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Ismael Valdez
Ismael (Alvarez) Valdez
previously known as Ismael Valdes
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 21, 1973 in Ciudad Victoria, 28, Mexico
High School: Cebatis #119 (Victoria, MX)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1994
Final Game: October 1, 2005
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1994 20 LAD NL 3 1 .750 3.18 21 1 7 0 0 0 28.1 21 10 10 2 10 2 28 0 2 1 115 125 1.094 6.7 0.6 3.2 8.9 2.80
1995 21 LAD NL 13 11 .542 3.05 33 27 1 6 2 1 197.2 168 76 67 17 51 5 150 1 3 1 804 125 1.108 7.6 0.8 2.3 6.8 2.94 RoY-7
1996 22 LAD NL 15 7 .682 3.32 33 33 0 0 0 0 225.0 219 94 83 20 54 10 173 3 5 1 945 117 1.213 8.8 0.8 2.2 6.9 3.20
1997 23 LAD NL 10 11 .476 2.65 30 30 0 0 0 0 196.2 171 68 58 16 47 1 140 3 2 3 795 146 1.108 7.8 0.7 2.2 6.4 2.98
1998 24 LAD NL 11 10 .524 3.98 27 27 0 2 2 0 174.0 171 82 77 17 66 4 122 2 2 4 745 101 1.362 8.8 0.9 3.4 6.3 1.85
1999 25 LAD NL 9 14 .391 3.98 32 32 0 2 1 0 203.1 213 97 90 32 58 2 143 6 0 6 871 108 1.333 9.4 1.4 2.6 6.3 2.47
2000 26 TOT NL 2 7 .222 5.64 21 20 1 0 0 0 107.0 124 69 67 22 40 2 74 3 0 0 469 79 1.533 10.4 1.9 3.4 6.2 1.85
2000 26 CHC NL 2 4 .333 5.37 12 12 0 0 0 0 67.0 71 40 40 17 27 2 45 2 0 0 291 85 1.463 9.5 2.3 3.6 6.0 1.67
2000 26 LAD NL 0 3 .000 6.08 9 8 1 0 0 0 40.0 53 29 27 5 13 0 29 1 0 0 178 72 1.650 11.9 1.1 2.9 6.5 2.23
2001 27 ANA AL 9 13 .409 4.45 27 27 0 1 0 0 163.2 177 82 81 20 50 3 100 8 0 3 699 102 1.387 9.7 1.1 2.7 5.5 2.00
2002 28 TOT AL 8 12 .400 4.18 31 31 0 1 0 0 196.0 194 94 91 26 47 1 102 9 2 0 818 111 1.230 8.9 1.2 2.2 4.7 2.17
2002 28 TEX AL 6 9 .400 3.93 23 23 0 0 0 0 146.2 135 65 64 19 36 1 75 9 2 0 608 122 1.166 8.3 1.2 2.2 4.6 2.08
2002 28 SEA AL 2 3 .400 4.93 8 8 0 1 0 0 49.1 59 29 27 7 11 0 27 0 0 0 210 86 1.419 10.8 1.3 2.0 4.9 2.45
