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Luis Valbuena

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27-year-old Second baseman

Chicago Cubs

Date of Birth: November 30, 1985

Height: 5-10 Weight: 160

Bats/Throws: L/R

Basic Statistics

Basic Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	HBP	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2005	19	A-	Everett	325	287	47	75	10	3	12	51	2	31	37		.261	.332	.443	775
2005	19	AAA	Tacoma	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2		.000	.200	.000	200
2006	20	Wint	Lara	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		.000	.000	.000	0
2006	20	A	Wisconsin	373	325	45	93	16	6	3	38	1	44	44		.286	.370	.400	770
2006	20	A+	Inland Empire	181	163	18	41	10	1	2	10	1	14	26		.252	.309	.362	671
2007	21	Wint	Lara	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		.000	.000	.000	0
2007	21	AA	West Tenn	503	444	55	106	23	3	11	44	1	48	83		.239	.308	.378	686
2008	22	AA	West Tenn	277	240	43	73	12	2	9	40	0	31	37	8	.304	.375	.483	858
2008	22	AAA	Tacoma	244	210	40	63	9	0	2	20	0	28	31	10	.300	.373	.371	744
2008	22	MLB	Seattle	54	49	6	12	5	0	0	1	1	4	11	0	.245	.315	.347	662
2009	23	AAA	Columbus	95	78	15	25	4	2	3	13	0	16	13	4	.321	.432	.538	970
2009	23	MLB	Cleveland	398	368	52	92	25	3	10	31	0	26	83	2	.250	.296	.416	712
2010	24	AAA	Columbus	119	96	23	30	8	1	6	20	1	19	21	2	.313	.420	.604	1024
2010	24	MLB	Cleveland	310	275	22	53	12	0	2	24	3	28	61	1	.193	.271	.258	529
2011	25	AAA	Columbus	472	420	64	127	22	0	17	75	2	46	96	6	.302	.371	.476	847
2011	25	MLB	Cleveland	44	43	4	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	9	1	.209	.227	.279	506
2012	26	AAA	Iowa	246	211	38	64	17	1	8	31	1	28	50	1	.303	.378	.507	885
2012	26	MLB	Chi Cubs	303	265	26	58	20	0	4	28	0	36	55	0	.219	.310	.340	650
2013	27	MLB	Chi Cubs	125	106	9	27	5	0	5	14	1	17	23	1	.255	.360	.443	803

Extended Statistics
Year	Age		Team	PA	AB	ISOP	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	RC	RC/27	wOBA	wOBA+	OPS+
2005	19	A-	Everett	325	287	.182	9.5%	11.4%	.265			42	5.02	.336
2005	19	AAA	Tacoma	5	4	.000	20.0%	40.0%	.000			0	0.00	.144
2006	20	Wint	Lara	0	0	.000	0.0%	0.0%	.000			0	0.00
2006	20	A	Wisconsin	373	325	.114	11.8%	11.8%	.324	51%	12%	48	5.51	.345
2006	20	A+	Inland Empire	181	163	.110	7.7%	14.4%	.289	47%	14%	18	3.89	.290
2007	21	Wint	Lara	4	4	.000	0.0%	25.0%	.000	100%		0	0.00
2007	21	AA	West Tenn	503	444	.139	9.5%	16.5%	.271	52%	14%	52	3.97	.299
2008	22	AA	West Tenn	277	240	.179	11.2%	13.4%	.330	42%	20%	44	6.71	.371
2008	22	AAA	Tacoma	244	210	.071	11.5%	12.7%	.345	46%	18%	31	5.33	.336	97	88
2008	22	MLB	Seattle	54	49	.102	7.4%	20.4%	.316	43%	17%	5	3.65	.299	90	73
2009	23	AAA	Columbus	95	78	.217	16.8%	13.7%	.355	46%	25%	9	3.24	.419	132	163
2009	23	AAA	Columbus	95	78	.217	16.8%	13.7%	.355	46%	25%	9	3.24	.419	133	168
2009	23	MLB	Cleveland	398	368	.166	6.5%	20.9%	.298	42%	21%	32	2.73	.308	93	86
2010	24	AAA	Columbus	119	96	.291	16.0%	17.6%	.348	45%	24%	16	4.97	.429	137	179
2010	24	AAA	Columbus	119	96	.291	16.0%	17.6%	.348	45%	24%	16	4.97	.429	134	175
2010	24	MLB	Cleveland	310	275	.065	9.0%	19.7%	.241	49%	18%	13	1.40	.244	77	46
2011	25	AAA	Columbus	472	420	.174	9.7%	20.3%	.358	44%	17%	53	4.10	.368	121	138
2011	25	AAA	Columbus	472	420	.174	9.7%	20.3%	.358	44%	17%	53	4.10	.368	116	132
2011	25	MLB	Cleveland	44	43	.070	2.3%	20.5%	.242	49%	9%	3	2.31	.224	71	39
2012	26	AAA	Iowa	246	211	.204	11.4%	20.3%	.366	40%	17%	32	4.99	.377	113	127
2012	26	MLB	Chi Cubs	303	265	.121	11.9%	18.2%	.262	44%	19%	22	2.57	.292	94	82
2013	27	MLB	Chi Cubs	125	106	.188	13.6%	18.4%	.282	40%	19%	14	4.34	.342	113	128

