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.

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1974 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 5	CAL	@	CHW	W,8-2	GS	26	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
2	2	Apr 6	CAL	@	CHW	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
3	3	Apr 7	CAL	@	CHW	T,4-4	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 9	CAL		TEX	L,2-10	GS	31	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
5	6 (1)	Apr 11	CAL		TEX	W,11-8	GS	29	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
6	7	Apr 12	CAL		CHW	W,15-1	GS	17	4.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	8	Apr 13	CAL		CHW	L,4-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
8	12 (3)	Apr 17	CAL		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
9	13	Apr 18	CAL		MIN	L,2-3	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 2B
10	14	Apr 19	CAL	@	OAK	L,1-5	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
11	15	Apr 20	CAL	@	OAK	L,6-7	CG	48	9.2	3	0	0	3	0	LF
12	16	Apr 21	CAL	@	OAK	W,9-5	CG	44	9.0	2	0	2	4	0	LF
13	17	Apr 23	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.2	0	2	0	2	0	3B
14	18	Apr 24	CAL	@	BAL	L,3-4	GS	22	5.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
15	21 (2)	Apr 28	CAL	@	CLE	L,2-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	22	Apr 29	CAL	@	BOS	W,7-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
17	23	Apr 30	CAL	@	BOS	W,16-6	GS	14	3.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
18	24	May 1	CAL	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
19	25	May 3	CAL		BAL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
20	26	May 4	CAL		BAL	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
21	27	May 5	CAL		BAL	W,8-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
22	28	May 6	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	LF
23	29	May 7	CAL		CLE	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
24	30	May 8	CAL		CLE	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	PH LF
25	31	May 10	CAL		KCR	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
26	32	May 11	CAL		KCR	L,2-10	CG	45	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
27	33	May 12 (1)	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
28	35 (1)	May 13	CAL	@	TEX	W,8-4	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
29	36	May 15	CAL	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
30	37	May 17	CAL	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	32	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
31	38	May 18	CAL	@	MIN	L,4-10	GS	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF SS
32	39	May 19 (1)	CAL	@	MIN	W,4-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
33	40	May 19 (2)	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
34	41	May 21	CAL	@	KCR	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
35	42	May 22	CAL	@	KCR	W,6-1	GS	25	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
36	43	May 23	CAL	@	KCR	W,3-1	GS	25	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
37	44	May 24	CAL		OAK	W,4-3	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	LF
38	45	May 25	CAL		OAK	W,8-2	GS	18	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
39	46	May 26	CAL		OAK	L,5-6	CG	40	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	LF
40	47	May 27	CAL		MIL	L,0-2	CG	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
41	49 (1)	May 29	CAL		MIL	L,5-7	GS	5	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	62 (12)	Jun 14	CAL		BOS	W,4-3	GF	15	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
43	63	Jun 15	CAL		BOS	L,3-5		10	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
44	65 (1)	Jun 17	CAL		NYY	L,1-5	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH SS
45	67 (1)	Jun 19	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	SS
46	68	Jun 20	CAL	@	TEX	L,4-7	GS	25	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	73 (4)	Jun 24	CAL	@	OAK	L,3-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
48	75 (1)	Jun 26	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
49	79 (3)	Jun 30	CAL		TEX	L,2-9	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	SS
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
50	80	Jul 1	CAL		OAK	L,3-5	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
51	81	Jul 2	CAL		OAK	L,5-7	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
52	82	Jul 3	CAL		OAK	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	1	2	1	4	1	3B
53	83	Jul 4	CAL		OAK	L,4-9	CG	42	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
