Pedro Valdés

Pedro Jose (Manzo) Valdes

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: June 29, 1973 in Fajardo, P.R.
High School: Carlos Escobar Lopez HS (Loiza, PR)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 12th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed January 15, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 15, 1996
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Cubs 1996-2000

Final Game: October 1, 2000
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Standard Batting

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
1991	18	CHC-min	Rk	49	176	152	17	44	11	1	0	16	5	1	17	30	.289	.358	.375	.733		57	7	2	0	5	3		HUN · APPY
1992	19	CHC-min	A-,A	99	387	366	35	95	17	0	5	44	4	5	10	65	.260	.281	.347	.628		127	3	3	2	6	4		GEN,PEO · NYPL,MIDW
1993	20	CHC-min	A,A+	125	499	464	60	140	27	2	15	85	5	6	19	70	.302	.326	.466	.791		216	11	2	5	9	5		PEO,DYT · MIDW,FLOR
1994	21	CHC-min	AA	116	390	365	39	103	14	4	1	37	2	6	20	45	.282	.322	.351	.673		128	10	2	2	1	3		ORL · SOUL
1995	22	CHC-min	AA	114	474	426	57	128	28	3	7	68	3	6	37	77	.300	.359	.430	.788		183	7	5	0	6	3		ORL · SOUL
1996	23	CHC-min	AAA	103	435	397	61	117	23	0	15	60	2	0	31	57	.295	.343	.466	.809		185	12	1	1	5	1		IWA · AA
1996	23	CHC	NL	9	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.125	.222	.250	.472	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9

1997	24	CHC-min	AAA	125	521	464	65	132	30	1	14	60	9	2	48	67	.284	.350	.444	.794		206	13	2	1	6	5		IWA · AA
1998	25	CHC-min	AAA	65	258	229	49	72	12	0	17	40	2	1	27	38	.314	.384	.590	.973		135	6	0	0	2	3		IWA · PCL
1998	25	CHC	NL	14	24	23	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	1	3	.217	.250	.348	.598	54	8	1	0	0	0	0	/79

1999	26	TEX-min	AAA,AA	121	498	428	75	141	31	1	22	76	1	2	60	66	.329	.416	.561	.976		240	6	6	0	4	6		OKC,TUL · PCL,TL
2000	27	TEX-min	AAA	92	405	352	64	117	30	2	16	78	2	0	45	41	.332	.407	.565	.973		199	7	3	0	5	4		OKC · PCL
2000	27	TEX	AL	30	60	54	4	15	5	0	1	5	0	0	6	7	.278	.350	.426	.776	95	23	0	0	0	0	0	9/D7
2001	28	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2002	29	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2003	30	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2004	31	FKA	Fgn																										FKA · JPPL
2005	32	SLT	AAA	66	301	243	54	75	12	1	14	50	0	0	50	31	.309	.432	.539	.971		131	12	5	0	3	4		SLT · MEX
2006	33	OAX	AAA	105	450	370	74	134	34	1	14	100	3	1	69	31	.362	.462	.573	1.035		212	22	5	0	6	4		OAX · MEX
2007	34	LGK	Fgn																										LGK · KBO
2008	35	OAX	AAA	104	430	359	57	128	25	0	17	78	0	0	65	31	.357	.451	.568	1.019		204	16	1	0	5	7		OAX · MEX
2009	36	VIL	AAA	103	438	333	60	118	21	0	17	81	0	0	92	33	.354	.498	.571	1.068		190	12	8	0	5	5		VIL · MEX
2010	37	VIL,MVA	AAA	103	436	361	65	117	31	0	16	68	2	2	66	29	.324	.436	.543	.979		196	14	7	0	2	11		VIL,MVA · MEX
2011	38	YUC,MVA	AAA	58	249	197	34	55	12	0	9	42	0	0	47	17	.279	.430	.477	.907		94	5	5	0	0	4		YUC,MVA · MEX
3 Yrs				53	93	85	7	21	7	1	1	8	0	1	8	15	.247	.312	.388	.700	78	33	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	284	260	21	64	21	3	3	24	0	3	24	46	.247	.312	.388	.700	78	101	3	0	0	0	0

CHC (2 yrs)				23	33	31	3	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	.194	.242	.323	.565	46	10	1	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				30	60	54	4	15	5	0	1	5	0	0	6	7	.278	.350	.426	.776	95	23	0	0	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				23	33	31	3	6	2	1	0	3	0	1	2	8	.194	.242	.323	.565	46	10	1	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				30	60	54	4	15	5	0	1	5	0	0	6	7	.278	.350	.426	.776	95	23	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1996	23	CHC	NL	9	9	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/9

1998	25	CHC	NL	14	24	-1	0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$170,000	/79

2000	27	TEX	AL	30	60	-1	0	0	-2	-1	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.1	.489	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$	9/D7
3 Seasons				53	93	-3	0	1	-2	-1	-4	-0.4	3	-2	-0.1	.492	.499	0.1	-0.2	-0	$170,000

CHC (2 yrs)				23	33	-2	0	0	1	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$170,000
TEX (1 yr)				30	60	-1	0	0	-2	-1	-4	-0.3	2	-2	-0.1	.489	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1996	23	CHC	NL	9	7	1	3.8	108	.333	.125	.272	.222	.342	.250	.426	.472	.768	24	.394	-0.9	-0.1	.429	.250	.125