2003 29 TEX AL 8 8 .500 6.10 22 22 0 0 0 0 115.0 148 83 78 23 29 0 47 5 0 2 511 82 1.539 11.6 1.8 2.3 3.7 1.62
2004 30 TOT NL 14 9 .609 5.19 34 31 2 1 1 0 170.0 202 105 98 33 49 3 67 2 0 1 751 76 1.476 10.7 1.7 2.6 3.5 1.37
2004 30 SDP NL 9 6 .600 5.53 23 20 2 1 1 0 114.0 141 75 70 21 31 1 37 2 0 1 509 70 1.509 11.1 1.7 2.4 2.9 1.19
2004 30 FLA NL 5 3 .625 4.50 11 11 0 0 0 0 56.0 61 30 28 12 18 2 30 0 0 0 242 91 1.411 9.8 1.9 2.9 4.8 1.67
2005 31 FLA NL 2 2 .500 5.33 14 7 1 0 0 0 50.2 64 32 30 6 22 6 27 5 2 1 237 75 1.697 11.4 1.1 3.9 4.8 1.23
12 Seasons 104 105 .498 4.09 325 288 12 13 6 1 1827.1 1872 892 830 234 523 39 1173 47 18 23 7760 102 1.311 9.2 1.2 2.6 5.8 2.24
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .498 4.09 36 32 1 1 1 0 203 208 99 92 26 58 4 130 5 2 3 861 102 1.311 9.2 1.2 2.6 5.8 2.24
W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
LAD (7 yrs) 61 57 .517 3.48 185 158 9 10 5 1 1065.0 1016 456 412 109 299 24 785 16 14 16 4453 115 1.235 8.6 0.9 2.5 6.6 2.63
TEX (2 yrs) 14 17 .452 4.88 45 45 0 0 0 0 261.2 283 148 142 42 65 1 122 14 2 2 1119 100 1.330 9.7 1.4 2.2 4.2 1.88
FLA (2 yrs) 7 5 .583 4.89 25 18 1 0 0 0 106.2 125 62 58 18 40 8 57 5 2 1 479 83 1.547 10.5 1.5 3.4 4.8 1.43
SDP (1 yr) 9 6 .600 5.53 23 20 2 1 1 0 114.0 141 75 70 21 31 1 37 2 0 1 509 70 1.509 11.1 1.7 2.4 2.9 1.19
ANA (1 yr) 9 13 .409 4.45 27 27 0 1 0 0 163.2 177 82 81 20 50 3 100 8 0 3 699 102 1.387 9.7 1.1 2.7 5.5 2.00
CHC (1 yr) 2 4 .333 5.37 12 12 0 0 0 0 67.0 71 40 40 17 27 2 45 2 0 0 291 85 1.463 9.5 2.3 3.6 6.0 1.67
SEA (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.93 8 8 0 1 0 0 49.1 59 29 27 7 11 0 27 0 0 0 210 86 1.419 10.8 1.3 2.0 4.9 2.45
NL (9 yrs) 79 72 .523 3.86 245 208 12 11 6 1 1352.2 1353 633 580 165 397 35 924 25 16 18 5732 104 1.294 9.0 1.1 2.6 6.1 2.33
AL (3 yrs) 25 33 .431 4.74 80 80 0 2 0 0 474.2 519 259 250 69 126 4 249 22 2 5 2028 99 1.359 9.8 1.3 2.4 4.7 1.98