54	84	Jul 5	CAL		CLE	L,2-7	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
55	88 (3)	Jul 9	CAL		BAL	L,1-3	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
56	89	Jul 10	CAL		BAL	L,1-9	GS	29	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
57	92 (2)	Jul 14	CAL	@	BOS	L,0-3	GS	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF SS
58	93	Jul 15	CAL	@	CLE	W,4-2	GF	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH LF
59	94	Jul 16	CAL	@	CLE	W,11-2	GS	21	5.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
60	95	Jul 17	CAL	@	CLE	W,7-5	GF	9	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	PH SS
61	96	Jul 19	CAL	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	42	9.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
62	98 (1)	Jul 20 (2)	CAL	@	BAL	L,2-5	GS	31	8.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
63	100 (1)	Jul 25	CAL		KCR	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	LF
64	101	Jul 26	CAL		KCR	L,2-3	CG	38	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	3B
65	102	Jul 27	CAL		KCR	L,3-6	GS	44	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B SS
66	103	Jul 28 (1)	CAL		MIN	L,3-5	GS	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	3B SS
67	104	Jul 28 (2)	CAL		MIN	W,12-9	CG	39	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
68	105	Jul 30	CAL		CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	10.0	4	1	0	5	0	SS
69	106	Jul 31	CAL		CHW	W,14-4	CG	34	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	107	Aug 1	CAL	@	MIN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	0	3	0	3	1	SS
71	108	Aug 2	CAL	@	MIN	W,3-2	CG	26	6.0	2	2	1	5	1	SS
72	109	Aug 3	CAL	@	KCR	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	2	2	1	5	0	SS
73	110	Aug 4 (1)	CAL	@	KCR	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	SS
74	111	Aug 4 (2)	CAL	@	KCR	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	3	5	1	9	0	SS
75	113 (1)	Aug 7	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-2	CG	34	8.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
76	114	Aug 8	CAL	@	CHW	W,6-4	GF	31	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
77	115	Aug 9	CAL		NYY	W,7-1	CG	34	9.0	0	6	0	6	0	SS
78	116	Aug 10	CAL		NYY	L,1-2	CG	35	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
79	117	Aug 11	CAL		NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	SS
80	118	Aug 12	CAL		BOS	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	1	1	1	3	0	SS
81	119	Aug 13	CAL		BOS	L,0-3	CG	40	9.0	1	7	0	8	0	SS
82	120	Aug 14	CAL		BOS	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	2	6	1	9	1	SS
83	121	Aug 16	CAL		MIL	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	SS
84	122	Aug 17	CAL		MIL	L,2-4	CG	38	9.0	2	7	0	9	2	SS
85	124 (1)	Aug 19	CAL		DET	W,1-0	CG	34	9.0	2	7	0	9	0	SS
86	125	Aug 20	CAL		DET	L,0-1	GS	41	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B SS
87	126	Aug 21	CAL		DET	W,2-0	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
88	127	Aug 23	CAL	@	NYY	L,4-10	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
89	129 (1)	Aug 25	CAL	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
90	131 (1)	Aug 27	CAL	@	DET	W,7-6	CG	55	13.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
91	132	Aug 28	CAL	@	DET	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
92	133	Aug 30	CAL	@	MIL	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
93	134	Aug 31	CAL	@	MIL	L,5-6	CG	39	8.1	0	5	0	5	1	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
94	135	Sep 1	CAL	@	MIL	L,1-3	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
95	136	Sep 2	CAL	@	OAK	L,4-6	CG	38	8.0	0	3	2	5	0	3B
96	137	Sep 3	CAL	@	OAK	L,0-7	CG	40	8.0	0	1	2	3	1	3B
97	138	Sep 4	CAL	@	OAK	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
98	139	Sep 5	CAL		CHW	L,0-1	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH SS
99	140	Sep 6	CAL		CHW	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
100	143 (2)	Sep 9 (1)	CAL		TEX	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	SS
101	144	Sep 9 (2)	CAL		TEX	L,3-5	GS	14	3.0	1	4	0	5	0	SS
102	146 (1)	Sep 11	CAL		KCR	W,3-2	GF	11	3.0	2	1	0	3	0	SS
103	147	Sep 13 (1)	CAL	@	CHW	L,0-8	CG	42	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	SS
104	148	Sep 13 (2)	CAL	@	CHW	L,1-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
105	153 (4)	Sep 20	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	1	4	0	5	1	SS
106	155 (1)	Sep 22	CAL	@	MIN	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	1	3	1	5	0	SS
107	156	Sep 24	CAL	@	KCR	W,9-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	SS
							113gm		801.0	159	116	17	292	10