1998	25	CHC	NL	24	20	1	1.3	110	.250	.217	.272	.250	.344	.348	.430	.598	.773	54	.086	-1.8	-0.2	.400	.130	.130

2000	27	TEX	AL	60	39	9	6.2	116	.304	.278	.277	.350	.351	.426	.446	.776	.797	95	.550	-0.3	-0.0	.744	.259	.148	.0
3 Yrs				93	66	11	4.5	114	.290	.247	.276	.312	.348	.388	.440	.700	.788	78	.423	-2.9	-0.3	.606	.224	.141	.0
162 Game Avg.				284	202	34	4.5	114	.290	.247	.276	.312	.348	.388	.440	.700	.788	78	.423	-2.9	-0.3	.606	.224	.141

CHC (2 yrs)				33	27	2	2.0	110	.261	.194	.272	.242	.343	.323	.429	.565	.772	46	.163	-2.6	-0.3	.407	.161	.129
TEX (1 yr)				60	39	9	6.2	116	.304	.278	.277	.350	.351	.426	.446	.776	.797	95	.550	-0.3	-0.0	.744	.259	.148	.0

NL (2 yrs)				33	27	2	2.0	110	.261	.194	.272	.242	.343	.323	.429	.565	.772	46	.163	-2.6	-0.3	.407	.161	.129
AL (1 yr)				60	39	9	6.2	116	.304	.278	.277	.350	.351	.426	.446	.776	.797	95	.550	-0.3	-0.0	.744	.259	.148	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1996	23	CHC	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	11.1%	11.1%	100%	5.00	1.6		8.0	0.50	1.00	33%	67%	0.0%	0%

1998	25	CHC	NL	24	0.0%	12.5%	4.2%	8.3%	40%	3.00	7.7		11.5	0.82	1.50	83%	35%	0.0%	18%

2000	27	TEX	AL	60	1.7%	11.7%	10.0%	10.0%	40%	1.17	7.7	54.0	10.8	0.44	0.57	77%	28%	3.2%	3%
3 Yrs				93	1.1%	16.1%	8.6%	9.7%	43%	1.88	5.7	85.0	10.6	0.53	0.79	74%	31%	2.4%	7%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.7%	9.2%	7.9%	33%	1.82	5.3	31.4	7.3	0.79	1.09	70%	22%	8.4%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	23	CHC	NL	-0.9	-0.1	9	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.57	-0.1	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.15	-1.0	2.01	6

1998	25	CHC	NL	-1.8	-0.2	26	-0.3	0.3	-0.5	1.07	-0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.91	-1.1	1.46	7

2000	27	TEX	AL	-0.4	-0.0	60	-0.2	0.9	-1.0	.95	-0.0	-0.2	-1.2	-0.1	0.91	-1.4	1.26	14
3 Yrs				-3.0	-0.3	95	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	1.04	-0.2	-0.5	-4.2	-0.4	0.93	-3.5	1.48	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1996	23	CHC	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1998	25	CHC	NL	1	0	17%	9	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

2000	27	TEX	AL	0	0	15%	25	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	20%	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	21%	36	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	17%	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1996	23	CHC	NL	9	89%	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	2.01	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	1	10%	2	0	0%	0	0		0

1998	25	CHC	NL	24	96%	5	1	0	7	1	0	1	1.46	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	2	67%	13	2	15%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

2000	27	TEX	AL	60	92%	15	2	0	14	3	0	0	1.26	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	2	0	0%	31	4	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				93	92%	21	3	0	27	5	0	2	1.48	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	7	2	29%	54	7	13%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			73%			10%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1996	23	CHC	NL	8	33	4.13	21	64%	19%	38%	29%	14%	81%	0%	52%	53%	75%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	1	0	0

1998	25	CHC	NL	24	88	3.67	54	61%	28%	7%	28%	37%	72%	0%	44%	90%	13%	8%	2	1	25%	6	2	8%	2	1	67%	0	0	0

2000	27	TEX	AL	60	214	3.57	137	64%	26%	12%	27%	34%	74%	0%	47%	83%	28%	7%	4	0	18%	11	4	10%	6	5	14%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				92	335	3.64	212	63%	26%	14%	27%	33%	74%	0%	47%	82%	28%	8%	7	1	20%	18	6	9%	8	6	36%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		61%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1996	23	9	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.125	.222	.250	.472	24	2	0
1997	24	9	9	8	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	5	.125	.222	.250	.472	24	2	0
1998	25	23	33	31	3	6	2	1	0	3	1	2	8	.194	.242	.323	.565	46	10	1
1999	26	23	33	31	3	6	2	1	0	3	1	2	8	.194	.242	.323	.565	46	10	1
2000	27	53	93	85	7	21	7	1	1	8	1	8	15	.247	.312	.388	.700	78	33	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1996	23	9	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	9

1998	25	14	24	23	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	3	.217	.250	.348	.598	2	14

2000	27	30	59	53	3	14	5	0	1	4	0	6	7	.264	.339	.415	.754	7	30
3 Yrs		53	92	84	4	19	6	1	1	6	0	8	15	.226	.293	.357	.651	9	53
162 Game Avg.		162	281	257	12	58	18	3	3	18	0	24	46	.226	.293	.357	.651	28	53

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