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1995 21 LAD NL NLDS L CIN 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 3 2 0 1 1 0 6 0 0 0 25 0.571 3.9 1.3 1.3 7.7 6.00
1996 22 LAD NL NLDS L ATL 0 1 .000 4.26 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.1 5 3 3 3 0 0 5 0 0 0 24 0.789 7.1 4.3 0.0 7.1
2 Seasons (2 Series) 0 1 .000 2.02 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 8 5 3 4 1 0 11 0 0 0 49 0.675 5.4 2.7 0.7 7.4 11.00
2 NLDS 0 1 .000 2.02 2 2 0 0 0 0 13.1 8 5 3 4 1 0 11 0 0 0 49 0.675 5.4 2.7 0.7 7.4 11.00

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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 Awards
1994 20 LAD NL 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 21 LAD NL 33 70 62 2 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 26 .097 .111 .097 .208 -42 6 0 0 7 0 0 1 RoY-7
1996 22 LAD NL 33 84 70 6 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 25 .143 .155 .157 .312 -15 11 1 0 13 0 0 1
1997 23 LAD NL 28 67 57 0 5 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 17 .088 .133 .105 .239 -34 6 2 0 7 0 0 1
1998 24 LAD NL 25 59 48 3 8 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 6 .167 .216 .188 .403 10 9 0 0 8 0 0 1
1999 25 LAD NL 30 69 58 1 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 18 .086 .102 .086 .188 -51 5 2 0 10 0 0 1
2000 26 TOT NL 19 33 25 2 5 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 10 .200 .231 .400 .631 58 10 0 0 7 0 0 1
2000 26 CHC NL 10 20 14 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .429 .762 93 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
2000 26 LAD NL 9 13 11 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 7 .091 .091 .364 .455 10 4 0 0 2 0 0 /1
2001 27 ANA AL 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 28 TOT AL 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2002 28 TEX AL 2 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2003 29 TEX AL 2 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
2004 30 TOT NL 32 59 52 6 10 4 0 0 5 0 0 3 13 .192 .232 .269 .501 34 14 1 0 3 1 0 1
2004 30 SDP NL 21 41 35 4 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 9 .171 .211 .257 .468 26 9 1 0 3 1 0 1
2004 30 FLA NL 11 18 17 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .235 .278 .294 .572 52 5 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 31 FLA NL 14 16 13 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .154 .154 .154 .308 -17 2 0 0 3 0 0 1
12 Seasons 241 474 399 20 52 9 0 1 17 4 0 13 120 .130 .157 .160 .318 -14 64 6 0 61 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 319 268 13 35 6 0 1 11 3 0 9 81 .130 .157 .160 .318 -14 43 4 0 41 1 0
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 Awards
LAD (7 yrs) 179 364 308 13 35 3 0 1 9 3 0 9 100 .114 .139 .133 .272 -26 41 5 0 47 0 0
TEX (2 yrs) 4 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 3 0 0
FLA (2 yrs) 25 34 30 2 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 .200 .226 .233 .459 23 7 0 0 3 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 21 41 35 4 6 3 0 0 5 0 0 2 9 .171 .211 .257 .468 26 9 1 0 3 1 0
ANA (1 yr) 2 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 10 20 14 1 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 3 .286 .333 .429 .762 93 6 0 0 5 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 235 459 387 20 51 9 0 1 16 3 0 13 118 .132 .160 .163 .322 -13 63 6 0 58 1 0
AL (3 yrs) 6 15 12 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .083 .083 .083 .167 -57 1 0 0 3 0 0

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1995 21 LAD NL NLDS CIN L 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 22 LAD NL NLDS ATL L 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLDS 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1994 LAD NL 20 P 21 1 28.1 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 2.86 0.43 .956 1.84 0.54
1995 LAD NL 21 P 33 27 197.2 48 16 31 1 0 .979 2.14 1.42 .954 1.84 0.51 RoY-7
1996 LAD NL 22 P 33 33 225.0 47 19 27 1 3 .979 1.84 1.39 .953 1.84 0.52
1997 LAD NL 23 P 30 30 196.2 48 17 28 3 3 .938 2.06 1.50 .954 1.85 0.52
1998 LAD NL 24 P 27 27 174.0 37 12 24 1 1 .973 1.86 1.33 .959 1.85 0.54
1999 LAD NL 25 P 32 32 203.1 46 12 33 1 1 .978 1.99 1.41 .950 1.72 0.48
2000 TOT NL 26 P 21 20 107.0 24 10 13 1 2 .958 1.93 1.10 .962 1.74 0.48
2000 CHC NL 26 P 12 12 67.0 16 7 9 0 1 1.000 2.15 1.33 .962 1.75 0.48
2000 LAD NL 26 P 9 8 40.0 8 3 4 1 1 .875 1.58 0.78 .962 1.73 0.48
2001 ANA AL 27 P 27 27 163.2 41 7 34 0 2 1.000 2.25 1.52 .954 1.75 0.49
2002 TOT AL 28 P 31 31 196.0 45 12 32 1 2 .978 2.02 1.42 .956 1.69 0.48
2002 TEX AL 28 P 23 23 146.2 30 10 19 1 1 .967 1.78 1.26 .957 1.69 0.48
2002 SEA AL 28 P 8 8 49.1 15 2 13 0 1 1.000 2.74 1.88 .953 1.70 0.48
2003 TEX AL 29 P 22 22 115.0 28 4 20 4 1 .857 1.88 1.09 .961 1.73 0.49
2004 TOT NL 30 P 34 31 170.0 32 12 19 1 0 .969 1.64 0.91 .962 1.84 0.47
2004 SDP NL 30 P 23 20 114.0 22 6 15 1 0 .955 1.66 0.91 .964 1.84 0.47
2004 FLA NL 30 P 11 11 56.0 10 6 4 0 0 1.000 1.61 0.91 .960 1.83 0.47
2005 FLA NL 31 P 14 7 50.2 12 5 7 0 1 1.000 2.13 0.86 .958 1.76 0.46
12 Seasons P 325 288 1827.1 417 127 276 14 16 .966 1.98 1.24 .956 1.79 0.50
12 Seasons TOT 325 288 1827.1 417 127 276 14 16 .966 1.98 1.24 .922 1.79 0.50
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1995 NL--3.051--4th
1996 NL--3.320--10th
1997 NL--2.654--4th

