Jose Abreu Career Stats

Given name:	Jose Dariel Abreu
Nicknames:	None
Primary Pos:	Designated Hitter
Height/Weight:	75 in./255 lbs.
Bats/Throws:	R/R
Born:	Jan 29, 1987 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos CU
Age:	36
Debut:	Mar 31, 2014
Final Game:	Sep 27, 2020
Peak Grade:	B+
Career Grade:	B

Bio

José Dariel Abreu Correa (born January 29, 1987) is a Cuban-born professional baseball first baseman for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He played in the Cuban National Series for Cienfuegos before his defection in August 2013. After being granted free agency by MLB, Abreu signed with the White Sox in October 2013. Since 2013, Abreu has performed primarily as a first baseman, however he has also filled in at designated hitter for the White Sox.

Professional career

Cuban career

Abreu set a Cuban home run record in 2010–2011 and was named league MVP. He had played five seasons in the Cuban Serie Nacional through 2007–2008, hitting .295 and slugging .467. After 48 games in 2008–2009, he was batting .345/.368/.600, earning the infielder a spot on Cuba's provisional roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic. He did not make the final cut and finished the season with a .346/.441/.630 batting line. He led the 2008-09 Cuban National Series with 30 times hit by pitch. He tied Yenier Bello and Alex Guerrero for 8th in homers (19), was 8th in slugging and 4th in strikeouts (69). Abreu was 2 for 10 in the 2009 World Port Tournament, backing up Ariel Borrero at first base. In the 2009 Baseball World Cup, he hit .250/.333/.469 in his first major tournament. He was listed in the IBAF's Final Report as being one of the All-Star outfielders alongside teammate Alfredo Despaigne and Jon Weber, but other sources list Puerto Rico's Miguel Abreu, who had better statistics. He was not even used as a starter in the outfield, playing alongside Ariel Borrero at first. In the Gold Medal game, he did not appear as Borrero saw the action. In 2009–2010, Abreu had his best year yet, hitting .400/.555/.822 with 82 runs, 30 homers, 76 RBI and 74 walks to 49 strikeouts in 89 games. He tied Leonys Martín for 6th in the Serie Nacional in runs, tied for third with 25 doubles, tied Yulieski Gourriel for second in home runs (one behind Alfredo Despaigne in a to-the-wire home run race), was third with 235 total bases (behind Despaigne and Gourriel), again led with 30 times hit by pitch, tied Enrique Esteban Díaz for 4th in walks, led with 32 intentional walks (12 more than runner-up Yosvany Peraza), was second in average (.005 behind Despaigne), led in slugging (.008 over Despaigne) and probably led in OBP. He was named the All-Star first baseman. Abreu was Cuba's starting first baseman when they won the 2010 Intercontinental Cup, their first Gold in an international tournament in three years. He hit .292/.320/.500. In the finale, he went 1 for 3 and scored the first run in the victory over the Dutch national baseball team; he doubled off Rob Cordemans in the third and came home on a Yorbis Borroto hit. He helped Cuba finish second at the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament. In the 2010 World University Baseball Championship, he posted the best average by going 10 for 18 with 2 walks, a double, triple, four homers, 9 runs and 12 RBI in six games as Cuba won the Gold. He was 0 for 4 in the finale, as Cuba edged Team USA. He was named the event's All-Star 1B. Abreu continued to improve in 2010–11 Cuban National Series with one of the greatest seasons in Cuban history. He hit .453/.597/.986 with 79 runs, 93 RBI and 33 home runs in only 66 games. Despite missing 23 games due to bursitis in his shoulder, he broke Despaigne's home run record (as did Yoenis Céspedes – both hit their 33rd on the season's last day). Despaigne would reclaim the record a year later. Abreu led the league in average (.052 over Michel Enríquez), slugging (a whopping .212 over runner-up Frederich Cepeda), intentional walks (21) and homers (tied with Yoenis Céspedes), was second in RBI (6 behind Céspedes), tied for 8th in runs with Donal Duarte, was 7th in total bases (209) and 4th in times hit by pitch (21). Had he not been injured, he would have likely easily won a Triple Crown. He won Cuban National Series Most Valuable Player Award. He was the second MVP from Cienfuegos, following Pedro José Rodríguez, Sr. by 31 years. Abreu was named to the Cuban national baseball team for the 2013 World Baseball Classic. In Cuba's six games, he batted .383 and hit three home runs while recording nine RBIs.

