Mario Valdéz

Mario A. Valdez

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 19, 1974 in Ciudad Obregon, Sonora, Mexico
High School: Hialeah (Hialeah, FL)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 48th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed May 1, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1997
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Athletics 1997-2001
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…

Standard Batting

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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
1994	19	CHW-min	Rk	53	190	157	20	37	11	2	2	25	0	6	30	28	.236	.363	.369	.733		58	3	2	0	1	0	WHS · GULF
1995	20	CHW-min	A	130	516	441	65	120	30	5	11	56	9	7	67	107	.272	.372	.438	.810		193	5	5	0	3	2	HCK · SALL
1996	21	CHW-min	A,AA	111	454	370	68	122	29	2	13	71	2	4	68	76	.330	.443	.524	.967		194	6	11	0	5	4	SBN,BIR · MIDW,SOUL
1997	22	CHW-min	AAA	81	339	282	44	79	20	1	15	61	1	1	43	77	.280	.388	.518	.905		146	8	9	1	4	3	NVL · AA
1997	22	CHW	AL	54	137	115	11	28	7	0	1	13	1	0	17	39	.243	.350	.330	.681	83	38	3	3	0	2	0	3/5

2000	25	MIN-OAK-min	AAA,A+	106	460	380	87	131	27	1	20	96	1	1	67	60	.345	.442	.579	1.021		220	13	5	1	7	4	SLK,SAC,VIS · PCL,CALL
2000	25	OAK	AL	5	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
2001	26	OAK-min	A+	6	22	19	3	8	1	0	2	5	0	1	2	1	.421	.500	.789	1.289		15	2	1	0	0	0	MOD · CALL
2001	26	OAK	AL	32	67	54	7	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	12	18	.278	.418	.352	.770	108	19	0	1	0	0	1	/3
2002	27	OAK-min	AAA,A+	87	374	312	45	81	19	2	3	26	1	0	59	57	.260	.377	.362	.739		113	6	1	0	2	1	SAC,MOD · PCL,CALL
2003	28	SDP-min	AAA	90	266	226	23	61	16	0	5	24	0	0	34	42	.270	.366	.407	.773		92	5	2	1	3	2	POR · PCL
2005	30	-min	AAA	65	259	216	32	63	13	0	6	25	0	1	40	43	.292	.409	.435	.844		94	3	3	0	0	2	MTY · MEX
2006	31	-min	AAA	81	356	293	59	86	15	0	17	59	0	0	59	46	.294	.413	.519	.932		152	6	2	0	2	6	MCD · MEX
2007	32	-min	AAA	78	330	266	54	99	23	0	7	45	1	0	54	37	.372	.485	.538	1.022		143	6	6	2	2	0	TRR · MEX
2008	33	-min	AAA	79	305	258	41	73	16	0	12	51	1	0	42	31	.283	.380	.484	.865		125	6	1	0	4	5	TRR · MEX
2009	34	-min	AAA	84	313	261	46	88	23	0	6	33	2	2	45	26	.337	.437	.494	.932		129	10	3	2	2	5	MCD · MEX
2010	35	-min	AAA	53	189	162	35	59	13	0	9	39	0	1	21	22	.364	.439	.611	1.050		99	7	3	0	3	1	MCD · MEX
2011	36	-min	AAA	21	79	68	16	20	6	0	6	16	0	0	9	10	.294	.392	.647	1.039		44	0	2	0	0	0	MCD · MEX
3 Seasons				91	216	181	18	43	8	0	2	21	1	0	29	60	.238	.352	.315	.667	79	57	3	4	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				162	385	322	32	77	14	0	4	37	2	0	52	107	.238	.352	.315	.667	79	101	5	7	0	4	2

OAK (2 yrs)				37	79	66	7	15	1	0	1	8	0	0	12	21	.227	.354	.288	.642	73	19	0	1	0	0	1
CHW (1 yr)				54	137	115	11	28	7	0	1	13	1	0	17	39	.243	.350	.330	.681	83	38	3	3	0	2	0

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	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1997	22	CHW	AL	137	-2	-1	-1	0	-1	-3	5	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$150,000	3/5

2000	25	OAK	AL	12	-4	0	0	0	-0	0	0	-4	-0.3	-4	-0.4	0.1	$200,000	/3
2001	26	OAK	AL	67	2	0	0	0	-0	-2	2	1	0.1	2	0.2	-0.1	$205,000	/3
3 Seasons				216	-4	-1	-1	0	-2	-5	7	-6	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$555,000

OAK (2 yrs)				79	-2	0	0	0	-1	-2	2	-3	-0.2	-2	-0.2	-0.0	$405,000
CHW (1 yr)				137	-2	-1	-1	0	-1	-3	5	-3	-0.3	-2	-0.2	-0.1	$150,000

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	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG
1997	CHW	AL	22	1B	47				268	256	12	0	19	1.000	-1			5.70	.992		9.23
1997	CHW	AL	22	3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.60
2000	OAK	AL	25	1B	4				28	26	2	0	2	1.000	-0			7.00	.993		9.25
2001	OAK	AL	26	OF	7				11	10	1	0	1	1.000	0			1.57	.984		2.29
2001	OAK	AL	26	1B	6				15	15	0	0	2	1.000	-1			2.50	.993		9.32
2001	OAK	AL	26	LF	7	4	4	45.0	11	10	1	0	1	1.000	0	11	2.20	1.57	.981	2.14	2.11
2001	OAK	AL	26	DH	6	6
	3 Seasons			1B	57				311	297	14	0	23	1.000	-2			5.46	.992		9.24
	1 Season			LF	7	4	4	45.0	11	10	1	0	1	1.000	0	11	2.20	1.57	.981	2.14	2.11
	1 Season			OF	7				11	10	1	0	1	1.000	0			1.57	.984		2.29
	1 Season			3B	1				0	0	0	0	0		0			0.00			2.60
	3 Seasons			TOT	65				322	307	15	0	24	1.000	-2			4.95	.992		8.39

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.
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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 48th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed May 1, 1994.
September 29, 1999: Selected off waivers by the Minnesota Twins from the Chicago White Sox.
July 31, 2000: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the Oakland Athletics for Danny Ardoin.

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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
1997	22	Chicago White Sox	$150,000	1997 postseason AP survey

2000	25	Oakland Athletics	$200,000	2001 Joint Exhibit 1
2001	26	Oakland Athletics	$205,000	4/6/01 USA Today
2002	27	Oakland Athletics	$223,000	4/3/02 AP

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$778,000

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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