 qualified 2014 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; 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
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 18 | 54 | 49 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .245 | .315 | .347 | .662 | 80.9 | 78.5 | .303 | 0.1 |
| 2009 | 103 | 398 | 368 | 52 | 92 | 25 | 3 | 10 | 31 | 26 | 83 | 2 | 3 | .250 | .298 | .416 | .714 | 87.1 | 88.5 | .312 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 91 | 310 | 275 | 22 | 53 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 28 | 61 | 1 | 2 | .193 | .273 | .258 | .531 | 49.1 | 49.2 | .250 | -0.7 |
| 2011 | 17 | 44 | 43 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | .209 | .227 | .279 | .506 | 34.9 | 40.6 | .226 | -0.2 |
| 2012 | 90 | 303 | 265 | 26 | 58 | 20 | 0 | 4 | 28 | 36 | 55 | 0 | 2 | .219 | .310 | .340 | .650 | 77.0 | 75.6 | .297 | 0.3 |
| 2013 | 108 | 391 | 331 | 34 | 72 | 15 | 1 | 12 | 37 | 53 | 63 | 1 | 4 | .218 | .331 | .378 | .708 | 97.4 | 95.2 | .321 | 1.3 |
| 2014 | 149 | 547 | 478 | 68 | 119 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 51 | 65 | 113 | 1 | 2 | .249 | .341 | .435 | .776 | 118.9 | 115.7 | .347 | 3.3 |
| 2015 | 132 | 493 | 434 | 62 | 97 | 18 | 0 | 25 | 56 | 50 | 106 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .310 | .438 | .748 | 108.1 | 107.1 | .325 | 2.1 |
| 2016 | 90 | 342 | 292 | 38 | 76 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 40 | 44 | 81 | 1 | 1 | .260 | .357 | .459 | .816 | 127.4 | 125.9 | .352 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 117 | 401 | 347 | 42 | 69 | 15 | 0 | 22 | 65 | 48 | 106 | 0 | 2 | .199 | .294 | .432 | .727 | 92.9 | 93.7 | .311 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | 96 | 288 | 266 | 23 | 53 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 33 | 19 | 100 | 3 | 0 | .199 | .253 | .335 | .588 | 54.9 | 60.6 | .253 | -0.8 |
Career totals
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
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-06-23 | HOU @ LAA Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2018-05-29 | LAA @ DET Gameday | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 2009-06-20 | CLE @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2015-10-02 | HOU @ AZ Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 2014-08-20 | SF @ CHC Gameday | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
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.