Henry Mateo

Henry Antonio (Valera) Mateo

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 14, 1976 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.
High School: Santurce (Santurce, PR)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 2001
Teams (by GP): Expos/Nationals 2001-2006
2012 Contract Status: not updated (details) [*]
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Willie Mays… #3. Ty Cobb… #4. Ted Williams… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Stan Musial… #7. Rogers Hornsby…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1995	18	WSN-min	Rk	38	147	122	11	18	0	0	0	6	2	7	14	47	.148	.261	.148	.408		18	2	5	5	1	0	EXO · GULF
1996	19	WSN-min	Rk	14	54	44	8	11	3	0	0	3	5	1	5	11	.250	.365	.318	.684		14	0	3	2	0	0	EXO · GULF
1997	20	WSN-min	A-	67	270	228	32	56	9	3	1	31	21	11	30	44	.246	.348	.325	.673		74	4	7	3	2	1	VMT · NYPL
1998	21	WSN-min	A,A+	126	537	459	83	127	23	6	4	47	25	16	42	117	.277	.353	.379	.732		174	5	15	16	5	2	FAY,JUP · SALL,FLOR
1999	22	WSN-min	A+	118	524	447	69	116	27	7	4	58	32	16	44	112	.260	.335	.378	.713		169	4	10	17	6	3	JUP · FLOR
2000	23	WSN-min	AA	140	600	530	91	152	25	11	5	63	48	16	58	97	.287	.362	.404	.766		214	4	6	4	2	0	HRB · EL
2001	24	WSN-min	AAA	118	552	500	71	134	14	12	5	43	47	14	33	89	.268	.322	.374	.696		187	2	7	11	1	3	OTT · IL
2001	24	MON	NL	5	9	9	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.444	.778	98	4	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2002	25	WSN-min	AAA	74	314	285	35	73	10	6	5	25	15	6	18	53	.256	.306	.386	.692		110	6	3	7	1	0	OTT · IL
2002	25	MON	NL	22	25	23	1	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	2	6	.174	.240	.261	.501	31	6	0	0	0	0	1	/46
2003	26	MON	NL	100	169	154	29	37	3	1	0	7	11	1	11	38	.240	.304	.273	.576	49	42	0	3	1	0	0	4/6
2004	27	WSN-min	AAA,Rk	35	152	133	30	40	10	3	0	11	14	1	14	18	.301	.382	.421	.803		56	5	4	0	1	0	EDM,EXO · PCL,GULF
2004	27	MON	NL	40	46	44	3	12	2	0	0	0	2	3	1	9	.273	.289	.318	.607	54	14	1	0	1	0	0	/4
2005	28	WSN-min	AA,A+,AAA	54	232	203	28	43	10	2	3	18	16	6	22	44	.212	.298	.325	.623		66	4	3	4	0	1	HRB,POT,NOR · EL,CARL,PCL
2005	28	WSN	NL	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
2006	29	WSN-min	AAA	113	490	433	55	110	21	6	2	35	33	11	38	78	.254	.318	.344	.662		149	10	4	12	3	1	NOR · PCL
2006	29	WSN	NL	22	29	26	5	4	2	0	1	3	0	0	2	3	.154	.214	.346	.560	44	9	1	0	1	0	0	/65
2007	30	DET-min	AAA	96	360	311	44	80	16	2	3	20	24	10	34	55	.257	.338	.350	.689		109	4	5	8	2	1	TOL · IL
2008	31	DET-min	AAA	13	60	57	5	13	4	0	1	3	1	0	0	9	.228	.241	.351	.592		20	0	1	2	0	0	TOL · IL
2009	32	TBD-min	AAA	82	354	307	41	85	17	4	3	23	13	5	37	63	.277	.353	.388	.741		119	5	1	6	3	0	DHM · IL
2010	33	-min	AAA	67	329	269	75	91	20	1	11	50	21	7	44	52	.338	.442	.543	.985		146	4	7	8	1	1	TRR,MCD · MEX
2011	34	-min	AAA	105	506	435	88	150	16	8	3	52	32	7	60	64	.345	.423	.439	.862		191	6	2	5	4	3	VIL · MEX
6 Seasons				190	280	257	39	60	8	2	1	10	15	4	17	57	.233	.289	.292	.581	50	75	2	3	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	239	219	33	51	7	2	1	9	13	3	14	49	.233	.289	.292	.581	50	64	2	3	3	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
2001	24	MON	NL	9	0	0	0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/4
2002	25	MON	NL	25	-3	0	0	1	1	1	1	0.1	-1	-0.1	0.2	$	/46
2003	26	MON	NL	169	-10	1	-1	1	1	5	-3	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$300,000	4/6
2004	27	MON	NL	46	-3	-1	0	0	-2	1	-5	-0.5	-3	-0.3	-0.2	$	/4
2005	28	WSN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$318,000	/4
2006	29	WSN	NL	29	-2	1	1	0	-1	1	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$	/65
6 Seasons				280	-18	1	0	2	-1	8	-7	-0.7	-7	-0.7	0.0	$618,000

