Luis Valbuena
| Luis Valbuena | |
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. -- | |
| Second baseman | |
| Born: November 30, 1985 Zulia, Venezuela |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| September 2, 2008 for the Seattle Mariners | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Batting average | .226 |
| Home runs | 13 |
| Runs batted in | 57 |
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Luis Adan Valbuena (born November 30, 1985) is a Venezuelan professional baseball second baseman for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball.
[edit] Career
Valbuena began his professional career in the Seattle Mariners organization in 2005. He was first promoted to the major leagues on September 1, 2008, from the Mariners' Triple-A team, the Tacoma Rainiers.[1]
On December 10, 2008, he was traded to the Cleveland Indians in a three-team trade, that sent Franklin Gutiérrez to Seattle.[2]
Valbuena's first Major League home run came off of Bartolo Colon on June 7, 2009.
In July 2011, the Indians optioned Valbuena to Triple-A Columbus, to make room for the promotion of rookie second baseman Jason Kipnis.[3]
In August 2011, Valbuena was recalled after Kipnis went down with an injury. He was designated for assignment and removed from the 40-man roster on November 18, 2011.
On November 26, 2011, he was traded to the Toronto Blue Jays for cash considerations.
[edit] References
- ^ Jim Street (September 1, 2008). "Mariners' roster swells". http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080901&content_id=3402685&vkey=news_sea&fext=.jsp&c_id=sea. Retrieved September 2, 2008.
- ^ "Indians, Mariners, Mets complete trade". mlb.com. http://cleveland.indians.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20081211&content_id=3712626&vkey=pr_cle&fext=.jsp&c_id=cle. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
- ^ "Tribe calls up touted prospect Jason Kipnis". mlb.com. July 22, 2011. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110721&content_id=22118246&vkey=affililiate&c_id=cle. Retrieved July 28, 2011.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Seattle Mariners players
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- Major League Baseball second basemen
- People from Zulia
- Everett AquaSox players
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