#45 Luis Valbuena, First Base, 35 yrs, Los Angeles Dodgers

#45 Luis Valbuena, First Base, 35 yrs, Los Angeles Dodgers
Saturday, 2/20/2021

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Luis Valbuena

11/30/1985
35
Venezuela
5"10
205

First Base
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4.0 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 21,999,999
2026
13 Year(s), 35 Days (2271 total Days)
0 Day(s)
14 Year(s), 0 Days (2408 total Days)
20 Year(s)
Not eligible
1 Option Year(s) left

Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	9	8	10	7	7
Versus LHP	8	8	10	7	7
Versus RHP	9	8	10	7	7
Talent	9	8	10	7	7

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Fielding Ratings
1B : 7 (Range), .981 (Fielding Pct.)
2B : 3 (Range), .979 (Fielding Pct.)
3B : 5 (Range), .961 (Fielding Pct.)
SS : 2 (Range), .947 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Infield Arm : 8
Outfield Arm : 2

Game Log, Last 10 Games

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Batting Stats 2021

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TAVG	ISO
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000
Projected	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000

Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	.0

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
vs. RHP	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Close/Late	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Scoring Position	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Pinch Hitting	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000

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Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
2007	146	547	141	60	4	12	87	77	28	9	3	84	0	0	.258	.303	.448	.751	SF
2008	54	189	40	8	2	2	22	20	11	4	1	25	0	0	.212	.268	.307	.575	SF
2009	123	451	115	30	2	15	58	60	42	9	3	66	0	0	.255	.329	.430	.759	SF
2010	155	589	202	52	4	46	117	131	69	17	0	87	0	0	.343	.427	.679	1.106	SF,NL
2011	157	585	167	40	1	40	104	109	81	18	7	95	2	0	.285	.385	.562	.947	SF CLE
2012	156	595	144	36	2	30	110	101	79	13	11	113	0	0	.242	.338	.461	.799	CLE,AL
2013	159	623	155	32	1	42	110	96	63	9	4	117	0	0	.249	.325	.506	.830	CLE,AL
2014	156	617	173	39	3	38	130	137	92	7	6	107	1	0	.280	.377	.538	.915	CLE,AL
2015	155	580	156	28	3	38	99	118	85	15	6	128	0	0	.269	.373	.524	.897	CLE,AL
2016	158	609	171	50	1	42	136	112	75	11	6	111	0	0	.281	.367	.573	.940	PIT,NL
2017	162	656	170	40	1	48	98	117	88	11	4	111	0	0	.259	.354	.543	.897	PIT,NL
2018	152	605	190	49	3	54	138	138	64	12	1	110	1	0	.314	.390	.673	1.063	PIT,NL
2019	137	558	164	47	2	37	117	106	61	9	4	98	0	0	.294	.370	.584	.954	PIT,NL
2020	151	557	148	37	1	37	131	103	69	4	7	112	1	0	.266	.347	.535	.882	LAD,NL
Total	2021	7761	2136	548	30	481	1457	1425	907	148	63	1364	5	0	.275	.359	.539	.899

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2002, A	131	483	104	21	0	17	60	61	51	88	0	1	.215	.281	.364	.646
2003, A	137	527	141	30	2	18	86	81	74	63	2	0	.268	.350	.435	.784
2004, A	137	503	163	40	0	20	91	87	93	59	1	0	.324	.410	.523	.933
2005, A	138	528	210	35	0	45	116	125	80	46	6	1	.398	.467	.720	1.187
2006, AAA	107	422	145	22	0	38	103	97	48	57	0	1	.344	.395	.666	1.061
2008, AAA	76	307	111	21	2	22	69	65	31	31	0	0	.362	.412	.658	1.070
2009, AAA	33	132	46	7	0	12	30	29	17	9	0	0	.348	.417	.674	1.091