Standard Fielding

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
2001	MON	NL	24	2B	2				11	3	6	2	0	.818	-0					4.50	.983		4.80
2002	MON	NL	25	2B	3				10	2	8	0	1	1.000	2					3.33	.981		4.93
2002	MON	NL	25	SS	2				10	2	7	1	0	.900	-0					4.50	.970		4.50
2003	MON	NL	26	2B	43				135	49	82	4	23	.970	-0	-1				3.05	.983		5.07
2003	MON	NL	26	OF	10				9	9	0	0	0	1.000	1	1				0.90	.984		2.15
2003	MON	NL	26	SS	2				2	1	1	0	1	1.000	0	0				1.00	.975		4.50
2003	MON	NL	26	RF	6	2	1	17.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1	0	54	0	3.06	1.00	.982	2.09	2.07
2003	MON	NL	26	CF	2	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	30	0	2.25	0.50	.990	2.48	2.50
2003	MON	NL	26	LF	2	1	0	9.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	0	1	53	133	2.00	1.00	.980	1.90	1.90
2003	MON	NL	26	DH	1	1
2004	MON	NL	27	2B	9				33	12	17	4	3	.879	-3	-2				3.22	.982		4.97
2004	MON	NL	27	OF	1				1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0				1.00	.980		2.10
2004	MON	NL	27	LF	1	0	0	4.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	150	0	2.25	1.00	.980	1.80	1.80
2005	WSN	NL	28	2B	1				3	1	2	0	0	1.000	0	1				3.00	.980		4.90
2006	WSN	NL	29	SS	3				8	4	3	1	1	.875	-1	-1				2.33	.972		4.37
2006	WSN	NL	29	3B	2				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	0				0.50	.950		2.70
2006	WSN	NL	29	OF	1				0	0	0	0	0		0					0.00			2.20
2006	WSN	NL	29	CF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0		0.00	0.00		2.70	2.60
	5 Seasons			2B	58				192	67	115	10	27	.948	-2	-2				3.14	.983		5.03
	3 Seasons			OF	12				10	10	0	0	0	1.000	2	1		33		0.83	.984		2.15
	3 Seasons			SS	7				20	7	11	2	2	.900	-1	-1				2.57	.972		4.44
	1 Season			RF	6	2	1	17.2	6	6	0	0	0	1.000	1	0	54	0	3.06	1.00	.982	2.09	2.07
	2 Seasons			CF	3	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	24	0	1.80	0.33	.990	2.52	2.53
	2 Seasons			LF	3	1	0	13.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	1	1	83	92	2.08	1.00	.980	1.87	1.87
	1 Season			3B	2				1	0	1	0	0	1.000	-0	0				0.50	.950		2.70
	6 Seasons			TOT	79				223	84	127	12	29	.946	-1	-1				2.67	.982		4.48
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rdrs	Rtot/yr	Rdrs/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
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Transactions

June 1, 1995: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1995 amateur draft. Player signed June 11, 1995.
October 15, 2005: Granted Free Agency.
January 27, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Washington Nationals.
October 12, 2006: Granted Free Agency.
May 4, 2007: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.
January 22, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Detroit Tigers.
April 21, 2008: Released by the Detroit Tigers.
May 24, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Tampa Bay Rays.
November 9, 2009: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
2003	26	Montreal Expos	$300,000	4/3/03 AP

2005	28	Washington Nationals	$318,000

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$618,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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