Yasiel Puig
Full name: Yasiel Puig Valdés
Also known as: Caballo Loco · The Wild Horse · Yasiel · Yasiel Puig
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Height
- 190 cm
- Weight
- 111 kg
- Born
- 1990-12-07 · Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos
- Debut
- 2013-06-03
Yasiel Puig is a Cuban baseball player, born on 7 December 1990 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos. His full name is recorded as Yasiel Puig Valdés. He is also listed as Caballo Loco. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 9 seasons in the American League, National League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 2008 and 2019. Most of that was with Los Angeles Dodgers, 6 seasons of it, with the remainder for Cienfuegos, Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Guardians. He appears in 1 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .316, with 173 hits, 24 home runs and 79 runs batted in. His highest recorded season average was .330, in 2010-11 (327 AB). His most home runs in a season was 28, in 2017.
Career summary
- Seasons 9 (2008–2019)
- Leagues American League, National League, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- TeamsCienfuegos, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers
- AVG / OBP / SLG
.316 / .412 / .539
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 70 | 203 | 174 | 42 | 48 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 49 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 74 | .276 | .371 | .425 | .796 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 53 | 46 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 31 | .370 | .442 | .674 | 1.116 |
| 2010-11 | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 89 | 384 | 327 | 78 | 108 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 47 | 5 | 4 | 49 | 39 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 190 | .330 | .430 | .581 | 1.011 |
| 2013 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 104 | 432 | 382 | 66 | 122 | 21 | 2 | 19 | 42 | 11 | 8 | 36 | 97 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 204 | .319 | .391 | .534 | .925 |
| 2014 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 148 | 640 | 558 | 92 | 165 | 37 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 11 | 7 | 67 | 124 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 268 | .296 | .382 | .480 | .862 |
| 2015 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 79 | 311 | 282 | 30 | 72 | 12 | 3 | 11 | 38 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 66 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 123 | .255 | .322 | .436 | .758 |
| 2016 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 104 | 368 | 334 | 45 | 88 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 45 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 74 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 139 | .263 | .323 | .416 | .739 |
| 2017 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 152 | 570 | 499 | 72 | 131 | 24 | 2 | 28 | 74 | 15 | 6 | 64 | 100 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 243 | .263 | .346 | .487 | .833 |
| 2018 | Los Angeles Dodgers | National League | 125 | 444 | 405 | 60 | 108 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 63 | 15 | 5 | 36 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 200 | .267 | .327 | .494 | .821 |
| 2019 | Cincinnati Reds | National League | 100 | 404 | 373 | 51 | 94 | 15 | 1 | 22 | 61 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 89 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 177 | .252 | .302 | .475 | .777 |
| 2019 | Cleveland Guardians | American League | 49 | 207 | 182 | 25 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | .297 | .377 | .423 | .800 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 547 | 129 | 173 | 28 | 11 | 24 | 79 | 14 | 7 | 73 | 95 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 1 | — | .316 | .412 | .539 | .951 |
| Career total | — | National League | 812 | 3169 | 2833 | 416 | 780 | 144 | 20 | 130 | 392 | 74 | 36 | 276 | 637 | 40 | 21 | 2 | 18 | 1354 | .275 | .346 | .478 | .824 |
| Career total | — | American League | 49 | 207 | 182 | 25 | 54 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 21 | 44 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 77 | .297 | .377 | .423 | .800 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 393.2 | 74 | 11 | 2 | 2 | .977 | 87 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 105.0 | 38 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .951 | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Cienfuegos | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 724.0 | 174 | 15 | 9 | 7 | .955 | 198 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 1222.1 | 286 | 27 | 13 | 10 | .960 | 326 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
Frequently asked questions
When was Yasiel Puig born?
Yasiel Puig was born on 1990-12-07 in Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos.
Which teams did Yasiel Puig play for?
Yasiel Puig appears for Cienfuegos, Cincinnati Reds, Cleveland Guardians, Los Angeles Dodgers across 9 recorded seasons.
What are Yasiel Puig's career statistics?
In 9 recorded seasons Yasiel Puig batted .316 with 173 hits, 24 home runs and 79 runs batted in.
Sources and licences
- Identity data from the Chadwick Bureau Register, made available under the Open Data Commons Attribution License v1.0. ODC-By-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-09-21)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- The information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Interested parties may contact Retrosheet at "www.retrosheet.org". custom-permissive (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
