# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/luis-valbuena
# Generated: 2026-08-13T09:13:30.826Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/luis-valbuena"
name: "Luis Valbuena"
slug: "luis-valbuena"
description: "Luis Adan Valbuena was a Venezuelan professional baseball infielder. He played eleven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB), from 2008 through 2018, for the Seattle Mariners, Cleveland Indians, Chicago Cubs, Houston Astros, and Los Angeles Angels. While primarily a third baseman, Valbuena also played second base and first base. He was killed alongside José Castillo in a 2018 car crash in Venezuela caused by bandits in an attempted robbery."
tagline: "Venezuelan baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Luis_Valbuena_Astros_Minute_Maid_April_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1985-11-30"
deathDate: "2018-12-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           48.05
  momentum:             1.821086261980831
  historical:           7.933266666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/adan_jome"
    handle:    "adan_jome"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/luisvalbuena1/"
    handle:    "luisvalbuena1"
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B7%AF%E6%98%93%E6%96%AF%C2%B7%E4%BD%9B%E5%B8%83%E8%80%B6%E7%B4%8D"
    title: "路易斯·佛布耶納"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%88%D9%8A%D8%B3_%DA%A4%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%88%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%A7"
    title: "لويس ڤالبوينا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena_(Baseballspieler)"
    title: "Luis Valbuena (Baseballspieler)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena"
    title: "Luis Valbuena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena"
    title: "Luis Valbuena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena"
    title: "Luis Valbuena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AB%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%AB%E3%83%96%E3%82%A8%E3%83%8A"
    title: "ルイス・バルブエナ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena"
    title: "Luis Valbuena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Valbuena"
    title: "Luis Valbuena"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287048"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump