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Merkin Valdéz

Merkin R. (Mola) Valdez

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 5, 1981 in San Cristobal, San Cristobal, D.R.
High School: Escuela Rural Palenque (Escuela Rural Palenque, DO)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 1, 2004
Teams (by GP): Giants/Rangers/BlueJays 2004-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.087, Arb Eligible: 2013, Free Agent: 2016 [*], Agents: SFX [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 12, 2012, 12:04AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Pete Alexander… #5. Randy Johnson… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Christy Mathewson… 

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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
2004 22 SFG NL 0 0 27.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.2 4 5 5 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 12 20 4.200 21.6 5.4 16.2 10.8 0.67
2008 26 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 1.69 17 1 3 0 0 0 16.0 14 5 3 1 7 2 13 2 1 2 69 268 1.313 7.9 0.6 3.9 7.3 1.86
2009 27 SFG NL 2 1 .667 5.66 48 0 20 0 0 0 49.1 57 33 31 5 28 2 38 0 0 5 225 76 1.723 10.4 0.9 5.1 6.9 1.36
2010 28 TOR AL 0 0 20.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
2011 29 TEX AL 0 0 6.23 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 21 77 1.846 14.5 4.2 2.1 12.5 6.00
5 Seasons 3 1 .750 5.57 74 1 25 0 0 0 72.2 84 49 45 9 42 4 59 2 1 7 336 79 1.734 10.4 1.1 5.2 7.3 1.40
162 Game Avg. 3 1 .750 5.57 67 1 23 0 0 0 66 76 44 41 8 38 4 53 2 1 6 305 79 1.734 10.4 1.1 5.2 7.3 1.40
SFG (3 yrs) 3 1 .750 5.24 67 1 23 0 0 0 67.0 75 43 39 7 38 4 53 2 1 7 306 84 1.687 10.1 0.9 5.1 7.1 1.39
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 6.23 5 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 7 3 3 2 1 0 6 0 0 0 21 77 1.846 14.5 4.2 2.1 12.5 6.00
TOR (1 yr) 0 0 20.25 2 0 1 0 0 0 1.1 2 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 26 3.750 13.5 0.0 20.3 0.0 0.00
NL (3 yrs) NL 3 1 .750 5.24 67 1 23 0 0 0 67.0 75 43 39 7 38 4 53 2 1 7 306 84 1.687 10.1 0.9 5.1 7.1 1.39
AL (2 yrs) AL 0 0 9.53 7 0 2 0 0 0 5.2 9 6 6 2 4 0 6 0 0 0 30 52 2.294 14.3 3.2 6.4 9.5 1.50

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2004 22 SFG NL 1.2 0 5 1 0 .3 -4 -0.3 $
2008 26 SFG NL 16.0 1 5 10 0 1.1 5 0.4 $390,000
2009 27 SFG NL 49.1 0 33 28 2 .6 -5 -0.7 $401,000
2010 28 TOR AL 1.1 0 3 1 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $409,500
2011 29 TEX AL 4.1 0 3 3 0 .1 -0 0.0 $
5 Seasons 72.2 1 49 42 2 .7 -7 -0.7 $1,200,500
SFG (3 yrs) 67.0 1 43 39 2 .7 -4 -0.6 $791,000
TEX (1 yr) 4.1 0 3 3 0 .1 -0 0.0 $
TOR (1 yr) 1.1 0 3 1 0 .1 -2 -0.1 $409,500

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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
2004 22 SFG NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2008 26 SFG NL 17 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2009 27 SFG NL 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2010 28 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Seasons 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
TOR (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2004 SFG NL 22 P 2 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.62 1.80
2008 SFG NL 26 P 17 16.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.74 1.72
2009 SFG NL 27 P 48 49.1 6 1 5 0 0 1.000 1 4 1.09 0.13 .955 1.71 1.70
2010 TOR AL 28 P 2 1.1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 0 0 13.50 1.00 .955 1.35 1.60
2011 TEX AL 29 P 5 0 0 4.1 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -47 0.00 0.00 1.66 1.60 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons P 74 0 0 72.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.99 0.11 .955 1.71 1.70 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons TOT 74 0 0 72.2 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.99 0.11 .955 1.71 1.70 1 0 0% 0
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
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Transactions

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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 Notes
200826San Francisco Giants$390,000
200927San Francisco Giants$401,000
201028Toronto Blue Jays$409,500
Career to date (may be incomplete)$1,200,500
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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