Bobby Valentine

Positions: Shortstop, Outfielder and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 189lb (178cm, 85kg)

Born: May 13, 1950 in Stamford, CT us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (5th) of the 1968 MLB June Amateur Draft from Rippowam HS (Stamford, CT).

High School: Rippowam HS (Stamford, CT)

Schools: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ), University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)

Debut: September 2, 1969 (Age 19-112d, 12,887th in major league history)
vs. NYM 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1979 (Age 29-140d)
vs. CHW 2 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Robert John Valentine

Twitter: @BobbyValentine

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Relatives: Son-In-Law of Ralph Branca

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

2.0

1698

441

.260

176

RBI

157

OBP

.315

SLG

.326

OPS

.641

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1972 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	6 (5)	Apr 20	LAD	@	ATL	W,11-1	GF	11	3.0	1	1	0	2	1	2B
2	7	Apr 21	LAD		SDP	W,12-2	GF	15	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	2B CF
3	14 (6)	Apr 29	LAD		NYM	W,11-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PR 2B
4	15	Apr 30	LAD		NYM	W,7-0	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
5	23 (7)	May 11 (1)	LAD	@	NYM	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
6	24	May 11 (2)	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-4	CG	39	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
7	25	May 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,6-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
8	26	May 13	LAD	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
9	27	May 15	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	27	6.2	1	0	0	1	0	2B
10	28	May 16	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
11	29	May 17	LAD	@	SDP	L,0-2	CG	32	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
12	30	May 18	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	CG	46	11.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
13	31	May 19	LAD		HOU	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
14	32	May 20	LAD		HOU	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	2B
15	33	May 21	LAD		HOU	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
16	34	May 22	LAD		SFG	L,8-9	GS	40	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
17	35	May 23	LAD		SFG	W,8-5	CG	37	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	2B
18	36	May 24	LAD		SFG	L,0-1	CG	30	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	2B
19	37	May 26	LAD	@	HOU	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
20	38	May 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
21	41 (2)	May 30	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
22	42	May 31	LAD	@	SFG	W,5-4	CG	39	10.0	2	3	1	6	1	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
23	43	Jun 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
24	44	Jun 2	LAD		STL	W,8-3	CG	35	9.0	2	4	1	7	1	2B
25	45	Jun 3	LAD		STL	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	2B
26	46	Jun 4	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
27	47	Jun 6	LAD		CHC	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	5	5	0	10	3	2B
28	48	Jun 7	LAD		CHC	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
29	49	Jun 8	LAD		CHC	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	2B
30	50	Jun 9	LAD		PIT	L,1-5	CG	39	9.0	1	5	1	7	1	2B
31	51	Jun 10	LAD		PIT	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	1	6	0	7	0	2B
32	53 (1)	Jun 12	LAD	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
33	54	Jun 13	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	3	5	0	8	3	2B
34	55	Jun 16	LAD	@	CHC	L,0-4	CG	36	8.0	5	2	1	8	2	2B
35	56	Jun 17	LAD	@	CHC	L,2-7	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
36	57	Jun 18	LAD	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	46	10.2	3	2	0	5	0	2B
37	58	Jun 19	LAD	@	PIT	L,3-13	CG	44	8.0	5	6	0	11	0	2B
38	59	Jun 21	LAD	@	PIT	W,5-3	CG	37	10.0	5	2	0	7	1	2B
39	60	Jun 23	LAD		ATL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
40	61	Jun 24 (1)	LAD		ATL	L,0-1	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
41	62	Jun 24 (2)	LAD		ATL	L,4-6	CG	41	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
42	63	Jun 25	LAD		ATL	W,5-0	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	2B
43	64	Jun 26	LAD		CIN	L,0-5	CG	44	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
44	65	Jun 27	LAD		CIN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	6	4	1	11	2	2B
45	66	Jun 28	LAD		HOU	W,5-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
46	67	Jun 29	LAD		HOU	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	4	4	1	9	0	2B
47	68	Jun 30	LAD	@	SFG	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
48	69	Jul 1	LAD	@	SFG	L,5-8	CG	37	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
49	70	Jul 2	LAD	@	SFG	L,3-9	CG	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	72 (1)	Jul 5	LAD	@	MON	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	RF