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2012	17	62	17	4	1	0	10	8	11	16	0	0	.274	.384	.371	.755
2013	5	20	6	3	0	1	3	2	0	5	0	0	.300	.300	.600	.900
2014	5	19	3	1	0	0	2	4	2	5	0	0	.158	.238	.211	.449
2016	16	64	23	8	1	4	18	10	6	8	0	0	.359	.414	.703	1.117
2019	3	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	3	0	0	.083	.154	.167	.321
2020	16	58	16	3	1	4	10	10	6	16	0	0	.276	.344	.569	.913
Total	62	235	66	20	3	9	44	35	26	53	0	0	.281	.352	.506	.859

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Player History

Signed as a free agent by San Diego on 4/1/1985 to a minor league deal...
Released by San Diego on 5/17/1988...
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 5/17/1988 to a minor league deal...
Had first career hit on 5/24/1988, off Tom Candiotti (PIT)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/24/1988, off Brett Gideon (PIT)...
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1989...
Had 5 hits with 6 RBI against San Diego on 9/22/1990...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/25/1990, hitting .654 with 4 HR, 15 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1990, hitting .432 with 5 HR, 27 RBI...
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1990...
2/2/1991: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Atlanta on 6/23/1991...
Was selected to the 1991 Allstar game...
2/2/1992: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,542,857 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/14/1992 with a Inflamed Hamstring Muscle, out for 4 weeks...
Drove in 6 runs against Cincinnati on 7/20/1992...
8/1/1992: Signed a contract extension with Chicago, $4,000,000 per year, for 6 years.
Won World Series with Chicago in 1992...
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/13/1994...
Injured on 8/15/1994 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Gold Glove Award at Catcher in 1996...
Traded from Chicago (C) to Los Angeles on 7/19/1997 (Going to LAD: C Benito Santiago. Going to CHC: P Wilfredo Rodriguez)...
Drove in 6 runs against New York (M) on 9/23/1998...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 3/4/1999 to a 1-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Montreal on 8/31/2000 to a 1-year deal worth $656,000 per year...
Signed as a free agent by Philadelphia on 3/4/2002 to a minor league deal...
Traded from Philadelphia to San Francisco on 6/10/2002 (Going to SF: P Pat Rapp, P Todd Van Poppel, P Matt Hensley, 3B Luis Valbuena, LF Larry Bigbie. Going to PHI: P Heathcliff Slocumb)...
Injured on 4/28/2006 with a Bruised Wrist, out for 1-2 weeks...
Injured on 7/21/2006 with a Broken Finger, out for 4 weeks...
Had first career hit on 4/5/2007, off A.J. Burnett (MIL)...
Hit first career homerun on 5/18/2007, off Bruce Chen (FLO)...
Drove in 8 runs against Florida on 5/18/2007...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2007, hitting .609 with 1 HR, 7 RBI...
Injured on 9/10/2007 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks...
Won Rookie of the Year Award in 2007, hitting .258 with 12 HR, 87 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/12/2010, hitting .452 with 5 HR, 12 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2010, hitting .385 with 10 HR, 23 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Chicago (C) on 5/13/2010...
Drove in 6 runs against Pittsburgh on 5/14/2010...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/17/2010, hitting .636 with 5 HR, 16 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/5/2010, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2010 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Los Angeles on 7/23/2010...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2010, hitting .330 with 8 HR, 25 RBI...
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against San Diego on 10/1/2010...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 2010, hitting .343 with 46 HR, 117 RBI...
2/2/2011: Gets a new one-year contract worth $9,464,286 through salary arbitration...
Traded from San Francisco to Cleveland on 3/4/2011 (Going to SF: P Gerrit Cole, LF Odubel Herrera, CF Mike Trout. Going to CLE: P Gio Gonzalez, P Kirby Yates, 3B Luis Valbuena, RF Reggie Abercromb
ie, RF Franmil Reyes)...
Won Player of the Week award on 7/12/2011, hitting .375 with 3 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 8/1/2011, hitting .371 with 9 HR, 23 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/2011, hitting .429 with 5 HR, 6 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 9/6/2011, hitting .600 with 4 HR, 6 RBI...
2/2/2012: Gets a new one-year contract worth $9,464,286 through salary arbitration...
Injured on 5/9/2012 with a Sore Back, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game...
2/2/2013: Gets a new one-year contract worth $9,464,286 through salary arbitration...
6/12/2013: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland, $13,800,000 per year, for 6 years.
Was selected to the 2013 Allstar game...
Drove in 8 runs against Oakland on 7/20/2013...
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Toronto on 5/19/2014...
Injured on 6/8/2014 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week...
Was selected to the 2014 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 9 RBI against Baltimore on 8/25/2014...
Hit 3 homeruns against Baltimore, driving in 9 runs on 8/25/2014...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/30/2014, hitting .500 with 4 HR, 19 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2015, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 4 RBI...
Won Player of the Week award on 6/21/2015, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI...
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game...
Had 5 hits with 4 RBI against Boston on 8/20/2015...
Hit 3 homeruns against Boston, driving in 4 runs on 8/20/2015...
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/2016, hitting .313 with 9 HR, 30 RBI...
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against San Diego on 9/6/2016...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/5/2017, hitting .500 with 5 HR, 7 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Cincinnati, driving in 3 runs on 6/16/2017...
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game...
Won Player of the Week award on 4/19/2018, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 8 RBI...
Hit 3 homeruns against Chicago (C), driving in 4 runs on 4/30/2018...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/3/2018, hitting .360 with 4 HR, 7 RBI...
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game...
Hit 3 homeruns against Atlanta, driving in 4 runs on 7/31/2018...
Won Player of the Week award on 8/2/2018, hitting .417 with 6 HR, 10 RBI...
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/2018, hitting .384 with 11 HR, 29 RBI...
Won Most Valuable Player Award in 2018, hitting .314 with 54 HR, 138 RBI...
Drove in 6 runs against Baltimore on 4/24/2019...
Injured on 5/19/2019 with a Fractured Finger, out for 3 weeks...
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game...
Drove in 6 runs against Atlanta on 9/28/2019...
Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles on 2/1/2020 to a 7-year deal worth $21,999,999 per year...
Injured on 3/27/2020 with a Scratched Cornea Eye, out for 1-2 weeks...
Had 2000th career hit on 4/14/2020, off Jack Flaherty (STL)...
Won Player of the Week award on 5/24/2020, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 12 RBI...
Was selected to the 2020 Allstar game...

Batting Leader Boards Appearances

AVG 2010 - .343 - 2nd 2018 - .314 - 5th	OBP 2010 - .427 - 1st 2011 - .385 - 6th 2018 - .390 - 4th	SLG 2010 - .679 - 1st 2011 - .562 - 6th 2014 - .538 - 10th 2015 - .524 - 8th 2016 - .573 - 8th 2017 - .543 - 9th 2018 - .673 - 1st 2019 - .584 - 3rd 2020 - .535 - 5th	OPS 2010 - 1.106 - 1st 2011 - .947 - 6th 2014 - .915 - 10th 2015 - .897 - 8th 2016 - .940 - 9th 2018 - 1.063 - 1st 2019 - .954 - 4th 2020 - .882 - 8th	Hits 2010 - 202 - 1st 2018 - 190 - 2nd
Doubles 2010 - 52 - 1st 2016 - 50 - 8th 2018 - 49 - 4th 2019 - 47 - 9th	Homeruns 2010 - 46 - 1st 2011 - 40 - 7th 2013 - 42 - 4th 2014 - 38 - 3rd 2015 - 38 - 3rd 2016 - 42 - 5th 2017 - 48 - 1st 2018 - 54 - 1st 2019 - 37 - 3rd 2020 - 37 - 3rd	RBI 2010 - 117 - 3rd 2013 - 110 - 7th 2014 - 130 - 5th 2015 - 99 - 6th 2016 - 136 - 3rd 2018 - 138 - 1st 2019 - 117 - 4th 2020 - 131 - 2nd	Runs 2010 - 131 - 1st 2011 - 109 - 10th 2014 - 137 - 1st 2015 - 118 - 6th 2016 - 112 - 9th 2017 - 117 - 6th 2018 - 138 - 1st 2019 - 106 - 10th 2020 - 103 - 8th	BB 2017 - 88 - 9th

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