Luis Valbuena
2008–2018 · bats L / throws R · Los Angeles Angels, Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Guardians, Houston Astros, Seattle Mariners
1,011G
.226AVG
.310OBP
.394SLG
More career statistics
710H
114HR
367RBI
11SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,011 | 3,571 | 3,148 | 377 | 710 | 169 | 9 | 114 | 367 | 374 | 788 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 1,239 | .226 | .310 | .394 | .704 |
Streaks
8longest hitting streak · 2009-08-16 to 2009-08-25
15longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | Three Hits, Three Strikeouts | 2014-04-02 | 1 in 1,070 games | box score ↗ |
| 32 | 4 runs scored | 2015-04-28 | 1 in 1,014 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 29 | struck out 4 times | 2014-08-09 | 1 in 728 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 505 | 1738 | 341 | 56 | 190 | 192 | 384 | .224 | .307 | .390 |
| Away | 506 | 1833 | 369 | 58 | 177 | 182 | 404 | .227 | .301 | .397 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| March | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .100 | .182 | .100 |
| April | 124 | 445 | 86 | 16 | 44 | 50 | 104 | .221 | .306 | .390 |
| May | 173 | 628 | 117 | 20 | 60 | 72 | 156 | .214 | .301 | .377 |
| June | 199 | 751 | 150 | 26 | 84 | 68 | 170 | .224 | .290 | .402 |
| July | 171 | 596 | 114 | 17 | 70 | 52 | 125 | .212 | .279 | .367 |
| August | 147 | 493 | 105 | 20 | 54 | 57 | 106 | .243 | .329 | .440 |
| September | 181 | 604 | 124 | 13 | 51 | 71 | 115 | .238 | .323 | .383 |
| October | 12 | 43 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | .325 | .372 | .575 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| seattle-mariners | 69 | 239 | 46 | 13 | 30 | 27 | 53 | .224 | .305 | .478 |
| athletics | 63 | 234 | 53 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 50 | .255 | .338 | .399 |
| chicago-white-sox | 53 | 193 | 38 | 6 | 24 | 18 | 46 | .229 | .290 | .392 |
| texas-rangers | 52 | 171 | 45 | 5 | 26 | 11 | 33 | .287 | .327 | .446 |
| cincinnati-reds | 52 | 185 | 42 | 5 | 17 | 26 | 29 | .264 | .368 | .447 |
| los-angeles-angels | 50 | 190 | 41 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 39 | .261 | .368 | .382 |
| minnesota-twins | 49 | 169 | 23 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 36 | .149 | .207 | .240 |
| milwaukee-brewers | 47 | 176 | 34 | 5 | 13 | 23 | 21 | .225 | .324 | .364 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 |  Seattle Mariners | 18 | 49 | 12 | – | 1 | – | .245 | – | – |
| 2009 |  Cleveland Guardians | 103 | 368 | 92 | 10 | 31 | 2 | .250 | – | – |
| 2010 | Cleveland Guardians | 91 | 275 | 53 | 2 | 24 | 1 | .193 | – | – |
| 2011 | Cleveland Guardians | 17 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .209 | – | – |
| 2012 |  Chicago Cubs | 90 | 265 | 58 | 4 | 28 | – | .219 | – | – |
| 2013 | Chicago Cubs | 108 | 331 | 72 | 12 | 37 | 1 | .218 | – | – |
| 2014 | Chicago Cubs | 149 | 478 | 119 | 16 | 51 | 1 | .249 | – | – |
| 2015 |  Houston Astros | 132 | 434 | 97 | 25 | 56 | 1 | .224 | – | – |
| 2016 | Houston Astros | 90 | 292 | 76 | 13 | 40 | 1 | .260 | – | – |
| 2017 |  Los Angeles Angels | 117 | 347 | 69 | 22 | 65 | – | .199 | – | – |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Angels | 96 | 266 | 53 | 9 | 33 | 3 | .199 | – | – |