Chicago White Sox

In August 2013, Abreu defected from Cuba to test the MLB free agent market. His defection was later confirmed by former teammate Henry Urrutia. He established residency in the Dominican Republic and was named a free agent. In October, he signed a six-year contract with the Chicago White Sox worth $68 million. On the White Sox, Abreu joined fellow Cuban players Alexei Ramírez, Dayán Viciedo, and Rule 5 draft pick Adrian Nieto. Abreu recorded his first major league hit on March 31, 2014, against the Minnesota Twins. On April 8, 2014, Abreu hit the first two home runs of his career at Coors Field, helping his team defeat the Colorado Rockies 15-3. On April 25, 2014, he captured his eighth home run of the year off Chris Archer, tying the rookie record for homers in March/April. Later that night, Abreu recorded his third multi-homer game with a walk-off grand slam off Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Grant Balfour giving him nine homers in his first month in the Major Leagues, surpassing the record of eight shared by Albert Pujols (2001), Carlos Delgado (1994), and Kent Hrbek (1982). Two days later, Abreu broke the rookie record for RBI in the month of April with 31, and extended the April rookie home run record to 10. For his performance, Abreu was awarded a share of the AL Player of the Week Award with Seattle Mariners' third baseman Kyle Seager. During this week, Abreu batted .310 with 5 home runs, 14 RBI and an .862 slugging percentage .On May 18, Abreu was placed on the 15-day disabled list with tendinitis in his left ankle. On June 2, Abreu returned from the DL to face the Los Angeles Dodgers. In his second at bat after his return, Abreu hit a two-run home run off Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. On July 6, Abreu was selected to the 2014 MLB All-Star Game along with teammates Alexei Ramírez and Chris Sale. At the All-Star Break, Abreu had a .292 batting average with 73 RBIs and an MLB-leading 29 home runs. During the season, Abreu was named both player of the month and rookie of the month for April & July. Nobody in baseball had ever won both awards in the same month twice in one season. Having won the rookie honor in June, Abreu became only the fourth player to win the Rookie of the Month honor three or more times in a season.Abreu finished the season with a White Sox rookie record 36 home runs. He won the 2014 Sporting News American League Rookie of the Year Award. He was awarded the AL Silver Slugger Award for first basemen, becoming the only White Sox first baseman besides Frank Thomas to ever gain the honor. Abreu was unanimously named the 2014 AL Rookie of the Year by the BBWAA on November 10, 2014.2017 was an incredible year for Abreu in which he held many of the top 20 ranks within Major League Baseball. In 2017, Abreu was 8th in the Major League's for batting average, batting .304 for the season. He additionally led the league in total bases. Abreu created a total of 116 runs throughout the season, placing him at fifth in the League. He was third in the league for triples hitting 6 over the course of the regular season, and had 82 total extra base hits, making him 82nd in the league. In 2018, Abreu again was selected to play in the 2018 All-Star Game as part of the American League team as a first baseman. After the 2018 season, he was also awarded his second Silver Slugger Award for first basemen. He batted .265/.325/.473 in 2018, each the lowest figure of his Major League Baseball career. In 2019, Abreu batted .284/.330/.503 with 33 home runs and led the American League in RBIs (123) and sacrifice flies (10), and led the major leagues in grounding into double plays (24). On defense, he had a -4 Defensive Runs Saved (DRS) rating, the lowest in the American League among first basemen.On November 14, 2019, Abreu agreed to the White Sox's qualifying offer of a one-year, $17.8 million contract. On November 22, Abreu signed a three-year contract with the White Sox worth $50 million, superseding his previously accepted qualifying offer.

Personal life

Abreu wears #79, an unusually high uniform number. His mother, Daysi Correa, chose the number so that people would remember it. Abreu's mother and the rest of his extended family remained in Cuba until his parents moved to the United States in May 2014. Later Jose Abreu said he ate the first page of the fake Haitian passport he was traveling on before his flight landed in Miami. The 2014 MLB All-Star Game was the first game that his parents saw him play in since leaving Cuba.

Traditional

Year	Age	Team	Avg	OBP	SLG	OPS	G	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	R	RBI	RP	SB	CS	NS	BB	SO
2014	27	White Sox	.317	.383	.581	.964	145	622	556	176	35	2	36	323	80	107	187	3	1	2	51	11	4	131
2015	28	White Sox	.290	.347	.502	.850	154	668	613	178	34	3	30	308	88	101	189	0	0	0	39	15	1	140
2016	29	White Sox	.293	.353	.468	.820	159	695	624	183	32	1	25	292	67	100	167	0	2	-2	47	15	9	125
2017	30	White Sox	.304	.354	.552	.906	156	675	621	189	43	6	33	343	95	102	197	3	0	3	35	15	4	119
2018	31	White Sox	.265	.325	.473	.798	128	553	499	132	36	1	22	236	68	78	146	2	0	2	37	11	6	109
2019	32	White Sox	.284	.330	.503	.834	159	693	634	180	38	1	33	319	85	123	208	2	2	0	36	13	10	152
2020	33	White Sox	.317	.370	.617	.987	60	262	240	76	15	0	19	148	43	60	103	0	0	0	18	3	1	59
2021	34	White Sox	.261	.351	.481	.831	152	659	566	148	30	2	30	272	86	117	203	1	0	1	61	22	10	143
2022	35	White Sox	.304	.378	.446	.824	157	679	601	183	40	0	15	268	85	75	160	0	0	0	62	12	4	110
2023	36	Astros	.237	.296	.383	.680	141	594	540	128	23	1	18	207	62	90	152	0	1	-1	42	6	6	130
Totals			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Average			---	---	---	---	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced

