What years did Luis Avilan play?

Luis Avilan played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021.

Was Luis Avilan a pitcher?

Yes. Luis Avilan pitched in the major leagues, recording 23 wins and 319 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Luis Avilan hit?

Luis Avilan hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.

What were Luis Avilan's career stats?

In 458 games, Luis Avilan went 23-11 with a 3.43 ERA, 319 strikeouts, 354.0 innings pitched, and 2 saves.

What was Luis Avilan's salary?

Luis Avilan's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $491,250, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2015.

What position did Luis Avilan play?

Luis Avilan played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Luis Avilan and how much did he weigh?

Luis Avilan was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 235 pounds.

What was Luis Avilan's career ERA?

Luis Avilan finished with a 3.43 career ERA, going 23-11 with 319 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Luis Avilan have?

Luis Avilan recorded 319 career strikeouts.

Is Luis Avilan in the Hall of Fame?

No. Luis Avilan has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Luis Avilan

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2012-2021)

Luis Avilan was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021 for 7 teams, including the Atlanta Braves, a span of 10 seasons. Across 458 career appearances, he went 23-11 with a 3.43 ERA and 319 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 5881.8.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 23–11

ERA 3.43

WHIP 1.27

SO 319

Pitcher PIV 5881.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 235 lb
Born: 7/19/1989 in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2012-07-14
Last Game: 2021-04-15

Full name: Luis Armando Avilan

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Career Pitching Statistics

Luis Avilan — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
23	11	458	0	0	0	2	354.0	309	135	23	140	319	3.43	5881.8

Career ERA 3.43 vs. league average 4.13 across their career seasons — 16.9% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Luis Avilan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2012	ATL	NL	1	0	31	0	36.0	27	8	10	33	2.00	4.01 (+50%)	1337.8
2013	ATL	NL	5	0	75	0	65.0	40	11	22	38	1.52	3.87 (+61%)	966.4
2014	ATL	NL	4	1	62	0	43.1	47	22	21	25	4.57	3.74 (-22%)	-540.9
2015	ATL	NL	2	4	50	0	37.2	35	15	10	31	3.58	3.96 (+10%)	281.8
2015	LAN	NL	0	1	23	0	15.2	13	9	5	18	5.17	3.96 (-31%)	124.7
2016	LAN	NL	3	0	27	0	19.2	12	7	10	28	3.20	4.19 (+24%)	1017.1
2017	LAN	NL	2	3	61	0	46.0	42	15	22	52	2.93	4.36 (+33%)	1620.6
2018	CHA	AL	2	1	58	2	39.2	40	17	14	46	3.86	4.15 (+7%)	1441.7
2018	PHI	NL	0	0	12	0	5.2	4	2	4	5	3.18	—	0.0
2019	NYN	NL	4	0	45	0	32.0	33	18	14	30	5.06	4.51 (-12%)	-367.2
2020	NYA	AL	0	0	10	0	8.1	9	4	5	9	4.32	—	0.0
2021	WAS	NL	0	1	4	0	5.0	7	7	3	4	12.60	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			23	11	458	2	354.0	309	135	140	319	3.43	—	5,882

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Luis Avilan — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
458	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286	0

Career AVG .143 vs. league average .252 across their career seasons — 43.3% below league average.

Career OBP .143 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 55.2% below league average.

Career SLG .143 vs. league average .410 across their career seasons — 65.2% below league average.

Career OPS .286 vs. league average .730 across their career seasons — 60.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Luis Avilan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2012	ATL	NL	31	3	1	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	ATL	NL	75	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	ATL	NL	62	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	ATL	NL	50	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	LAN	NL	23	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	LAN	NL	27	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAN	NL	61	2	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CHA	AL	58	1	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	PHI	NL	12	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	NYN	NL	45	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	NYA	AL	10	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	WAS	NL	4	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 12 seasons			458	7	1	2	.143	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Luis Avilan — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Luis Avilan — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2016	NLCS	LAN	2	.000
2016	NLDS2	LAN	3	.000
2015	NLDS2	LAN	2	.000
2013	NLDS2	ATL	4	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Luis Avilan — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	11	0	0	7.2	7	0	2	6	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Luis Avilan — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	BB	SO
2016	NLCS	LAN	2	2.1	2	1	1
2016	NLDS2	LAN	3	1.1	2	0	2
2015	NLDS2	LAN	2	1.1	0	0	2
2013	NLDS2	ATL	4	2.2	3	1	1