Extended Statistics

2013: Chi Cubs | 2012: Iowa | 2012: Chi Cubs

Split Statistics with Columbus in 2011
Split	PA	AB	ISOP	HR	BB%	K%	BABIP	GB%	LD%	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA
April	76	70	.243	4	7.9%	22.4%	.347	48%	14%	.300	.355	.543	.383
May	94	87	.092	0	6.4%	19.1%	.362	40%	22%	.287	.330	.379	.314
June	111	97	.278	7	11.7%	15.3%	.384	48%	16%	.361	.441	.639	.453
July	71	58	.069	1	15.5%	25.4%	.282	46%	12%	.207	.324	.276	.283
August	103	91	.143	4	9.7%	18.4%	.353	45%	18%	.308	.379	.451	.366
September	17	17	.235	1	0.0%	41.2%	.556	20%	30%	.353	.353	.588	.399
AWAY	260	231	.156	8	9.2%	21.9%	.325	47%	16%	.268	.338	.424	.332
HOME	212	189	.196	9	10.4%	18.4%	.397	41%	19%	.344	.410	.540	.411

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB
May 21	MLB	@ Pittsburgh	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
May 19	MLB	vs. NY Mets	3B	4	0	0	0	0	2	0
May 18	MLB	vs. NY Mets	3B	2	1	0	0	0	0	1
May 17	MLB	vs. NY Mets	3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 15	MLB	vs. Colorado	3B	4	1	0	0	0	1	0
May 11	MLB	@ Washington	3B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0
May 10	MLB	@ Washington	PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 8	MLB	vs. St. Louis	2B	2	1	0	0	0	0	2
May 7	MLB	vs. St. Louis	3B	2	0	0	0	0	1	1
May 6	MLB	vs. Texas	3B	4	3	1	0	0	0	0
May 5	MLB	vs. Cincinnati	3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	3
May 4	MLB	vs. Cincinnati	PH-3B	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 3	MLB	vs. Cincinnati	3B	4	3	0	0	0	0	0
May 2	MLB	vs. San Diego	PH	1	0	0	0	0	1	0
May 1	MLB	vs. San Diego	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
April 30	MLB	vs. San Diego	3B	3	1	0	0	1	1	1
April 28	MLB	@ Miami	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 27	MLB	@ Miami	3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
April 25	MLB	@ Miami	3B	4	1	0	0	1	0	0
April 24	MLB	@ Cincinnati	2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
April 22	MLB	@ Cincinnati	3B	6	2	0	0	1	3	0
April 21	MLB	@ Milwaukee	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	0
April 20	MLB	@ Milwaukee	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
April 19	MLB	@ Milwaukee	3B	3	1	0	0	1	0	0
April 18	MLB	vs. Texas	3B	4	2	1	0	0	0	0
April 14	MLB	vs. San Francisco	3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1
April 13	MLB	vs. San Francisco	PH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
April 12	MLB	vs. San Francisco	2B-3B	2	1	0	0	0	1	2
April 11	MLB	vs. San Francisco	3B-2B	3	1	1	0	0	1	1
April 9	MLB	vs. Milwaukee	3B	3	1	0	0	0	0	1

Game Log


Date	Level		Pos	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	SO	BB

Player Notes

November 2011

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May 2009

Baseball America Blog: LaPorta, Valbuena Get The Call

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February 2009

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