Year	Age	Team	wOBA	wVal	BpO	ISO	XBH	AB/HR	TBr	RPr	SB%	SBe	BB%	K%	BB/K
2014	27	White Sox	.410	.414	.837	.264	73	15.4	.519	.301	75.0	0	8.2	21.1	0.39
2015	28	White Sox	.365	.369	.675	.212	67	20.4	.461	.283	---	0	5.8	21.0	0.28
2016	29	White Sox	.358	.356	.682	.175	58	25.0	.420	.240	0.0	-6	6.8	18.0	0.38
2017	30	White Sox	.385	.391	.762	.248	82	18.8	.508	.292	100.0	3	5.2	17.6	0.29
2018	31	White Sox	.344	.348	.647	.208	59	22.7	.427	.264	100.0	2	6.7	19.7	0.34
2019	32	White Sox	.358	.357	.646	.219	72	19.2	.460	.300	50.0	-4	5.2	21.9	0.24
2020	33	White Sox	.416	.420	.824	.300	34	12.6	.565	.393	---	0	6.9	22.5	0.31
2021	34	White Sox	.362	.361	.710	.220	62	18.9	.413	.308	100.0	1	9.3	21.7	0.43
2022	35	White Sox	.363	.367	.734	.142	55	40.1	.395	.236	---	0	9.1	16.2	0.56
2023	36	Astros	.300	.299	.510	.146	42	30.0	.348	.256	0.0	-3	7.1	21.9	0.32

Contact

Year	Age	Team	BABIP	Sw%	Con%	zSw%	zCon%	oSw%	oCon%	LD%	GB%	FB%	PU%	Pull%	Cent%	Opp%
2015	28	White Sox	.333	48.7	75.1	65.8	84.3	34.7	60.9	28.1	48.5	16.5	7.0	34.2	39.2	26.4
2016	29	White Sox	.327	51.1	76.2	68.1	85.7	37.6	62.3	27.6	45.3	20.7	6.5	33.1	37.4	29.3
2017	30	White Sox	.330	48.2	77.5	67.3	86.4	30.5	59.3	28.1	44.7	20.6	6.7	34.8	38.1	27.1
2018	31	White Sox	.294	49.0	75.4	65.0	84.2	34.8	60.9	28.3	44.2	19.9	7.6	35.6	43.2	21.2
2019	32	White Sox	.320	49.5	74.7	66.6	85.3	34.7	56.9	26.8	46.1	21.1	5.9	39.4	34.8	25.8
2020	33	White Sox	.350	48.5	69.9	68.6	80.3	32.3	52.2	26.4	45.1	24.2	4.4	34.1	41.2	24.7
2021	34	White Sox	.293	48.4	72.3	66.7	82.6	32.2	53.8	21.7	47.3	25.6	5.3	35.1	41.3	23.6
2022	35	White Sox	.350	47.3	76.8	66.1	85.3	29.8	59.1	25.1	47.7	24.0	3.2	34.5	39.2	26.3
2023	36	Astros	.276	50.1	73.6	65.2	82.1	36.3	59.5	26.0	45.0	21.9	7.2	32.7	39.4	27.9

Power/Speed

Year	Age	Team	EV	EV50	EVAdj	LADeg	Sweet%	Barrel%	Solid%	Hard%	Bolts	HPto1B	SpntSpd
2015	28	White Sox	91.0	102.4	95.4	9.9	30.4	9.3	5.9	41.8	None	4.77	25.6
2016	29	White Sox	89.7	100.6	94.4	10.3	32.7	7.9	5.3	39.4	None	4.64	25.6
2017	30	White Sox	90.6	102.6	95.5	11.1	34.2	9.5	7.7	45.2	None	4.53	26.8
2018	31	White Sox	91.3	102.8	95.6	12.2	35.4	9.1	7.6	45.2	None	4.53	26.7
2019	32	White Sox	92.1	103.1	96.0	10.9	35.2	12.8	6.1	48.2	None	4.48	26.6
2020	33	White Sox	92.9	104.3	96.9	10.9	37.4	14.3	9.3	53.3	None	4.60	26.8
2021	34	White Sox	92.0	102.9	96.0	10.4	31.2	10.2	9.2	49.3	None	4.62	26.5
2022	35	White Sox	92.2	103.0	96.2	8.0	34.5	9.5	7.7	51.8	None	4.65	26.0
2023	36	Astros	89.0	100.8	94.6	10.8	32.5	8.7	4.6	41.6	None	4.76	25.5