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Luis Avilan — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	237	3	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	221	4	0	1	0	0	.250

Pitching — Home / Away

Luis Avilan — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	237	188.0	153	62	65	182	2.97
Away	221	166.0	156	73	75	137	3.96

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Luis Avilan — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2021-04-15	WAS	AZ	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2021-04-13	WAS	STL	—	1.0	6	6	6	2	1	0
2021-04-09	WAS	LAD	L	1.0	1	1	1	0	2	1
2021-04-07	WAS	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2020-08-20	NYY	TBR	—	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	1
2020-08-17	NYY	BOS	—	1.1	0	0	0	2	1	0
2020-08-15	NYY	BOS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020-08-12	NYY	ATL	—	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0
2020-08-08	NYY	TBR	—	0.1	1	0	0	2	0	0
2020-08-05	NYY	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Luis Avilan — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	458	0	31	57	4	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Luis Avilan — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2012	ATL	P	31	1	2	1	1
2013	ATL	P	75	11	16	0	0
2014	ATL	P	62	5	10	0	2
2015	ATL	P	50	4	12	1	2
2015	LAN	P	23	2	1	0	0
2016	LAN	P	27	0	4	1	0
2017	LAN	P	61	2	3	1	1
2018	CHA	P	58	1	5	0	0
2018	PHI	P	12	1	1	0	0
2019	NYN	P	45	4	3	0	0
2020	NYA	P	10	0	0	0	0
2021	WAS	P	4	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Luis Avilan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	458

Salary History

Luis Avilan's recorded salaries total $1,538,750 over 3 seasons, 2013 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Avilan's career ran from 2012 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012 and 2016.

Luis Avilan — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2015	ATL	NL	$530,000
2014	ATL	NL	$517,500
2013	ATL	NL	$491,250
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,538,750

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Luis Avilan: the record in brief

According to the bio, Luis Avilan debuted on July 14, 2012 and played a final game on April 15, 2021. Club by club, the record runs the Atlanta Braves (2012 to 2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015 through 2017), the Chicago White Sox (2018), the Philadelphia Phillies (2018), the New York Mets (2019), the New York Yankees (2020), and the Washington Nationals (2021). The bio lists Avilan as a pitcher who both batted and threw left-handed. Avilan is listed at 6 feet, 2 inches and 235 pounds. The birth record reads July 19, 1989, in Caracas, Distrito Capital, Venezuela. Avilan's full given name, per the bio, is Luis Armando Avilan.

The pitching table credits Avilan with a 23-11 record and a 3.43 ERA in 458 games. Also on Avilan's record: 319 strikeouts. The leagues Avilan pitched in allowed 4.13 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 16.9% better than average. The best win total was 5, in 2013. 2017 produced Avilan's most strikeouts, 52.

Frequently Asked Questions about Luis Avilan

What years did Luis Avilan play?: Luis Avilan played in Major League Baseball from 2012 to 2021.
Was Luis Avilan a pitcher?: Yes. Luis Avilan pitched in the major leagues, recording 23 wins and 319 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Luis Avilan hit?: Luis Avilan hit 0 career home runs with 1 hit.
What teams did Luis Avilan play for?: Luis Avilan played for 7 teams: the Atlanta Braves (2012–2015), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2015–2017), the Chicago White Sox (2018), the Philadelphia Phillies (2018), the New York Mets (2019), the New York Yankees (2020), and the Washington Nationals (2021).
What were Luis Avilan's career stats?: In 458 games, Luis Avilan went 23-11 with a 3.43 ERA, 319 strikeouts, 354.0 innings pitched, and 2 saves.
How much did Luis Avilan earn in his career?: Luis Avilan's recorded salaries total $1,538,750 over 3 seasons, 2013 to 2015. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Avilan's career ran from 2012 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2012 and 2016.
What was Luis Avilan's salary?: Luis Avilan's last recorded salary was $530,000, in 2015. His highest recorded salary was $530,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $491,250, in 2013. The Salary History table lists each season from 2013 to 2015.
What position did Luis Avilan play?: Luis Avilan played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Luis Avilan and how much did he weigh?: Luis Avilan was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 235 pounds.
What was Luis Avilan's career ERA?: Luis Avilan finished with a 3.43 career ERA, going 23-11 with 319 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Luis Avilan have?: Luis Avilan recorded 319 career strikeouts.
Is Luis Avilan in the Hall of Fame?: No. Luis Avilan has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.