Wins s c a p y
1995 NL--13--9th
1996 NL--15--9th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1996 NL--.682--3rd

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1995 NL--1.108--4th
1997 NL--1.109--6th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--7.649--5th
1997 NL--7.825--10th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--2.322--10th
1997 NL--2.151--6th
2002 AL--2.158--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1995 NL--197.7--7th
1996 NL--225.0--10th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1995 NL--150--8th

Complete Games s c a p y
1995 NL--6--3rd

Shutouts s c a p y
1995 NL--2--3rd
1998 NL--2--5th
1999 NL--1--8th
2004 NL--1--9th

Home Runs s c a p y
1999 NL--32--7th
2004 NL--33--4th
Career--234--126th

Hits s c a p y
1996 NL--219--9th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1995 NL--2.941--8th
1996 NL--3.204--8th
1997 NL--2.979--10th
Career--2.243--158th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1995 NL--.774--10th

Losses s c a p y
1999 NL--14--4th
2001 AL--13--5th
2002 AL--12--8th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1996 NL--945--10th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1997 NL--146--5th

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1996 NL--13--8th

Youngest s c a p y
1994 NL--born 1973-08-21--1st
1995 NL--born 1973-08-21--7th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 24 (670), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 3 (1491), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 6 (1212), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 14, 1991: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 1999: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers with Eric Young to the Chicago Cubs for a player to be named later, Chad Ricketts (minors) and Terry Adams. The Chicago Cubs sent Brian Stephenson (minors) (December 16, 1999) to the Los Angeles Dodgers to complete the trade.

July 26, 2000: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Jamie Arnold, Jorge Piedra and cash.

October 30, 2000: Granted Free Agency.

January 4, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 28, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

August 19, 2002: Traded by the Texas Rangers to the Seattle Mariners for Derrick Van Dusen (minors) and Jermaine Clark.

October 29, 2002: Granted Free Agency.

January 20, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 26, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 18, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

July 31, 2004: Traded by the San Diego Padres to the Florida Marlins for Travis Chick.

October 29, 2004: Granted Free Agency.

January 6, 2005: Signed as a Free Agent with the Florida Marlins.

October 27, 2005: Granted Free Agency.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$109,000
1995Los Angeles Dodgers$136,000
1996Los Angeles Dodgers$425,000
1997Los Angeles Dodgers$900,000
1998Los Angeles Dodgers$2,800,000
1999Los Angeles Dodgers$4,275,000
2000Chicago Cubs$5,737,500
2001Anaheim Angels$2,500,000
2002Texas Rangers$2,500,000
2003Texas Rangers$2,500,000
2004San Diego Padres$800,000
2005Florida Marlins$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$24,182,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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