51	73	Jul 6	LAD	@	MON	W,11-3	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
52	74	Jul 7	LAD	@	NYM	W,6-1	CG	29	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
53	78 (3)	Jul 10 (2)	LAD	@	PHI	L,1-9	GF	13	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	RF CF
54	80 (1)	Jul 12	LAD	@	PHI	W,9-5	CG	42	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
55	81	Jul 14	LAD		MON	L,1-9	CG	46	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	SS
56	82	Jul 15	LAD		MON	L,2-3	CG	43	9.0	2	6	0	8	1	SS
57	83	Jul 16	LAD		MON	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	1	1	6	0	SS
58	84	Jul 18	LAD		NYM	W,2-1	CG	39	10.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
59	85	Jul 19	LAD		NYM	W,5-0	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	1	SS
60	86	Jul 20	LAD		NYM	L,1-2	CG	36	9.0	1	2	1	4	0	SS
61	87	Jul 21	LAD		PHI	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
62	88	Jul 22	LAD		PHI	W,4-3	CG	35	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	SS
63	89	Jul 23	LAD		PHI	L,0-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	1	SS
64	90	Jul 27	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-3	CG	33	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
65	91	Jul 28	LAD	@	HOU	W,6-5	GS	34	7.2	0	3	0	3	0	3B
66	92	Jul 29	LAD	@	HOU	L,2-7	CG	39	8.0	2	2	1	5	0	3B
67	93	Jul 30 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	L,4-14	GS	44	8.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B LF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
68	96 (2)	Aug 1	LAD		SFG	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
69	97	Aug 2	LAD		SFG	W,12-11	GS	29	5.2	2	3	0	5	1	3B
70	98	Aug 3	LAD		SFG	W,3-0	CG	33	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
71	99	Aug 4	LAD		SDP	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
72	100	Aug 5	LAD		SDP	W,1-0	GS	31	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
73	101	Aug 6	LAD		SDP	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
74	102	Aug 8	LAD	@	CIN	L,1-2	CG	71	18.0	0	4	1	5	1	3B
75	103	Aug 9	LAD	@	CIN	L,3-6	GS	28	5.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
76	104	Aug 10	LAD	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
77	105	Aug 11	LAD	@	SDP	W,2-1	GS	27	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
78	106	Aug 12	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
79	107	Aug 13	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS	31	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
80	108	Aug 15	LAD		PIT	W,8-6	GS	32	7.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
81	109	Aug 16	LAD		PIT	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
82	110	Aug 17	LAD		PIT	W,4-2	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	1	3B
83	111	Aug 18	LAD		CHC	L,0-5	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
84	112	Aug 19	LAD		CHC	W,4-2	CG	30	9.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
85	113	Aug 20	LAD		CHC	L,3-5	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
86	114	Aug 21	LAD		STL	L,0-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
87	115	Aug 22	LAD		STL	W,1-0	GS	25	7.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	120 (4)	Aug 27	LAD	@	PIT	W,7-4	CG	44	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
89	121	Aug 29	LAD	@	CHC	L,1-2	CG	29	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
90	122	Aug 30	LAD	@	CHC	L,8-9	GS	49	10.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B LF
91	123	Aug 31	LAD	@	CHC	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	2	8	0	10	1	3B 2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
92	124	Sep 1 (1)	LAD	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
93	125	Sep 1 (2)	LAD	@	STL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
94	126	Sep 2	LAD	@	STL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B
95	127	Sep 3	LAD	@	STL	W,6-3	GS	31	7.0	1	0	2	3	0	3B
96	128	Sep 4 (1)	LAD		CIN	W,6-5	GS	34	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
97	129	Sep 4 (2)	LAD		CIN	L,4-8	GF	29	5.0	0	1	2	3	0	3B
98	136 (6)	Sep 11	LAD		HOU	L,3-4	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH RF
99	138 (1)	Sep 13	LAD	@	SFG	L,1-7	GF	12	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
100	139	Sep 15	LAD	@	HOU	W,4-2	GS	25	7.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
101	140	Sep 16	LAD	@	HOU	W,10-0	GS	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B LF
102	141	Sep 17	LAD	@	HOU	L,11-15	CG	52	8.0	0	2	1	3	0	3B
103	142	Sep 18	LAD	@	SDP	W,3-2	GS	39	10.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B 2B
104	143	Sep 19	LAD	@	SDP	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
105	144	Sep 20	LAD	@	SDP	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
106	146 (1)	Sep 23	LAD		SFG	W,7-4	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
107	149 (2)	Sep 26	LAD		SDP	W,7-3	CG	35	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
108	153 (3)	Oct 1	LAD	@	CIN	L,0-1	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
							115gm		892.2	177	245	23	445	38